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 Post subject: Irad Ortiz has had enough of NY Winter
PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:02 am 
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Will ride in Fla starting this coming week


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 Post subject: Re: Irad Ortiz has had enough of NY Winter
PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:28 pm 
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With snow and more monster cold in the forecast it will be interesting to see what happens with NYRA this week.

I can't knock the cancellations - you can't water a frozen track and constant harrowing is not a solution for these temperatures.

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 Post subject: Re: Irad Ortiz has had enough of NY Winter
PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:47 pm 
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1/4 Pole wrote:
With snow and more monster cold in the forecast it will be interesting to see what happens with NYRA this week.

I can't knock the cancellations - you can't water a frozen track and constant harrowing is not a solution for these temperatures.


Jocks had been complaining of the track surface playing uneven. Constant freeze/thaw and simply freeze are playing havoc on Glen Kozak and his crew.

As you were saying, Larry, you can't water or groom the track properly in these conditions. Even if there were still an inner track, the same song and dance would be playing out. Just pure bad luck with Mom Nature in 2018.


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