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Originally Posted by metro
You're looking at it the wrong way. NYRA shutting down dirt racing in the winter will surely mean a migration of NY based stables south for a shot at one of the three dirt races Gulfstream might card on a given day! Heck, horse racing fans may even see a full field of 12 contesting a dirt race in South Florida again.
Of course NYRA, in turn, can lure all those synthetic specialists to the frosty surfaces, and abundant purses in Elmont! Who wouldn't welcome Saffie Joseph bringing half his stock up north? Someone will need to take Linda Rice's place!
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It's amazing that anyone can be this consistently wrong. Gulfstream isn't running many dirt races because they don't fill. We had two ship up for a maiden race because they were the only two even entered for a maiden dirt race down there.
I am not a fan of synthetic racing but, based on what we are seeing at Gulfstream and Turfway, our field size will likely go up in the Winter if we are running on synth.
