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11-29-2010, 10:24 PM
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You all need to get a grip.
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11-30-2010, 06:21 AM
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i don't agree with smartbid. altho a change to another track for the preakness would be a shame, it wouldn't be that big a deal imo. not for the series at least. for racing in md it would be a damned crying shame. for the integrity of the crown? not so much. now, moving the ky derby from churchill would be the ultimate blasphemy. the preakness? not so much. do i see it actually happening? well, of course not.
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11-30-2010, 01:08 PM
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Old traditions die, new traditions are born. If MD racing croaks--and maybe it should--what is the frigging point of keeping the Preakness in MD? The haven't played the Super Bowl in L.A. since it became a town without a team.
If there is change, I imagine it could involve trying to prop up the big three racing jurisdictions, so (obviously) you keep the Derby as is; put a middle race at SA, say 3 weeks later. Then run the Belmont a month after that. Of course there is nothing to prevent PA or WV from trying to pull a "Garden State 1985", either, so there will have to be some kind of sizable TC bonus system, and not just for a sweep. Everyone will always say of a TC winner "Oh, it's not like the Triple Crown of the old days!" True enough, but that is reality--today's horses, for better or worse (I say the latter, obviously) are NOT like the horses of yesteryear. Deal with it. I am fine if things stay as they are. But if they don't, it can be fine, too.
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11-30-2010, 01:35 PM
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The Preakness is run during the HP meet. Preakness on Cushion? NO thanks.
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11-30-2010, 01:39 PM
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No way the middle leg of the Triple Crown would ever be run anywhere but on an East Coast track. From a travel and geography perspective, no other scenario makes much sense.
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11-30-2010, 01:43 PM
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They create special meets for the BC. GP was never running when it held a BC. Not a big deal.
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11-30-2010, 06:23 AM
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The situation feels like a unified attempt by the horsemen to force MID (Magna) out of Maryland.
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11-30-2010, 08:53 AM
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0.0 percent chance the Preakness will ever not be run in Maryland. Not going to happen.
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11-30-2010, 10:19 AM
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11-30-2010, 10:41 AM
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Make a leg a Turf race like the Canadian Triple Crown
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#14
11-30-2010, 12:12 PM
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What about that 5 million bonus that is out there?
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