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Old 03-04-2019, 11:22 AM
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Default Santa Anita Cancels Thursday Card; LATEST: Racing Suspended

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...march-7-racing

Weather playing havoc in Southern Cal and the protesters are gaining troops. The concern is growing over the perceived track conditions with 20 fatalities in the past two months....I hope this gets turned around quickly
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Old 03-05-2019, 06:53 PM
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Cancelled indefinitely, now.

"Ritvo said racing will not be held this weekend, and declined to speculate on a date of resumption."

http://live.drf.com/nuggets/47243-sa...g-indefinitely
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Old 03-05-2019, 07:05 PM
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Cancelled indefinitely, now.

"Ritvo said racing will not be held this weekend, and declined to speculate on a date of resumption."

http://live.drf.com/nuggets/47243-sa...g-indefinitely
Hmm. Has this ever happened before? What does that mean for Improbable and Game Winner?
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Old 03-05-2019, 07:11 PM
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Wow it was necessary but man the San Felipe horses got to be scrambling. Can’t wait to hear what Steve is hearing for those horses. Assume too late to ship for Tampa and Gotham. Looks like rebel may be packed next week
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Old 03-05-2019, 08:21 PM
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Wow it was necessary but man the San Felipe horses got to be scrambling. Can’t wait to hear what Steve is hearing for those horses. Assume too late to ship for Tampa and Gotham. Looks like rebel may be packed next week
Game Winner has 30 points already. I think he should just prep for one of the 100 point races. If he finishes 2nd or 3rd, he ends up with 70 or 50 points and he’s still set for the derby.

It’s a little tougher for Improbable who only has 10 points and less margin for error. Maybe they rush him to something like the Rebel.
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Old 03-05-2019, 09:05 PM
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Game Winner has 30 points already. I think he should just prep for one of the 100 point races. If he finishes 2nd or 3rd, he ends up with 70 or 50 points and he’s still set for the derby.

It’s a little tougher for Improbable who only has 10 points and less margin for error. Maybe they rush him to something like the Rebel.
Would you really want to go straight to the Derby off 1 start though? I gotta think they'll either wait for the redraw or go to the Rebel.
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Old 03-05-2019, 09:31 PM
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Would you really want to go straight to the Derby off 1 start though? I gotta think they'll either wait for the redraw or go to the Rebel.
I wouldn’t want to do that - but I also wouldn’t want to ship the horse from California to Arkansas and then...back to California? Or does that mean they’re sticking around for the Arkansas Derby?
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Old 03-05-2019, 09:34 PM
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Jim Cassidy, President of the California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT), visits ATR at 9:15a ET Wednesday to address the situation and provide updates to all the working parts affecting horses, horsemen and owners.

Most notably, as of this morning, former Santa Anita trackman Dennis Moore has been engaged which should go a long way towards returning the main track to its' standard before the spate of catastrophic injuries.
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Old 03-05-2019, 10:00 PM
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Should be interesting. The whole science of the dirt and make up of racetracks is so complex. No two tracks are the same it seems. It really doesn’t take much to tip the apple cart, but when it’s askew , it can get obvious.
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Old 03-06-2019, 12:20 PM
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From what I'm hearing, the track is not going to be closed for just a few days. It's going to be closed for a few weeks.
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Old 03-06-2019, 05:51 PM
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Making national news on CBS evening news right now...
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Old 03-06-2019, 06:28 PM
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Making national news on CBS evening news right now...
It was on the local news in Houston yesterday evening...
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Old 03-07-2019, 02:45 PM
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I heard the tentative date they plan on reopening is March 28th. That is 3 weeks from today. That could obviously change and it could be sooner. But that is what they are thinking right now.
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Wow it was necessary but man the San Felipe horses got to be scrambling. Can’t wait to hear what Steve is hearing for those horses. Assume too late to ship for Tampa and Gotham. Looks like rebel may be packed next week
Oaklawn officials are talking about splitting the race into two divisions.
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Oaklawn officials are talking about splitting the race into two divisions.
I thought I read this morning that it was a done deal.
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I think they will split it if they get at least 20 entries.
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I thought I read this morning that it was a done deal.
Where?
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this is all I've read:

https://www.oaklawn.com/news/2019/ma...help-horsemen/
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Where?
https://twitter.com/drfprivman/statu...801894401?s=21
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There is an “if” hidden in there. Are there 20 entrants?
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