St Louis Derby

Scav · #1 08-23-2006, 08:55 AM

Yeah it is for real. The purse was privately funded and with the interest and a 12 horse field, you gotta believe 1) they are thrilled and 2) they are probably going to continue this.

Arlington can even get a 12 horse stakes race on the dirt, sickening that Fairmount can..

Gander · #2 08-23-2006, 08:57 AM

Is Fairmont a half mile track sort of like Fairplex in LA? A bull ring?

Pedigree Ann · #3 08-23-2006, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gander

Is Fairmont a half mile track sort of like Fairplex in LA? A bull ring?

Nope, one mile oval with chutes for 6f and 10f, according to the American Racing Manual. St. Louis area was a big racing venue back in the 1890s, but the anti-vice people got to it not long thereafter (about the same time racing killed in New York for 2 years and in California for a couple of decades).

#4 08-23-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Nope, one mile oval with chutes for 6f and 10f, according to the American Racing Manual. St. Louis area was a big racing venue back in the 1890s, but the anti-vice people got to it not long thereafter (about the same time racing killed in New York for 2 years and in California for a couple of decades).

Another cut-and-paste job ... but that's OK ... every forum needs a gopher to empty the wastebaskets.

1st_Saturday_in_May · #5 08-23-2006, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Another cut-and-paste job ... but that's OK ... every forum needs a gopher to empty the wastebaskets.

You are quite rude, but I think you know that.