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Old 04-27-2009, 11:11 AM
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Doesn't that track look really juiced up ? These workout times are really fast prior to a 10F race wouldn't you say ?
No. In fact, track has been torpid for days. Spend a moment and look at the full workout listings. Was a bit tighter today but is hardly 'juced'. Find a new whipping post already.
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:43 PM
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No. In fact, track has been torpid for days. Spend a moment and look at the full workout listings. Was a bit tighter today but is hardly 'juced'. Find a new whipping post already.
The track may have been somewhat dull during training hours but, if you spent a few moments and looked at the final times of the races from the weekend, I don't think you would use the same adjective to describe the racing surface.
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Old 04-27-2009, 12:48 PM
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:08 PM
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The track may have been somewhat dull during training hours but, if you spent a few moments and looked at the final times of the races from the weekend, I don't think you would use the same adjective to describe the racing surface.
Not the final times Saturday- just the early fractions were very fast. They were actually on the slow side by approximately a second at 6F (other than the smokin fast Cash Refund.) Sunday they were very near "normal".
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:50 PM
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Not the final times Saturday- just the early fractions were very fast. They were actually on the slow side by approximately a second at 6F (other than the smokin fast Cash Refund.) Sunday they were very near "normal".

Having been at Churchill the past weekend, I realize that there was a strong wind pushing the horses down the backside on Sunday. However, when a very modest maiden claiming horse like Aquinas cuts out a 44.4 half and a NW2L claimer like Whywhy Cat run a mile in 1:36 and change, as just two examples, there's no way that I would refer to the track as lifeless.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:32 PM
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Having been at Churchill the past weekend, I realize that there was a strong wind pushing the horses down the backside on Sunday. However, when a very modest maiden claiming horse like Aquinas cuts out a 44.4 half and a NW2L claimer like Whywhy Cat run a mile in 1:36 and change, as just two examples, there's no way that I would refer to the track as lifeless.
Saturday-
R1 $7.5K Starter 9F par time 1:51.4 actual time 1:54.60
R2 F&M $16K Claiming 6F par time 1:11.3 actual time 1:12.05
R3 F&M $30K Claiming 8F par time 1:37.1 actual time 1:37.79
R4 F&M $50K Claiming (3YO's) NW 6F par time 1:11.1 actual time 1:12.23
R5 F&M MSW 3U 6.5F par time 1:17.8 actual time 1:18.31
R6 $15K Claiming NW 6F par time 1:11.1 actual time 1:11.85
R8 ALW 3U 6F par time 1:09.5 actual time 1:09.18
R9 F&M AOC 3U 7F par time 1:23.5 actual time 1:23.83
R10 G3 3YO's 7.5F par time 1:29 actual time 1:30.21
R11 MCL 30K 6F par time 1:10.9 actual time 1:12.16

Sunday-
R1 $25K Claiming 7F par time 1:23.9 actual time 1:23.89
R2 F&M $40K Claiming 8F par time 1:37.1 actual time 1:37.83
R3 F&M $5K Claiming 8F par time 1:38.1 actual time 1:38.75
R4 F&M $15K Claiming 6F par time 1:11.5 actual time 1:11.82
R5 MCL 30K 6F par time 1:10.9 actual time 1:11.07
R6 AOC NW$ 7F par time 1:22.4 actual time 1:22.85
R8 $30K Claiming NW 8F par time 1:36.9 actual time 1:36.40
R10 MSW 3U 6.5F par time 1:17.2 actual time 1:17.66


The final times were not fast this weekend.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:38 PM
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The final times were not fast this weekend.
I don't disagree, but neither were they abnormally slow.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:57 PM
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I don't disagree, but neither were they abnormally slow.
5.2 lengths on average (Saturday) at 6F isn't abnormally slow?

It's among the slowest 10% of days I have on record for CD.
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The track may have been somewhat dull during training hours but, if you spent a few moments and looked at the final times of the races from the weekend, I don't think you would use the same adjective to describe the racing surface.
Who's talking about the afternoon? The conversation was refering to the morning.. And as Phil points out, the afternoon wasn't outlandish by any means. There was some wind that maybe factored in to those fast backstretch splits.
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:53 PM
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Who's talking about the afternoon? The conversation was refering to the morning.. And as Phil points out, the afternoon wasn't outlandish by any means. There was some wind that maybe factored in to those fast backstretch splits.
Your post said that the track was "torpid for days." I missed the part where the reader had to differentiate between the lifeless track in the morning and the "not outlandish" one in the afternoon.
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I would certainly prefer to see the track playing lightening fast come Derby day.

It's not even close to that yet.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:23 PM
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I would certainly prefer to see the track playing lightening fast come Derby day.
Given the toll the souped up tracks take on the horse population, why would you want that?

I'd much rather see a track producing par or close to par times on Saturday.
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Given the toll the souped up tracks take on the horse population, why would you want that?
I think that's pretty much nonsense.

I'd love to see the track like it has been in most Derby's past. I think it makes for the most fairly run and exciting races.
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I would certainly prefer to see the track playing lightening fast come Derby day.

It's not even close to that yet.
CD doesnt want to lose their Blue Ribbon safety award that the NTRA gave them.
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Old 04-27-2009, 03:05 PM
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CD doesnt want to lose their Blue Ribbon safety award that the NTRA gave them.
Now THAT is funny!!!!!
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