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03-21-2010, 10:57 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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03-21-2010, 11:04 AM
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This explains why Valid Sum worked on Friday, if they all knew the first race wasn't going to run anyway.
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03-21-2010, 11:07 AM
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03-21-2010, 11:13 AM
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Dey tuk ur slots
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03-21-2010, 11:22 AM
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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03-21-2010, 02:02 PM
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On a positive note: 1) Campo actually carded another 5.5F race today --- go figure  Not like he's stuck in a 6F rut.2) The turf course is really, really green (which is the way NYRA likes it).
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03-21-2010, 02:20 PM
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What were their options at 8am this morning when the Horsemen foisted this ill-conceived concept on them? You think NYRA just said, "OK Rick, that's fine. We understand." You don't think they actively tried to explain to Violette the stupidity of what he and the NYTHA were doing? How would you have handled the situation?
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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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03-21-2010, 02:21 PM
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03-21-2010, 02:42 PM
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1) a FAIR racetrack -- this is ****in' NY, Steve, this isn't BUSHville. I read constantly where people don't like POLY because it favors closers or makes bad horses look good. Well, what exactly happens on the AQU Inner: name one other MAJOR track where horses that can't get 6F on a fair track routinely wire the field going 2 turns? 2) some variety. Racing secretaries everywhere else pretty much have figured out that offering races at slightly different distances actually is a good thing. So, for example, WO and TAM (2 of the most beatable and fair tracks out there) regularly card 5F, 6F, and 7F sprint races. This is not only a change of pace but actually offers some very nice betting opportunities --yesterday's 3rd at GP, for example, where Tagg's horse clearly couldn't get 7F but the cutback figured to be ideal for him. So, not only does NYRA presently have that BUSH track but Campo is stuck in the 6F rut. Bad horses, biased tracks, and the same distance over and over and over. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz What's happening in NY presently (now and the rest of the season) is nothing like what was happening 5-10 years ago. The quality of racing sucks (with the exception of SAR), the fields are small and they've pretty much made having TWO turf courses a handicap. Only in NY, where bookies lose money, can having TWO turf courses result in LESS races being run over them. But they're nice and green. I've gone from playing only NY to playing them when there's nothing else available. And, I'm certainly not the only one.
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03-22-2010, 04:05 AM
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please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you
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03-21-2010, 04:25 PM
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03-21-2010, 04:52 PM
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Let's strip the Fat head post apart..
First he is completely clueless on the surface not being fair while it certainly does have a few days a year that speed rules, most days it is far from so speed hwy. Also consider that NYRA's super has been cheered for his cooperation with horseman and has been able to keep Belmont and Aqueduct in great shape. As for the turf racing, I kind of agree they baby the stuff, some is jocks and some is philosphy but in general we all wish they would race more on the turf. Now lets go to Fat heads ridiculous position on the racing sec. His examples of TB and WB are comical. First TB has the benefit of all the Mid atlantic stock at its disposal.. Nobody races in Ky in the winter anymore, Chicago is limited and the planet ships south, so since stock is a plenty you can write any distance or type you want because they is stock to support your creative pen. Then Ole Fatty brings up WB again with 70k allowance races and the claimers in abundance racing for huge money what cant a sec write..Oh did he mention the size of WB and it's configuration and how it lends itself for being creative? So ole Fat dude thinks that NYRA in FEB has the horse population to fill 7f sprints aand 10f's routes.. Give it up fatty you are CLUELESS
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