Santa Anita set to land 2012 Breeders’ Cup

[Seattleallstar]

I hope they put some real dirt by next year November

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I hope they put some real dirt by next year November

What are you smoking?

[Danzig]

you forgot question two, point...has he got any to share? lol


i don't mind it going back there with the surface change. can't beat the weather either.
i need to talk to tony about a trip out there, and include the bc, for vacation next year.

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you forgot question two, point...has he got any to share? lol


i don't mind it going back there with the surface change. can't beat the weather either.
i need to talk to tony about a trip out there, and include the bc, for vacation next year.

they should find the old dirt from 2006 and put it back

[robfla]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I hope they put some real dirt by next year November

sharp post

[dagolfer33]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I hope they put some real dirt by next year November

People pay real money for comedy like this, and here we get if for FREE. Best laugh I had today, thanks Seattle!

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by dagolfer33

People pay real money for comedy like this, and here we get if for FREE. Best laugh I had today, thanks Seattle!

JESUS YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEANT!

[TouchOfGrey]

Steve Crist weighs in.

Breeders' Cup decision a slap in face to Belmont

The mean-spirited capper to all this is that when NYRA officials learned second-hand that they were not being given the Cup yet again for 2012, they asked if it could at least be announced next week that Belmont would finally getting the races again in 2013. The request was denied, and they were told there needs to be “further discussions” about that.

[XIIPointStables]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

Steve Crist weighs in.

Breeders' Cup decision a slap in face to Belmont

This passage pissed me off even more

The Cup board’s previous arguments on behalf of Santa Anita as perhaps a permanent Cup host were flimsy or probably wrong. They proposed that Santa Anita should be considered for that because other major sports events have permanent homes (they don’t); because Los Angeles is a media and entertainment center with fine hotels and restaurants (unlike New York?); and because the 2008-09 runnings were so successful (in fact, they were the two lowest-handling Breeders’ Cup Saturdays in recent years, outdone by Belmont in 2005, Churchill in 2006 and 2010, and even Monmouth in torrential rains in 2007).

Insanity.

[NTamm1215]

Terrific article and to be perfectly honest some pretty pointed criticism was offered about Belmont as a host site by Satish on ATR last week. Those handle figures, including that Belmont's per race handle in 2005 was higher than SA's in 2003, are evidence to the contrary.

It seems as if weather and Clocker's Corner have become more important criteria than handle for BC host sites.

[freddymo]

I would like to see CD be the home of the BC. I also would like the BC to be dissolved regardless of how much I love the day/s. Took me a while to understand its distructive pattens but I finally figured it out. If it has to be keep it at CD and make it someting really special and ditch these ridiculous races that they added.

Belmont was great. Shame they won' have it for '12 the weather issue is BS

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Terrific article and to be perfectly honest some pretty pointed criticism was offered about Belmont as a host site by Satish on ATR last week. Those handle figures, including that Belmont's per race handle in 2005 was higher than SA's in 2003, are evidence to the contrary.

It seems as if weather and Clocker's Corner have become more important criteria than handle for BC host sites.

Satish is wrong plenty but I genuinely believe he cares.. Maybe I am the fool

[rgustafson]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Terrific article and to be perfectly honest some pretty pointed criticism was offered about Belmont as a host site by Satish on ATR last week. Those handle figures, including that Belmont's per race handle in 2005 was higher than SA's in 2003, are evidence to the contrary.

It seems as if weather and Clocker's Corner have become more important criteria than handle for BC host sites.

Your handle comparisons between SA in 2003 and Bel in 2005 certainly are valid, but Crist using 2008 and 2009 handle figures at SA for comparison makes no mention of the main reason the handle was lower was due to the backlash of many bettors against wagering on races run over synthetic racing surfaces. The interesting comparison will be SA in 2012 vs. Bel in 2013.

[richard burch]

that sucks! they should move it to different tracks every year. same goes for churchill.

share the wealth with all the tracks.

[tjfla]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I hope they put some real dirt by next year November

Least they are running on DIRT,could be poly still

[my miss storm cat]

I was really hoping for Belmont.

Easier for me since I live here but man... Belmont was the absolute best.

Aaah well maybe in 2013.