Nope, I passed

Fabulous Strike is a hell of a racehorse.

Agreed.

Some great races and some great horses in the Wood and Carter . A classic Wood for sure .

Hope you ended up playing Giant Moon. Yano ran well too. :tro:

Sorry for leading you astray.

I now have cracked your code;)

"Next to no chance", I'll look forward to you using that precise phrase in your evaluation of the Derby field

[saracasm]Oh boy, I'm anxiously awaiting the beyers for the Wood.[/saracasm]

Imperial Conformation
 

who is Cardus ?

Imperial Council is this years version of Saarland.

Andy.. Question for you... The Wood went off before the Illinois derby completed. Is there a reason they couldn't wait 1 minute to start the Wood ?

Very nice composure there Mike.

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I believe the Illinois Derby was scheduled for 4:15. I guess they started late.

or Theregoesimperialcouncil

They did, am I too naive to think that someone could monitor that at AQU and since the delay wasn't all that long, wait so the fans could enjoy both races. Racing continues to treat its fans like it is 1961 and they are the only game in town for our gambling dollar.

Has it occurred to you that we moved our post originally to allow people to see both races?

Sorry, but I don't think we behave as you suggest. I am sory if Hawthorne did not go off at their scheduled post time but I'm not sure how that can be blamed on us.

Of course it is not your problem but your response really reiterates my point. The fans are an afterthought in racing. AQU could have waited 1 stinking minute but since it wasn't thier problem they didn't.

You're preposterous.. Honestly, this is a new level of ridiculous. What are the tracks supposed to do? Here was the stakes schedule yesterday between 5-6pm.

5:05 (KEE) Ashland (Gr. I)
5:14 (HAW) IL Derby
5:19 (AQU) Wood Memorial (Gr. I)
5:24 (GP) Skip Away
5:40 (SA) Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I)
5:51 (AQU) Carter H. (Gr. I)
5:57 (OP) Apple Blossom (Gr. I)

If someone fell off schedule, the other tracks are supposed to be monitoring it and change all of the starts? And then that overlaps some other race elsewhere... Hawthorne had ONE stake to get off yesterday and they were late. But that's NYRA or "Racing's" fault because they look for ways to mistreat the players and fans.

Things happen too when you're dealing with animals. Shoe adjustments, paddock incidents, etc. You also realize that there are OTB and the racing networks broadcasts that are working off the SCHEDULED start times? IN FACT, the job done balancing the action has been quite remarkable the last several weeks as big race after big race went off in succession.