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04-21-2018, 04:47 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Woodbine, Where the Turf meets the Turf
Woodbine adding a second Turf course for 2019....over the old harness track.
Hey, Cincy! they want 6 turf races every day!
You got your passport up-to-date?
http://torontosun.com/2017/06/28/woo...8-de17a4a2cd97
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“We’re going to convert the seven-eighths-mile track back to a turf course,” Lawson said. “If thoroughbred racing is near and dear to you, you understand turf racing is what people want to do. It’s what a lot of horses want to do.”
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04-21-2018, 05:10 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Best place to stay - Comfort Hotel - I stay on the 6th floor and can watch the races and morning works right from my room window. A mile or so down Rexdale is the BEST steak sandwich I ever had in a little dive place. they have the DRF logo sticker on the door, but don't sell them anymore. Still, makes you feel welcome.
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04-22-2018, 12:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
Best place to stay - Comfort Hotel - I stay on the 6th floor and can watch the races and morning works right from my room window. A mile or so down Rexdale is the BEST steak sandwich I ever had in a little dive place. they have the DRF logo sticker on the door, but don't sell them anymore. Still, makes you feel welcome.
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do you know the name of the steak sandwich place? head up every summer and would love to check it out.
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04-22-2018, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rollingpk3
do you know the name of the steak sandwich place? head up every summer and would love to check it out.
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I'd be leery of a steak sandwich in a dive place that close to a horse track.
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04-22-2018, 08:09 PM
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The second course will let them run turf sprints. Something I don't think they can on the main turf course.
Should help business, I would think.
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That's a funny one Clocker.
Last edited by Denny; 04-22-2018 at 08:11 PM.
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04-22-2018, 08:47 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Denny
The second course will let them run turf sprints. Something I don't think they can on the main turf course.
Should help business, I would think.
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That's a funny one Clocker.
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They run 6 on the main turf, and tried shorter running clockwise but thankfully ended that.
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04-23-2018, 08:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollingpk3
do you know the name of the steak sandwich place? head up every summer and would love to check it out.
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Might be Steak Queen...345 Rexdale....east of Hwy 27
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04-23-2018, 01:06 PM
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Isn't the second turf course just the original? They are replanting the grass.
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04-23-2018, 01:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Immanuel Kant
Might be Steak Queen...345 Rexdale....east of Hwy 27
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Closed.
Allan
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04-23-2018, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
Isn't the second turf course just the original? They are replanting the grass.
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They are replanting the grass. The current course use to cross the dirt strip and hook up with the infield course just like at Santa Anita. They then built the turf the dirt course, and turned the original turf course into a harness track. Just wondering, if they will run 2-turn races on it, or just sprints.
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04-23-2018, 02:01 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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They also used the course as the dirt track when they were converting the main to synthetic.
Last edited by cj; 04-23-2018 at 04:30 PM.
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04-23-2018, 03:09 PM
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vaguely on topic...
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Frost king,
Of course they'll run two-turn races on the new turf course. As Tom said there's going to be a lot of turf racing at Woodbine. I guess with Mohawk Park taking over the winter harness dates everything works out quite agreeably, somehow.
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04-23-2018, 04:10 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Immanuel Kant
Might be Steak Queen...345 Rexdale....east of Hwy 27
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Yes - Steak Queen.
Sorry they closed - I have to say the BEST steak sandwich ever!
Ain't GOOOGLE great?
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04-23-2018, 04:20 PM
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crusty old guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocker
I'd be leery of a steak sandwich in a dive place that close to a horse track.
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Well, not a steak sandwich but...
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04-24-2018, 06:49 PM
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It will be great to see 5F sprints again!
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