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Old 12-02-2018, 08:13 PM   #16
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We can't survive as a B level circuit. Our costs are too high.
Well if purses remain at the same level, it WILL become a B circuit. The purses will remain at current levels, but the quality of horseflesh will be of a second rate. You know it’s bad when numerous horses on the SoCal circuit have made their next start at Parx.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:21 PM   #17
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Only way to compete with purse sizes.
big purses have really filled the fields in new york, did you see the summer and fall belmont meets?
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Old 12-03-2018, 01:17 AM   #18
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Well if purses remain at the same level, it WILL become a B circuit. The purses will remain at current levels, but the quality of horseflesh will be of a second rate. You know it’s bad when numerous horses on the SoCal circuit have made their next start at Parx.
No. There will be a horse shortage as purses cannot pay the costs, and Santa Anita will just close. And that will be that.
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big purses have really filled the fields in new york, did you see the summer and fall belmont meets?
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Old 12-03-2018, 10:08 AM   #20
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California racing is already B level at best.

small fields of mediocre horses. I laugh at their allowance and open allowance races and how mediocre the horses are.
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California racing is already B level at best.

small fields of mediocre horses. I laugh at their allowance and open allowance races and how mediocre the horses are.
mediocre horses, ok.

i guess you didnt watch all the horses ship around and win grade 1 races the past few years.

trivia question, who has bigger fields, santa anita or belmont?
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mediocre horses, ok.

i guess you didnt watch all the horses ship around and win grade 1 races the past few years.

trivia question, who has bigger fields, santa anita or belmont?
To be fair, he said the fields were mediocre, not small.

Field size is almost identical at the two tracks, and field size is an issue at, what, 50 tracks these days?
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Old 12-04-2018, 01:55 PM   #24
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California racing is already B level at best.

small fields of mediocre horses. I laugh at their allowance and open allowance races and how mediocre the horses are.
Interesting how a Triple Crown winner and a BC Classic winner came out of those mediocre fields this year.
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Interesting how a Triple Crown winner and a BC Classic winner came out of those mediocre fields this year.
2 Horses. This will look good in a statistical analysis.
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Frank also got fired. My Bad, his contract wasn't renewed.
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2 Horses. This will look good in a statistical analysis.
yea, cause horses like Marleys Freedom, Dream Tree, City of Light, Abel Tasman didnt ship and win any big races. There are many others but I am too lazy to list them.
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yea, cause horses like Marleys Freedom, Dream Tree, City of Light, Abel Tasman didnt ship and win any big races. There are many others but I am too lazy to list them.
Without a doubt the top dirt horses in Socal are far superior to any dirt horses anywhere else. The grass not so much.
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Without a doubt the top dirt horses in Socal are far superior to any dirt horses anywhere else. The grass not so much.
no one thinks any different than that.
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no one thinks any different than that.
Really, Greg?

"Without a doubt the top dirt horses in Socal are far superior to any dirt horses anywhere else."

A lot of hyperbole there, no?

It's a numbers game and it's cyclical.
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