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View Poll Results: Is adding 30 to 60 feet to the run up for the Pegasus a good idea?
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Old 01-20-2018, 05:24 PM   #16
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30-60 feet for the run up has been rules out by Franky.
But he will increase the parking by $30-$60 instead.

If you come early, you can get breakfast that day.
Where else can you get a 3 minute egg in a minute and 40 seconds?
Don't be surprised if it happens. Pretty sure the Owners would agree. We'll see.
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Old 01-21-2018, 07:55 AM   #17
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Comparing Pegasus day to BC day is really a non starter, and Pegasus day is more expensive in general. They can do what they want. It is his race track, though Belinda is probably calling the shots now. I'm just stating the obvious...they don't want regular Joes there.
You know they don't care if it's Regular Joe or Extraordinary Joe who is there. They only want to get as much as they can in ticket sales.
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Old 01-21-2018, 01:48 PM   #18
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Watchmaker: Post-position draw paramount in Pegasus

http://www.drf.com/news/watchmaker-p...amount-pegasus

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That’s why I suggested that what happens at the Pegasus draw could, just for starters, change the way the race is bet. I can’t envision any scenario where Gun Runner isn’t strongly favored. But if Gun Runner draws a reasonably good post, I think he’s as big a cinch to be an odds-on favorite as he is to be named Horse of the Year. And good luck beating him. But if Gun Runner draws, say, post 10 or wider, I suspect his price will be higher than even-money, and he will suddenly become a vulnerable favorite.

Makes you wonder if post positions should ever have that kind of impact.
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Old 01-21-2018, 06:19 PM   #19
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Watchmaker: Post-position draw paramount in Pegasus

http://www.drf.com/news/watchmaker-p...amount-pegasus

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That’s why I suggested that what happens at the Pegasus draw could, just for starters, change the way the race is bet. I can’t envision any scenario where Gun Runner isn’t strongly favored. But if Gun Runner draws a reasonably good post, I think he’s as big a cinch to be an odds-on favorite as he is to be named Horse of the Year. And good luck beating him. But if Gun Runner draws, say, post 10 or wider, I suspect his price will be higher than even-money, and he will suddenly become a vulnerable favorite.

Makes you wonder if post positions should ever have that kind of impact.
Tracks should schedule races at distances that don't create this sort of thing. But horsemen, for the most part, bring it on themselves. They run ridiculous 1m 1/16 races at Laurel which start almost on the turn because trainers don't want to run 9f.
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Tracks should schedule races at distances that don't create this sort of thing. But horsemen, for the most part, bring it on themselves. They run ridiculous 1m 1/16 races at Laurel which start almost on the turn because trainers don't want to run 9f.
I've always thought of it as some sort of "class" thing. Somehow they feel like a mile and one eighth is more classy than three sixteenths. And it's definitely what you say.
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Old 01-21-2018, 10:45 PM   #21
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They don't want the regular horseplayer there.
Expect the "Regular South Florida Set" there like last year...

http://worldredeye.com/2017/01/pegas...lfstream-park/
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Old 01-22-2018, 11:19 AM   #22
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Comparing Pegasus day to BC day is really a non starter, and Pegasus day is more expensive in general. They can do what they want. It is his race track, though Belinda is probably calling the shots now. I'm just stating the obvious...they don't want regular Joes there.
Belinda has to approve any corporate changes.
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The only connections who should be for this change are those of Gun Runner.

The others as a whole are better off leaving it as is.
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Gulfstream has the most to gain by doing things right, that is for sure.
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Gulfstream has the most to gain by doing things right, that is for sure.
Amen.
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So if they do this and Gun Runner draws wide, will he still be a lock to win then?
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Metric system? Why on earth would we do that when we don't use the metric system in this country? And why does he think we can't make an exact measurement without doing so in the metric system? Does he also want us to start reporting weight in stones?
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