Short fields on Saturday

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Wow, that is pretty impressive. The sundaes are good, but those burgers. Yuck, they should be served to people that are constapated, it'll clear them right out.

I go to Taco Bell for that

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Originally Posted by Gander

Lava Man will win by 5 and people on here will say he beat nothing. Same old song and dance. Gets pretty tired after a while. If this horse was based on the east coast, he'd be the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Only he hasn't win outside Cali yet which would mean if he was based on the east coast he would be just another horse on the backside

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by DiscreetCat=Monster

Only he hasn't win outside Cali yet which would mean if he was based on the east coast he would be just another horse on the backside

What? If he was on the East Coast he would be the 2nd best horse. Maybe 3rd behind Invasor. Look at some of the joke winners like in the Woodward. Lava Man would have won that race easily.

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its ironic how all the people that bashed poly and keeneland and said that a large majority of the horsemen dont like it have such small fields in lucrative stakes@their hometrack saturday and keeneland has decent size fields for theirs(8,9,11). if it rains should we cancel racing since all horses dont like sloppy tracks LMFAO???? again im tired of the whining and biatching about poly simply because people refuse to adjust their handicapping.


as far as lava man goes i am a fan of the horse and hes a great story but very hard for me to endorse him outside of cali until he proves it!

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

Get used to poly. It will eventually be everywhere. It saves horses and it saves a ton in veterinary bills. Poly might get us back to when horses raced more than 7-8x a year and should make for great field sizes.

Actually you dont save money on vet bills. They are reduced a little but not that much to make a fuss over.

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Originally Posted by eurobounce

Actually you dont save money on vet bills. They are reduced a little but not that much to make a fuss over.

i dont think you can make a fair assesment either way yet as far as vet bills go until you getta large sample of horses that train and run exclusively(year round) on poly, and that may even be skewed considering some trainers go to the vet alot more regardless whether it be legal or illegally

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

You're right, the small fields are a joke. but honestly, how do you adjust your handicapping for poly. It has been clear that some horses just don't like it, so it sort of takes some of the handicapping out of it.

some horses just perform dramatically better at some dirt tracks compared to others. there are a slew of horses here in chicago that love arlington where the competition is a little tougher and hate hawthorne and dont do a thing over it and vice versa! how many horses do you see in ny that hate the inner and some that absolutely love it.....alot

I think the Vosburg is an interesting race.

I am looking forward to it.

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Originally Posted by Nostradamus

What? If he was on the East Coast he would be the 2nd best horse. Maybe 3rd behind Invasor. Look at some of the joke winners like in the Woodward. Lava Man would have won that race easily.

Mabey 3rd behind Invasor which means he would not of won Jack on the East Coast. Your the same dude that said Oh wait till Shirroco runs and the Euros come what ever man. In case you missed it the horse ran last in the smallest field in the ARCH in some time.

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Originally Posted by Nostradamus

Even worse? This is actually a pretty good field. Much better than the JCGC.

The Goodwood field looks like a rerun of Lava's last two races