Turf Course

[Ill-bred]

Kentucky has been under drought conditions for months, so the turf course is probably harder than normal.

CD turf goes through spells of speed bias, more often than the average U.S. course. Looked speedy on opening day Sunday. Keep watching.

[HP]

I give up.  If they water it all night on Thursday it\'s not going to be \"harder than normal.\"  I have a feeling the people in Louisville read the papers and know what the weather has been lately.  

HP

[Wrongly]

I think it\'s a major concern, do nothing and maybe they lose two huge draws in Workforce and Midday and maybe those trainers don\'t come back again.  

The turf has only been won twice with a horse going wire to wire and both times that occurred at CD.  Buck\'s Boy and Great Communicator.

[Bigredgoer]

Tom Amoss on \"The Works\" yesterday... \"Track super usually puts about 20,000 gal of water on turf course this time of yr, starting Nov. 2 he will be putting 100,000 gal. of water on it up to the BC...as someone stated prior, with this being a sand based course who knows what they\'ll end up with.

[NoCarolinaTony]

HMMM..watering the course to soften it up only to freeze....HMMM....

Hey Folks hope you all are doing well. I may finally give it a go this weekend for a change...life has been really busy here lately. To give you an idea how the year has gone, first day up at the SPA closing weekend my wife breaks her ankle in two places.....luckily the enlarged lymph nodes cancer scare is over for her..in the end ...we were made to worry for naught but thank GOD for that!!

Hopefully I can catch up and make a few decent plays this weekend!!

A Special Hello to Richiebee, I\'m still alive and kickin!

[NoCarolinaTony]

Redneck....country concert..hmmm aren\'t we opinionated. Guess we can stereotype \"redneck white people who may or may not be TEA PARTY members\" without impunity these days.

I do recall they had the Rolling Stones there as well, and survived that mess too. Guess you might find that one at Royal Ascot.....but hardly at River Downs my friend.

The world is ever changing...the tracks need to make money...let them do what they got to do to survive. There is no reason this damn thing has to be at Churchill ever again either (except that\'s where the NTRA lives).

Belmont may want to consider a few Billy Joel / Bruce Springsteen / Lady GAGA concerts to raise some $$$

[FrankD.]

Hey Tony,

Sorry to hear about your wife\'s ankle, that limited the dancing at Siro\'s I\'m sure ! Glad all else is well and welcome back aboard. I\'ve been buried as well with work but am starting a horse players holiday today.

So dive into the sheets, ignore the tractor pulls and demolition derby\'s and let\'s crush the cup !!!!

Good luck,

FD

[richiebee]

Don Antonio:

Great to hear from you and glad to hear you are weathering the storm.

With the BC at CD, was thinking about you quite a bit ... at the last CDBC I
recall you nailed both Juvie races (Dreaming of Anna and Street Sense) and scored
big by sticking with one of your favorite betting horses, Miesque\'s Approval.

I\'ll take this opportunity to compliment the TG staff on a brilliant presentation
of the seminar which was easily accessed as evidenced by the fact that we did not
have the annual \"I can\'t download the damn thing\" post from NCT.

Look forward to hearing your opinion on some of these races...

[richiebee]

NoCarolinaTony Wrote:
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> Redneck....country concert..hmmm aren\'t we
> opinionated. Guess we can stereotype \"redneck
> white people who may or may not be TEA PARTY
> members\" without impunity these days.
>
> I do recall they had the Rolling Stones there as
> well, and survived that mess too. Guess you might
> find that one at Royal Ascot.....but hardly at
> River Downs my friend.
>
> The world is ever changing...the tracks need to
> make money...let them do what they got to do to
> survive. There is no reason this damn thing has to
> be at Churchill ever again either (except that\'s
> where the NTRA lives).
>
> Belmont may want to consider a few Billy Joel /
> Bruce Springsteen / Lady GAGA concerts to raise
> some $$$


NCT:

NYRA\'s money problems will be a thing of the past once the Malaysian group turns
Aqueduct into the World\'s largest and most opulent Racino/Opium Den/Massage Parlor
(Hows that for stereotyping?!)

I know you are a big fan of GaGa, a graduate of one of NYC\'s older Catholic
schools, Convent of the Sacred Heart; makes one wonder how she would have turned
out if the Jesuits had gotten a hold of her.

The Tea Party will be represented at the BC by First Dude, named for Sarah
Palin\'s husband. I guess a Quality Road/First Dude exacta box is the way to go if
you like to mix Tea with your Kool Aid.

[MonmouthGuy]

Great line at the end. Classic.

[TGJB]

Good news, Tony. So next year you can go out with a clear mind and shoot even better than 75 at Saratoga National?

[NoCarolinaTony]

Jerry I can\'t claim a 75 but it was a 78....my most enjoyable moment this past SPA event was talking with your Daughter on Woodward Day.....she is bright...you will have your hands full.....

Good Luck to all. Just about to hit the sheets now...trying the new approach of coming in fresh without bias......lets see how it goes...

Richiebee.. i am ready to finance your book...lets go...


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