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Post subject: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:53 pm |
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Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2016 3:49 pm Posts: 149
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For NYRA to cancel on a weekend, a jockey must have floated away? How bad is it there?
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1/4 Pole
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:07 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 1:21 pm Posts: 71536
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I'm not there but it rained heavily to turn the track from Fast to Slop in about three minutes while turning the turf courses to bottomless bogs.
No bitch and moan from me. I've been there when the "bad black cloud" rolls in and lets loose in August.
_________________ The race doesn't always go to the swift and the strong but that's the way to bet.
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Jeebs
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:32 pm |
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Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:08 pm Posts: 2191
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It was pretty nasty up by Saratoga. We spent the day down by Clifton Park and dodged the bullets.
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Mr Saratoga
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:39 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 2:50 pm Posts: 1247
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We have seen rain at the $pa before, and were surprised that they cancelled. The brave ones hung out, and played CCB at Arlington. That worked pretty well.
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:40 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 1:21 pm Posts: 71536
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I was surprised over the cancellation as well, Don. The sun was out later and the Grade 1 feature could have been downgraded and slopped with scratches.
Government racing now ain't what it used to be when horse people called the shots.
_________________ The race doesn't always go to the swift and the strong but that's the way to bet.
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:47 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 1:21 pm Posts: 71536
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But hey what?
The "big government" shitheads that run the racing now get a P6 carryover to get into another weekend day for the farmers and tourists and other people who might play.
_________________ The race doesn't always go to the swift and the strong but that's the way to bet.
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Jay Trotter
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:07 am |
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Joined: Thu May 21, 2009 1:20 pm Posts: 975
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The jocks said "No Bueno" after the running of the weather delayed 5th. Jose Ortiz said the main was running like wet concrete. That and him and Irad wanted to watch Monica Puig in the Olympics.
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Post subject: Re: Spa cancelled? Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:57 am |
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Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 1:21 pm Posts: 71536
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I saw that 1:48+ on the bog for a mile and a sixteenth and thought maybe the Grade 1 lawn race might be shelved.
OK by me - I wasn't becoming temporarily wealthy with the races that did run.
_________________ The race doesn't always go to the swift and the strong but that's the way to bet.
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