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12-21-2019, 06:02 PM
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Santa Anita delays opening two days, now the 28th
Not opening on the 26th due to weather concerns.
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12-21-2019, 06:08 PM
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velocitician
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better be safe than sorry
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12-21-2019, 06:15 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Any word on when the card will be run?
Saturday?
Off to a smashing start!
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12-21-2019, 06:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
Any word on when the card will be run?
Saturday?
Off to a smashing start!
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Yes, opening day is now the 28th.
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Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
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12-21-2019, 06:21 PM
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They should just cancel the meet, and Del Mar while they are at it, waste of everyones time.
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12-21-2019, 07:25 PM
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Perhaps someone can fix the headline of this thread ( and also mail Greg a rattle ).
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12-21-2019, 07:34 PM
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DJ M.Walk
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80% and 90% chance of rain Sunday and Monday. 40% on the 25th and 26th.
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12-21-2019, 07:37 PM
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Resurrectionist
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the little guy
Perhaps someone can fix the headline of this thread ( and also mail Greg a rattle ).
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Andy,
Sometimes I do things on purpose. 
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12-22-2019, 10:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by the little guy
Perhaps someone can fix the headline of this thread ( and also mail Greg a rattle ).
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There is no data that an off track is more unsafe than a regular track. Racing now is doing things for no statistical reason at all (other tracks cancelled due to forecast as well). Fighting public opinion based on nothing is a recipe to get nowhere fast.
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12-22-2019, 11:15 AM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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12-22-2019, 12:10 PM
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Maybe it's time to close up shop in CA and move the horses and horsemen to friendlier territory. CA is a somewhat unique state with unique people and attitudes that may not be compatible with our sport anymore.
Businesses move all the time when taxes, regulations, or the general business climate is hostile in their present location or friendlier elsewhere.
Why should horse racing be any different?
There is nothing stopping the industry from moving forward on issues that will make it more palatable to the general public everywhere else (including educating people so all the misinformation and spin from our enemies inside and outside press don't dominate perceptions). Beside, it make perfect sense to do everything possible to make the sport safer for everyone involved.
I just see no reason CA has to be part of the future. There are no fixes that will make racing palatable to lunatics. Let the racing occur elsewhere and if CA wants to allow betting on it fine (I would hope would be the case to avoid a serious economic blow outside CA by losing that handle), otherwise to hell with them.
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 12-22-2019 at 12:14 PM.
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12-22-2019, 12:49 PM
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Santa Anita doesn't know what to do "Shit or go blind"
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12-22-2019, 01:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB@BP
There is no data that an off track is more unsafe than a regular track. Racing now is doing things for no statistical reason at all (other tracks cancelled due to forecast as well). Fighting public opinion based on nothing is a recipe to get nowhere fast.
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I don't disagree about dry vs wet tracks. You say "racing" as though it is all encompassing. It's not.
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12-22-2019, 01:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by classhandicapper
Businesses move all the time when taxes, regulations, or the general business climate is hostile in their present location or friendlier elsewhere.
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True, but also businesses even more frequently change their MO to try and be more profitable. Maybe it's time for tracks to refuse to be held hostage to run cards that are certain money-losers, filled with off-the-turf races with four or five horse fields that generate shit for handle. Unlike tracks that being floated by casino $$, Santa Anita needs to sell a lot of $12 margaritas to be profitable, and that's not likely in a rainstorm.
Last edited by Cholly; 12-22-2019 at 01:43 PM.
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12-22-2019, 02:08 PM
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Racing is dying in Southern California.
Note that GGF, with its Tapeta track, doesn't have to do this.
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