GP successfully lures Uncle Mo to Timely Writer

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by tjfla

Nice idea but not sure how many trainers are dying to run there horses in a race that has NO Derby meaning.

Other than Mo,Gourmet Dinner,THAS,Soldat and Dialed In right now all others need Graded Earnings.

I would rather take my chance in the FOY and make cash then race in new race then have to send my horse to a polytrack and hope he runs good

I'd watch that.

[tjfla]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

I'd watch that.

LOL It is the FOY with Uncle Mo instead of El Grayling

[outofthebox]

This is the race Zito asked them to put up for Dialed IN.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by outofthebox

This is the race Zito asked them to put up for Dialed IN.

Is it possible those 2 go in this spot for 100k? That would be fun to watch.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by outofthebox

This is the race Zito asked them to put up for Dialed IN.

Going one turn?

[outofthebox]

Your right. Did not look close enough. He asked for a race, but this definately not the race he was hoping for.

[RolloTomasi]

I guess this is GP's roundabout way of admitting they should never have moved the Florida Derby from its mid-March spot.

Now that the Tampa Bay Derby has gobbled up prestige and significance with a bullet, GP is seeking to destroy it by throwing in this banana peel. Should be good for racing.

Santa Anita did the same thing in the mid '90s, when they made the restricted Santa Catalina an open (and eventually graded) race in mid-January.

They were tired of seeing already established horses like Gate Dancer, Snow Chief, Tabasco Cat, and Tank's Prospect ship up to San Francisco to run in the El Camino Real Derby, especially after all of those later won the Preakness Stakes.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I guess this is GP's roundabout way of admitting they should never have moved the Florida Derby from its mid-March spot.

Now that the Tampa Bay Derby has gobbled up prestige and significance with a bullet, GP is seeking to destroy it by throwing in this banana peel. Should be good for racing.

Santa Anita did the same thing in the mid '90s, when they made the restricted Santa Catalina an open (and eventually graded) race in mid-January.

They were tired of seeing already established horses like Gate Dancer, Snow Chief, Tabasco Cat, and Tank's Prospect ship up to San Francisco to run in the El Camino Real Derby, especially after all of those later won the Preakness Stakes.

right on.......They moved the fla derby which was another dumb mistake...now they want to mess with tampa because its in the right time frame for key runners. the management of that track is probably the worst in history.......look at that place...its the poster child of how not to run a race track. if it were not for the good winter weather........

[Thunder Gulch]

Pletcher has better in his barn than Mo would face in this race at Gulfstream. He should just match them up and work them on his own. It's not like Repole needs the purse there anyway.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by tjfla

LOL It is the FOY with Uncle Mo instead of El Grayling

Upgrade, no?