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Originally Posted by the little guy
Once again, it rained. The weather had stayed North, for the most part, but then more moved through. Since you were watching Talking Horses, you also heard us say we could not see what was going on outside DURING THE SHOW.
I assume you realize we don't want to take races off the turf? Right? It costs us a ton of handle. We are also racing for three months on the turf this Fall at Aqueduct, not the usual one month, so tearing the courses up at the beginning of the second week of the meet would have a significantly negative affect on the courses later in this year's elongated meet. Every decision has repercussions.
I find it interesting that the same horseplayers that are required to make intricate handicapping decisions every day, have difficulty making easier determinations on their own. Most answers are common sense.
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Oh it rained, wow, never occurred to me that could have been the reason, thanks for enlightening me. At 11:24 turf was rated firm, even up until around 1:00pm was still firm. Then all of a sudden it was off the turf. Not good, not yielding, not soft. Maybe the simplest explanation is it rained, but the series of events to me invoked the question. I think not wanting to tear up the course is probably the most logical answer. If it was two weeks before end of meet they may have run on it.
