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01-07-2008, 05:36 PM
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Does anyone have info on the spill yesterday from GG?
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01-08-2008, 12:15 PM
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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.
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01-08-2008, 04:11 PM
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CHRB clears path for Hollywood to take on Santa Anita dates
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.
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Where are we going, and why are we in this hand basket?
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01-08-2008, 04:38 PM
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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....
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01-08-2008, 04:40 PM
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They have no idea what they are doing. From what I heard the Santa Anita surface before cushion was absolutely horrible so I guess anything was better.
They might as well just cancel racing in California and start again next year 
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01-08-2008, 04:47 PM
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some questions arise...
why did CHRB mandate an across the board surface change at all tracks? did they do due diligence? what caused them to feel that all thracks in cali had serious issues, serious enough to warrant a wholesale change-other than bay meadows of course? if santa anita wanted to duplicate the track at hollywood, why didn't they? they admitted they used finer sand, the supposed cause of all the drainage problems. why the change? how would finer sand help in higher temps? if an all weather track has weather related issues, is it still a better alternative then dirt? is it the change to an AWT that helps horses, or just changing from an old, worn, compressed track to a newer surface, complete with a new base?
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01-08-2008, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
Santa Ysabel Sunday.. San Gorgonio Monday.. Paseana will be shoehorned in there somewhere too..
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