The Fair Grounds
 

i would love to bet that track has broken the all time record for off the turf races.

this hombre is not complaining though, i love those races

Fair Grounds

Soggy Grounds?

A lot of grass races were taken off last year also. I cant see grass stables going back there next year with tampa and gulfstream as other choices.

I read somewhere that the course drainage system had been recently replaced and was not working properly.

You've got to factor in the CD ownership, these days they don't seem to care about much more than the Derby and to a lesser extent Twin Spires.

again off the turf. i seriously wonder why they keep entering every day for the turf there. maybe they are trying to find someone that has been in a coma since Thanksgiving.

The course is literally sinking-- which is a real problem when you're almost at sea level to begin with, and running a meet in a wet climate during a time of year when the weather isn't warm enough to dry the course all that quickly.

CDI penny-pinchers obviously are no help, same as usual. FG was better when Krantz owned it.

i think we desperately need for Hialeah to open up their turf course next year and let the Fair Grounds go to an all dirt meet.

I know poly is a dying surface but maybe it would make some sense for Fair Grounds.

I don't know anyone can advocate win betting anymore. At the Fair Grounds this past Saturday, sprint stake. The gate opens and Heitai is 7-2. After beating Delaunay out of the gate down the backstretch, the horse comes down to 3-1. Heitai ends up demolishing the field. The win payoff? $6.60. Huge difference between 7-2 and 2-1. This isn't a tiny track with no handle.

don't feel bad, i had one over there where the exacta was paying $73 for $1 in the winner's circle, when i got my payoff the sucker paid $49 for $1.

its blowing my mind these days because i usually have these things figured out by now. all i know is i have been trying to stay away from the horses that the conditional wager guys are on, and the ones where the bell bettors are going to find.

of course i don't know where the bell betting is taking place. i do have my suspicions with no proof.

I'll take part of the blame for the odds drop as I loved the horse at 7-2. I bet when they were loading and couldn't pass it up!

Best solution? Lock the windows when the first horse enters the starting gate. Bettors will adapt.

:D

Churchill doesn't card grass races anymore at Calder, they will probably do the same at the FG. Churchill :ThmbDown:'s