Hawthorne Gold Cup

Scav · #1 10-03-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

IHA (or whatever its name is) pulled the signal from AP (without warning) from TVG because Hawthorne management had signed an exclusivity contract with with TVG. That meant that other folks who wanted to get the signal had to pay TVG a fee and Youbet said it wouldn't do it. That upset the IHA, so they tried to force TVG to make a special deal with Youbet. TVG gathered up its marbles and said "Fine, you don't want to be on our channel, we can fill the time just fine with other tracks." Cut off the nose to spite the face.

TVG is peanuts compared to what Youbet pulls....this was a good thing for the industry. IHA told TVG to knock off the bullying for their tracks. TVG has a crap track lineup and is only busy when Del Mar or Hollywood is running. When they lose Churchill's network, they will be screwed

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #2 10-03-2006, 02:37 PM

i prefer tvg to hrtv heavily but 1 gripe ive always had with tvg is that theyll skip showing you a live race from arlington or anywhere else for that matter just so you can see a live post parade in ny, heaven forbid you dont get to see a post parade live from ny

Scav · #3 10-03-2006, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

i prefer tvg to hrtv heavily but 1 gripe ive always had with tvg is that theyll skip showing you a live race from arlington or anywhere else for that matter just so you can see a live post parade in ny, heaven forbid you dont get to see a post parade live from ny

playa, they have been working on that, it has improved, from a year ago, i think they have goals on a monthly basis of showing more actual live races, a good goal if you ask me

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #4 10-03-2006, 02:44 PM

it should be a goal from the outset in my opinion but better late than never i suppose

JJP · #5 10-03-2006, 02:49 PM

No surprise for the Midwestern horse to knock off the overbet East Coast ship in. Had AP Arrow ever cracked a triple digit Beyer?

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #6 10-03-2006, 02:52 PM

ap arrow hasnt been eye popping to date, i was very surprised to see johnny v come for the mount. i got saturdays form in my car and i dont feel like going out to the garage to get it so dont quote me on it but i believe his lifetime best was a 96 before saturday