Race 14 at FG now OFF TURF

[PhantomOnTour]

Nice of them to make this announcement right before R12 was run (on the turf no less) and after the late Pick 5 sequence already began.

So far no reason has been given for the move.

Come on man

[$w1fT]

They need to save the course, apparently.

[SandyW]

This switch cost me a lot of money today. The tracks could care less about their customers. This is why horse racing is in the toilet.
Just another screw the customers day at the races.

[Robert Fischer]

Some say I secretly harbor a "3-card Monty" addiction, and simply use this type of garbage to justify my existence, but "Fook You".

[PhantomOnTour]

According Gary Palmisano (groundskeeper?), the jocks refused to ride Race 14 on the turf.
Oddly enough though - they were good with riding Race 12 over the same course.

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour

According Gary Palmisano (groundskeeper?), the jocks refused to ride Race 14 on the turf.
Oddly enough though - they were good with riding Race 12 over the same course.

Rave 12 was a 8F race.....they could just worry about getting in position


Race 14 was a 5.5 sprint.....jocks worried about sprinting from the start....

[cj]

I thought it was pretty obvious this was a jockey decision before that info was even relayed. What else could it have been?

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour

According Gary Palmisano (groundskeeper?), the jocks refused to ride Race 14 on the turf.
Oddly enough though - they were good with riding Race 12 over the same course.

Gary is a CDI exec, not a groundskeeper:-)

[PhantomOnTour]

Originally Posted by the little guy

Gary is a CDI exec, not a groundskeeper:-)

Gotcha, thanks. I pay more attention to the horses than the people

My apologies to Gary

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour

Gotcha, thanks. I pay more attention to the horses than the people

My apologies to Gary

It might have been a compliment!

He's active on Twitter...often incorrectly evaluating speed figures:-)

[Saratoga]

Originally Posted by the little guy

It might have been a compliment!

He's active on Twitter...often incorrectly evaluating speed figures:-)