No Racing Today at Santa Anita Today

[The Indomitable DrugS]

In No. Cal - There's been a reported 17 horses who either "broke down" were "vanned off" or "walked off" over a span of 13 days - In So. Cal, an entire weekend of racing at the great Santa Anita winter meet has been lossed.

It's just a shame Fairplex doesn't have a turf course I guess.

[The Bid]

TID, GG reports they have had great results with the new Crapeta

[hockey2315]

Does anyone have info on the spill yesterday from GG?

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Does anyone have info on the spill yesterday from GG?

Or info on the spill in the 7th yesterday......nasty nasty bounce of the jock.

[lemoncrush]

Assuming the track is in good enough shape to run this Thursday, does anyone know if/how they'll reschedule the stakes races they lost last weekend?
I don't know how that's usually handled, or how it affects the condition book of the weeks ahead.

[TalkToTheHoof]

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/nat...ita-dates.aspx

Excerpt:
by Jeff Lowe

Following three days of cancellations because of drainage problems with the Cushion Track surface at Santa Anita Park, the California Horse Racing Board on Tuesday cleared a regulatory path that would allow live dates at the current winter/spring meet to move to Hollywood Park.

Meeting in a special session via teleconference, the board voted unanimously to amend Santa Anita's license to allow some or all of its dates to be conducted at Hollywood.

“What we are trying to do here today is simply to remove a regulatory impediment,” CHRB Chairman Richard Shapiro said. “It is not designed to dictate that racing should go to Hollywood Park—that is for the stakeholders to decide.”

Shapiro and Santa Anita President Ron Charles both indicated that Hollywood officials are willing to make the facility available for Santa Anita dates.

Also, the CHRB left the door open for possible waiver of requirement for a synthetic surface at SA -- i.e. allowing them to return to dirt. SA will be meeting with trainers and owners, and said they will make a decision in the next 48 hours. SA also has talked to DMR about stabling horses there for training only.

[Danzig]

i just read an article (link at equidaily) that SA might rip up the cushion and reinstall dirt.
so, a temporary move to hollywood? exactly how long would it take to rip up cushion, and install dirt?

crazy, absolutely crazy situation....

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

Assuming the track is in good enough shape to run this Thursday, does anyone know if/how they'll reschedule the stakes races they lost last weekend?
I don't know how that's usually handled, or how it affects the condition book of the weeks ahead.

San Pasqual Saturday.. plus the Raphael and Fernando..
Santa Ysabel Sunday..
San Gorgonio Monday..

Paseana will be shoehorned in there somewhere too..

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

In No. Cal - There's been a reported 17 horses who either "broke down" were "vanned off" or "walked off" over a span of 13 days - In So. Cal, an entire weekend of racing at the great Santa Anita winter meet has been lossed.

It's just a shame Fairplex doesn't have a turf course I guess.

Now that would be tight turns.

[pmayjr]

It will be interesting to see how this thing shakes out. In a month the people in SoCal could be complaining about a drought again. So we never know...

But!

Just say they get one of these storms... say... I don't know... around the last weekend in October next year. They better get the sh*t figured out quick, because the Breeders Cup is less than a year away. I wonder if the Breeeders Cup people are watching closely, and thinking of contingencies...

[letswastemoney]

I live in Southern CA and it rarely rains in October. Even if it does rain, it won't be much. It will be a negligible amount. I predict whatever track they have installed will be fine during that time period.

[Scav]

"Northern California received far more rain than the south, yet the Tapeta track there is still getting excellent comments from horsemen and fans."

http://www.drf.com/news/article/91427.html