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01-09-2015, 06:11 AM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
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Originally Posted by alydar
Funny, I saw this a few days ago and saw nothing wrong with it. It's the track, not Dinseyland.
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I was beginning to think I was the only one who thought like you. Tracks have never been pretty.
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01-09-2015, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by proximity
other than the one poor soul who was omg....... divorced  I found exhibit #5 of the pregnant woman and two guys with racing forms to be particularly troubling.
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LOL.....very clever. 
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01-09-2015, 06:49 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
The picture of the bettor falling asleep might be because he didn't have 4.50 for coffee.  |
Bazinga..... 
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01-09-2015, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
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After I finished the short read/pics I started reading through the Thursday Times.
Here's what I learned about New York....
I don't like your guys Mayor.
What the hell were you folks thinking electing that buzzard to run your city ? 
But I did like the new Grizzly Bears @ the Zoo......they were cool. 
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01-09-2015, 07:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
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i don't care who the hell the mayor is, i love New York and New York racing. my guess is that Aqueduct is probably on its last legs now. and it doesn't make any sense to put to much money in it. they could use that money to fix up the other properties and attract more people there.
California is also going through a transformation as well, and it looks like they are making the transition just fine.
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01-09-2015, 09:39 AM
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self medicated
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: toga
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Originally Posted by lamboguy
i don't care who the hell the mayor is, i love New York and New York racing. my guess is that Aqueduct is probably on its last legs now. and it doesn't make any sense to put to much money in it. they could use that money to fix up the other properties and attract more people there.
California is also going through a transformation as well, and it looks like they are making the transition just fine.
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You are right on all accounts. People get all worked up about the mayor or president or whoever. Who gives a crap? Its all rigged anyway, they bitch about sports and racing but nothing is rigged more than the 2 party, crook system that the sheeple follow.
NY racing is tops now, hands down. Aqueduct meet is the like the "minors" now and may be etched out eventually. But come spring all the best return. California is transitioning but they never get enough horses. The horse population kind of sucks so I avoid betting there. Aqueduct actually looks better now that they worked on it, but the Equestris dining room is kind of depressing though. I thought I saw the guy from Let It Ride with his gold digging wife, huffing off of his oxygen mask.
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01-09-2015, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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the only track i have ever been to is oaklawn. the management does a great job as far as i am concerned. great food, clean restrooms, always with attendant, friendly tellers, and one smoking area for the smokers. the eye candy is unreal and this year i just read they are not charging general admission for the first time in track history...
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01-09-2015, 10:18 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
How in hell does a piece of shit article like this make it in the Ny Times?
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They should be embarrassed to have published that.
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01-09-2015, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Originally Posted by DeltaLover
Because it is a real race track that smells and feels like one... I will never trade the atmosphere of Aqueduct with any “race track” in the world that looks like a five stars hotel..
You can see my other favorite track, that does not exist anymore, here:
FALIRIKON DELTA
and here:
FALIRIKON DELTA
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Delta: Is this the track in Athens Greece? if so I went to it a couple of times in the late sixties or early seventies. Also if memory serves, I recall watching grooms lead horses to the waters edge in the bay in the AM. I was on a ship in the USN at the time.
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01-09-2015, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: FALIRIKON DELTA
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Originally Posted by Johnny V
Delta: Is this the track in Athens Greece? if so I went to it a couple of times in the late sixties or early seventies. Also if memory serves, I recall watching grooms lead horses to the waters edge in the bay in the AM. I was on a ship in the USN at the time.
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Of course you are right... It is the legendary track DELTA in Piraeus Greece..
In the decade of '80 the daily handle was more than one million dollars while the per capita income was less than $5K and the attendance was around to six thousand per day!
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Last edited by DeltaLover; 01-09-2015 at 12:37 PM.
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01-09-2015, 03:25 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Originally Posted by cj
They should be embarrassed to have published that.
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Might be a PR piece for the folks that own the casino and would like to see Aqueduct go away...purely a guess on my part though...
The whole thing smells worse than bello's imagined urine.
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01-09-2015, 03:26 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Originally Posted by bello
It actually catches the mood of the place quite well. If anything it is flattering.
Aquaduct is a disgrace to NYRA and thoroughbred racing in general. A true armpit
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Mr. Genting, is that you? 
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01-09-2015, 03:35 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Mr. Genting, is that you? |
[YT="I love you Bell....i mean, Mrs Genter"]DALcbYxWeO4[/YT]
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01-09-2015, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: FALIRIKON DELTA
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Might be a PR piece for the folks that own the casino and would like to see Aqueduct go away...purely a guess on my part though...
The whole thing smells worse than bello's imagined urine.
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Very reasonable assumption... This is also the reason for the extremely high prices and the very low quality of the food served in the track.. It is obvious to me, that the Asian owners of the casino are trying to chase the people out of the track, attracting them to their ( ridiculous) games..
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01-09-2015, 03:51 PM
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clean money
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
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Originally Posted by DeltaLover
It is obvious to me, that the Asian owners of the casino are trying to chase the people out of the track, attracting them to their (ridiculous) games..
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Are there multiple ethnic groups of owners of Aqueduct, and the Asians happen to be the ones employing these tactics?
I don't doubt the possibility that such tactics occur. In fact, if the owners own both the casino and the track, it will be a certainty unless other incentives exist that I can't think of in my dull decaffeinated state.
The ethnicity stuff simply threw me for a loop.
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