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03-04-2009, 09:36 AM
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Not sure what you mean Nic when you ask about Gotham as a division of another race. The Gotham has been run in 2 divisions itself a number of times including the inaugural in '53 which Native Dancer and Laffango split it. It was run in divisions in 1974-75 and 1983 as well. It was run at 8.5f 1953-1959 at Jamaica, and then moved to Aqueduct in 1960 and cut to 1 mile. In 1977 and 1979 it was again 8.5f. In 1958 it was for 4 year olds and up. What's the division of another race answer???
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03-04-2009, 09:43 AM
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I can't wait to see the morning line on Ventura against the boys in the Kilroe, where if the horses who are being pointed to it go, she might be 3/5. NT
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03-04-2009, 09:51 AM
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The whole card Saturday at SA should be great fun...
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03-04-2009, 09:53 AM
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We began drawing Saturday on Wednesday, and Sunday on Thursday, the first week of the year......and I believe this was discussed here.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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03-04-2009, 09:53 AM
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 When I get home, I'll make better notes on this, but in the years prior to Native Dancer it was a race that only the horses who were weighted in the Experimental Handicap could enter and they were forced to carry the weight they were assigned. I believe Vosburgh thought up the idea (I'll have to confirm this when I get home) but eventually, as more options on the Stakes calendar popped up, horseman were less inclined to run in this race because of the wide spreads of weight.
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03-04-2009, 09:57 AM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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03-04-2009, 10:20 AM
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Mr Fantasy is a 1/2 to Tin Cup Chalice .
One never knows for sure about any race . That's why they have the race, I suppose . In the Hollie Hughes 5 yr old Mor Chances led at all calls for the first time in his career .
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03-04-2009, 08:40 PM
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* The first Experimental was carded by Walter S. Vosburgh, the highweight of 126 lbs was given to First Minstrel, a pound more than Cavalcade - his goal was to make the hypothetical experimental a reality * In April 1940 Jamaica Race Course put up $5,000 for a 6 furlong race called the Experimental Handicap as a prep for the Wood Memorial * Two restrictions were put on this race 1) only those horses who were weighted on the Experimental Free Handicap were eligible to run 2) the horses had to carry the weights they were assigned in the EFH * 1942 the name was changed to the Experimental Free Handicap - the winner that year, Apache would be the first winner to run in the Derby (11th) * 1944 the EFH was split into two divisions - this also marked the first year the highweight ran (Pukka Gin) * 1946 - Experimental Free Handicap- No. 2 at 1 1/16 is run for the first time, Assault won the 6 furlong, Experimental Free-No. 1 that year on the way to capturing the Triple Crown * 1952 last Experimental Free Handicap- No. 2 is run and renamed the Gotham for the next year Schmitz, David. "Noble Experiment." Blood-Horse 14 February 2009: 622.
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