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04-12-2010, 05:44 PM
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Secretariat Statue at Belmont
Since this was a topic of discussion last Fall, I thought it was worth mentioning that the base has been repaired. Here's part of Dave Grening's article in DRF....
Secretariat base is back
A newly engraved concrete base for the Secretariat statue was recently installed in the Belmont Park paddock. The old base was destroyed last May 20 when the horse City on Line got loose before a race and ran into it.
The statue toppled over but remained relatively intact with a few scrapes, but the pedestal was cracked into three pieces. A mahogany wooden base was later installed to hold up the statue, until the new base - complete with Secretariat's accomplishments - was finished.
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04-12-2010, 05:55 PM
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Good stuff.
Let's see how long it takes the NYRA bashers to come out of the woodwork and have some kind of problem with this.
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04-12-2010, 05:57 PM
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Great news,good to hear this,what a champion 
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04-12-2010, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by hibiscus
Good stuff.
Let's see how long it takes the NYRA bashers to come out of the woodwork and have some kind of problem with this.
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Next to death and taxes, there are NYRA bashers about anything.
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04-13-2010, 11:57 PM
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Sure took them long enough....  
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04-14-2010, 12:02 AM
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Are they going to raise takeout to pay for it? 
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04-14-2010, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by HuggingTheRail
Are they going to raise takeout to pay for it? |
I almost used that one myself...
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04-14-2010, 12:33 AM
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Anything new about the look of the reconstruct?
TheOld
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04-14-2010, 01:09 AM
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Lacrimae rerum
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is that guy on the right taking a leak?
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04-14-2010, 01:12 AM
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I can't believe that the statue of Secretariat is running in that direction. If you are looking at the statue from the paddock, i.e. at the track, he is running backwards.
What idiot at NYRA made this decision? Do they know anything about racing? Or statues in that case? This is the exact reason that nobody goes to Belmont Park anymore!!! This is just absurd.
I am also sure that this is the reason that NYRA has short fields. I mean, if you are a trainer leading your horse out of the paddock at Belmont, you know that these stupid NYRA decisions are just there to confuse the horse. How the hell is a horse supposed to know what direction to run after seeing the direction that Secretariat is running?
Hello!!! Anyone home at the New York Racing Association? This isn't Europe!!! We race counter-clockwise in the US of A!!!
What idiots. They are just intent on ruining this sport...
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People, what you are seeing is a brand new bean counter to racing.
Good Luck
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04-14-2010, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by chickenhead
is that guy on the right taking a leak?
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This is an outrage!
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Last edited by bigmack; 04-14-2010 at 01:37 AM.
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04-14-2010, 07:03 AM
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what an easy game.
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Originally Posted by ALostTexan
...How the hell is a horse supposed to know what direction to run after seeing the direction that Secretariat is running?
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It must be traumatic!!
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04-14-2010, 08:50 AM
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Glad to hear it's back. What happened to City on Line? I mean that had to have hurt.
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04-14-2010, 08:53 AM
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He died.
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04-14-2010, 09:02 AM
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Thanks.
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