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12-20-2020, 11:45 PM
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Los Al in a huge crapstorm with the CHRB
Details here:
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.co...o-close-track/
They just tweeted this:
Their fatality rate was appalling this year, so I understand why CHRB is playing hardball with them.
But to be clear, while Los Alamitos' thoroughbred meet is stupid and unnecessary, it may be the most important quarter horse track in the country. Any sort of closure would grievously harm quarter horse racing in America. And it looks like the two sides are at loggerheads.
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12-21-2020, 04:00 AM
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THEY SEND IN THE MAN
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CHRB can kiss my ass. SoCal needs another track. Can't just be Santa Anita and Del Mar over there
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12-21-2020, 04:42 AM
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The real estate people are standing outside the gate with their check books
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12-21-2020, 09:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbullsnation
CHRB can kiss my ass. SoCal needs another track. Can't just be Santa Anita and Del Mar over there
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We really don't, for thoroughbreds. As long as GGF is running when our tracks aren't, things would work out OK.
But quarter horse racing DOES need Los Al.
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12-21-2020, 09:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
We really don't, for thoroughbreds. As long as GGF is running when our tracks aren't, things would work out OK.
But quarter horse racing DOES need Los Al.
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How is a synthetic track that is 400 miles away a substitute for Los Alamitos?
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12-21-2020, 12:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by castaway01
How is a synthetic track that is 400 miles away a substitute for Los Alamitos?
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I don't know, how is a track with a crappy layout, overly tight turns, and no turf course adequate for thoroughbred racing in Southern California? Remember, a lot of horses are resting or shipping out during the Los Al meets already.
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12-21-2020, 03:30 PM
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“Los Alamitos will be requesting reconsideration of the action taken by the board and hopes that its request will be acted on in an expedited manner,” Jack Liebau, the track's vice president, told the Los Angeles Times.
Jack Liebau Mucky Muck @ Bay Meadows... Developed
Jack Liebau Mucky Muck @ Hollywood Park... Developed
Jack Liebau @ Los Alamitos... ?
Allred deserves Kudos for stepping in and attempting to aid SoCal racing. Perhaps not so much with the TB meet they run, but with stabling. As to Los Al being most important QH track in the nation. With the exception of their biggest monied races the QH races at Los Al are a side note. Gone are the Los Al days of Bobby Adair, Danny Cardoza, John Watson, Charlie Smith, Kenny Hart. I would argue if the QH racing was still at its heyday at Los Al Allred would not have needed to step in and help the TB industry.
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12-21-2020, 04:00 PM
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When HP closed they should have went to Pomona for a permanent solution. It was rigged then and it is rigged now. Short term thinking won again.
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12-21-2020, 04:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Asaro
When HP closed they should have went to Pomona for a permanent solution. It was rigged then and it is rigged now. Short term thinking won again.
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What they should have done is shrink from two circuits to one (as California was when it was successful from the 1930's to the 1960's).
And that's still what they should do. With one circuit, we'd probably have lots of full fields and good, bettable races. We might even (in non-coronavirus times) increase attendance.
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12-22-2020, 08:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbullsnation
CHRB can kiss my ass. SoCal needs another track. Can't just be Santa Anita and Del Mar over there
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The best SoCal track (by far) closed in 2013...
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12-22-2020, 08:58 AM
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It is amazing how much better Santa Anita has done for horses dying the last year.
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12-22-2020, 10:24 AM
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The stopped running on unsafe tracks, wasn't that the main reason?
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12-22-2020, 10:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Waquoit
The stopped running on unsafe tracks, wasn't that the main reason?
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Regression to the mean is probably a lot more likely, but of course I am sure the little things they did probably had a small effect.
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12-22-2020, 10:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by groupie doll
The best SoCal track (by far) closed in 2013...
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It was my favorite.
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12-22-2020, 11:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB@BP
Regression to the mean is probably a lot more likely, but of course I am sure the little things they did probably had a small effect.
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I give them a little more credit than that. Regression to the mean is one thing, but this is better IMO.
Last edited by cj; 12-24-2020 at 10:03 PM.
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