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Old 03-02-2008, 04:25 PM
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The repackaging of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and move of female stakes from their customary Saturday spot is part of the plan to make Friday’s program “true Breeders’ Cup championship racing,” Breeders’ Cup president Greg Avioli said.

The shift of all the female championship races to Friday was announced Feb. 27. Breeders’ Cup expanded to a two-day event last year at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

Breeders’ Cup officials said there should be news soon on race sponsorships. There will be changes; none of the races currently are referred to by sponsor name.
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Old 03-02-2008, 04:26 PM
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Old 03-02-2008, 04:27 PM
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Old 03-02-2008, 04:56 PM
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If a filly runs in the turf does she get to start on Friday Allan?
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Old 03-02-2008, 05:15 PM
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I still can't believe how unbelivably retarded it is to have gender days for the BC.
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Old 03-02-2008, 05:35 PM
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I still can't believe how unbelivably retarded it is to have gender days for the BC.
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Old 03-02-2008, 05:40 PM
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geldings on Thursday
Yes!! An all gelding day. Geldings on turf. Geldings sprinting. The Gelding Marathon Sponsored By Swiss Army Knife.

Then, ridgelings on Wednesday!

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Old 03-02-2008, 05:51 PM
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Can't wait to see the sponsors for "ladies" day at the races on Friday
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Old 03-02-2008, 05:56 PM
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gelding sprint brought to you by ginsu knives.
gelding turf brought to you by troy built
gelding classic brought to you by Viagra



ladies classic by what else...secret. strong enough for a man,..well you know the rest.
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Old 03-02-2008, 05:57 PM
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a greys day

a white horse day...



hey, let's move the claiming crown to tuesday. enough filler, we can run for a week.
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:01 PM
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:04 PM
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Breeders Cup Geldings Thursday: It's Gonna Be Nuts!!!
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:06 PM
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If you haven't read Lamarra's B-H piece linked above, you missed this gem:


" Peter Land, hired last October as chief marketing officer for Breeders’ Cup, said Feb. 29 the bolstered Friday program is attractive to ESPN and should help lure some local sponsors. Land, however, also said the decision to move the Ladies' Classic to Friday “was a racing decision first. The intent behind it was to create two separate but equal championship days.” "


Boy, that's a great choice of terms 'Pete'.. 'Separate but equal'.. rooted in the great American tradition of inequality and elitism! Congrats fellas! You did boffo! You showed everybody exactly how modern the thinking is around racing.
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Can't wait to see the sponsors for "ladies" day at the races on Friday
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Massengill filly and mare sprint. I think it has a nice ring to it.
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:10 PM
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I've heard a rumor that the BC is going to have a dustpan giveaway on ladies day.

Any truth to that?
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:35 PM
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If you haven't read Lamarra's B-H piece linked above, you missed this gem:


“was a racing decision first. The intent behind it was to create two separate but equal championship days.” "
What? Separate but equal! Where I have I heard that before? Oh yeah...I think Klan politicians used to use that exact phrase in the 50s...in a different context of course. Poor choice of words. Arrogance plus ignorance equals BC marketing.
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geldings on Thursday
Do I hear Wednesday for Ridgelings (sp)?

I think I'll show my support for the Breeders Cup Limited by not attending the Breeders Cup this year and I'll also pass on wagering on ALL of the races. I'll just pretend I live in the days when "seperate but equal" really meant something. This decision is to make it Femal Friday is completely absurd.
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:51 PM
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Putting marketing people in an industry that they have no knowledge about, especially knowledge about the 'base' of the industry, is the reason you get this.

Marketing people are creative, and they throw as much calculated **** as they can against the wall and see what sticks. I don't fault them for trying, I fault them for not educating themselves about the industry, I fault them for not surrounding themselves by all 'types' of people in the industry, and I fault them for making so many changes at once.

I almost think they are just listening to a single people within the industry, instead of talking ideas out with people and seeing potential and working it out.....
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:20 PM
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What? Separate but equal! Where I have I heard that before? Oh yeah...I think Klan politicians used to use that exact phrase in the 50s...in a different context of course. Poor choice of words. Arrogance plus ignorance equals BC marketing.
Well, separate but equal was actually the US court systems' explanation for upholding segregation in the American school system, (see Plessy v. Ferguson, c. 1898), until the landmark reversal in Brown v. Board of Education in 1956. But you've got the right idea. As Steve Crist said, every woman remotely connected to racing has ridiculed this slapdash farce.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:28 PM
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Not to mention that "Ladies Classic" sounds like a scent of underarm deoderant.
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