4/4 (AQU): Wood (G1); Carter (G1); Bay Shore (G3); Excelsior (G3)

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Things happen too when you're dealing with animals. Shoe adjustments, paddock incidents, etc. You also realize that there are OTB and the racing networks broadcasts that are working off the SCHEDULED start times? IN FACT, the job done balancing the action has been quite remarkable the last several weeks as big race after big race went off in succession.

This should really be enough said.

Given the incredible slate of races that were scheduled to go off within minutes of each other, it was amazing that it basically went like clockwork. With the exception of what, little more than a 45 second overlap of two races?

And nobody to blame but Hawthorne, because from the feed I was watching, I didn't gather that anything important was happening in those extra 2.5 minutes -- nothing more than random milling around and additional late wagering.

Just hard for me to get too worked up over this. The entire schedule seemed overwhelming in advance, and it nearly went perfectly.