Monmouth Handle Doubles!

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Originally Posted by HomerS

But I am not going to fall into trap and say all is well based on today and how blue skies ahead. Doesnt take much for anyone to write article saying look what handle is compared to last year. Anyone can do that. Just looking a little deeper

You're not "looking deeper." You're making something out of nothing. Ontrack handle at Belmont is irrelevant to a great start by Monmouth, which is all anyone called it. I didn't see anyone declaring racing to be back to postwar popularity. But it was unequivocally a great opening day.

Originally Posted by HomerS

Frankly its not nearly as impressive as it appears on paper

False. It's more impressive than it appears on paper, precisely because of what Chuck pointed out.

Originally Posted by HomerS

I feel confident in saying folks who run Monmouth- who are sharp- are not backslapping each other in celebration and saying all their problems are over

Once again, who said this in this thread? Who said anything like this? This is a discussion about Monmouth's opening day, and whether it was a positive or negative sign.