Saratoga So Far

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

saratoga is all about trends mott/lezcano are both hot get with it wile it lasts

[Alabama Stakes]

DQ in a grade I for brushing a hoss ?

[Danzig]

Why should it matter its a gr one? Rules are rules.

[Alabama Stakes]

Grade I is different . There's even favoritism in hell. Track changed today but 2 good days of bias to watch for later in the meet

[pointman]

It is absurd to suggest that the rules should be any different for a Grade I race than a $5K claimer at Aqueduct in January, and flies in the face of the true problem with stewards, consistency.

It is time for the stewards to start enforcing herding and if they do they will have a lot less problems with having to even make these kind of decisions.

[ateamstupid]

The CCA Oaks was an absolute no-brainer DQ. The one in the Sanford was a little closer but was still the right call.

Pretty funny that Pletcher has three wins through three days and two came via DQ while the other one was a seemingly DOB 6-1 2-year-old.

Mott came to play.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by pointman

It is absurd to suggest that the rules should be any different for a Grade I race than a $5K claimer at Aqueduct in January, and flies in the face of the true problem with stewards, consistency.

It is time for the stewards to start enforcing herding and if they do they will have a lot less problems with having to even make these kind of decisions.

about 25 years ago there was a hoss called Concorde Bound. He was a Crack sprinter from Generazio). He won a $100,000 stake at Suffolk Downs going 6 furlongs. Really big purse for a sprint race back then. They took him down and sent that $60,000 winners purse and watched head on down the road. He took his hosses, left, and never came back. I don't know that this is relative, but when I see a hoss come down in a big race, I think of this. I can remember my dad winning a race when i was real young, with a hoss called Night of Errand at scarborogh or Northhampton. there was big time screaming about a foul, my dad said Peter Allen is one of the stewards. We ain't comin down.. we didn't.

[TouchOfGrey]

On paddock access and picnic tables:
Paddock becoming less accessible for spectators

and the changes at the Carousel:
From Off the Pace: $till more change$ at Saratoga