 |
|
05-19-2022, 10:19 PM
|
#16
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 234
|
how many horses are stabled at SA right now?
|
|
|
|
05-23-2022, 06:41 PM
|
#17
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 481
|
Why don't you put 5 years of Santa Anita numbers on a graph and compare to 5 years of HANA numbers, so there's a 'normal' for the viewer to compare to Santa Anita's demise?
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-2022, 07:08 PM
|
#18
|
|
PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 86,718
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by AskinHaskin
Why don't you put 5 years of Santa Anita numbers on a graph and compare to 5 years of HANA numbers, so there's a 'normal' for the viewer to compare to Santa Anita's demise?
|
you one funny guy
how big is that axe, exactly?
|
|
|
|
08-16-2022, 01:37 PM
|
#19
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 991
|
Santa Anita is going to have a two day race week this fall on October 15-16 with no racing on Friday October 14
This tells me they are open to the idea of cutting Fridays from the schedule in the future if field size doesn't improve - or gets worse
Also, the Los Al September thoroughbred meet will feature only six days of racing over the two-week period.
|
|
|
|
|
08-16-2022, 02:01 PM
|
#20
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 436
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Gobbi
Santa Anita is going to have a two day race week this fall on October 15-16 with no racing on Friday October 14
This tells me they are open to the idea of cutting Fridays from the schedule in the future if field size doesn't improve - or gets worse
Also, the Los Al September thoroughbred meet will feature only six days of racing over the two-week period.
|
Yup and going to 2 day a week racing means some horses will race on a seven to eight day rest. That’s how it use to be years ago anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
08-16-2022, 02:12 PM
|
#21
|
|
The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 111,479
|
Over/under on how many?
I'll say 1.
__________________
Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
|
|
|
|
|
08-17-2022, 09:38 AM
|
#22
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,723
|
I know I'm a broken record on this, but we need to go with one circuit. We'd have enough horses to fill fields if we get rid of Los Al, shorten the calendar length of the Santa Anita and Del Mar meetings, and basically give most of the fall and early summer to Golden Gate.
This whole mess is a product of the horsemen demanding there be 2 circuits when we either don't have enough horses or horsemen don't run them often enough to justify it.
|
|
|
|
|
09-27-2022, 09:32 PM
|
#23
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 991
|
only 62 horses entered for opening day Friday at Santa Anita (9 race card)
|
|
|
|
|
09-28-2022, 10:40 AM
|
#24
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 20,291
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
I know I'm a broken record on this, but we need to go with one circuit. We'd have enough horses to fill fields if we get rid of Los Al, shorten the calendar length of the Santa Anita and Del Mar meetings, and basically give most of the fall and early summer to Golden Gate.
This whole mess is a product of the horsemen demanding there be 2 circuits when we either don't have enough horses or horsemen don't run them often enough to justify it.
|
How would people feel about running some major races on synth again if they went to GG?
__________________
"Unlearning is the highest form of learning"
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2022, 03:28 AM
|
#25
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,723
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by classhandicapper
How would people feel about running some major races on synth again if they went to GG?
|
Well, the field size increased at HOL once they switched to Cushion Track. I suspect they'd cope.
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2022, 03:26 PM
|
#26
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 244
|
really think they need a complete redo in Cali
Del Mar is the premiere venue, Los Al likely not long for this world as long rumored
Santa Anita has a great view but is a bullring in disguise + the wonderful, underused downhill turf course
I'd look into opening a new venue somewhere in the region for non-Del Mar season and close/sell Santa Anita to pay for this + start a new program to raise horses in California and attract some new trainers from around the world
I find the races in California unbettable due to the long history of shady trainers - seems worse in the Southwest US for whatever reason, likewise Arizona and New Mexico racing is useless
California needs some fresh thinking, learn from what's working at Colonial & Kentucky Downs to the East, and in Hong Kong to the West
and above all else, raise the bar on minimum standards on trainers so that a serious wager can be placed without thinking you need inside information to have a chance
Last edited by Sheffwed; 10-03-2022 at 03:27 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2022, 03:38 PM
|
#27
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 991
|
the current political climate in California is not good for horse racing
Last edited by Al Gobbi; 10-03-2022 at 03:41 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2022, 09:55 PM
|
#28
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,035
|
The political climate in California is not good for anything right now!!!
|
|
|
|
|
10-03-2022, 11:12 PM
|
#29
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dark Side of the Moon
Posts: 5,856
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1st time lasix
The political climate in California is not good for anything right now!!!
|
bingo
smash and grab maybe
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Rate This Thread |
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
@
