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01-15-2010, 02:06 PM
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Santa Anita may go to Seven Races a Day or a Four Day Week!
http://www.drf.com/news/article/110127.html
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ARCADIA, Calif. - Santa Anita is considering reducing its racing calendar at the current winter-spring meeting, with the possibility of running fewer races per day or one fewer day per week. The track is considering the measure because of a shortage of race-ready horses.
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Get it over with and go to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday racing.
Then the geniuses need to decide if they want to turn it into a museum and petting zoo in 2012! 
Synthetic surfaces saved California Racing just like they said it would.    
Last edited by andymays; 01-15-2010 at 02:15 PM.
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01-15-2010, 05:48 PM
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Not that it's going to make any difference to me, they should give up Sundays. Sundays are made for golf.
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01-15-2010, 05:51 PM
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Not that it's going to make any difference to me, they should give up Sundays.
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Never know which track shows up and even then for how LONG does it shows up?
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01-15-2010, 05:53 PM
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7 races a day is suicidal. 4 days a week is a much better option.
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01-15-2010, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Horseplayersbet.com
7 races a day is suicidal. 4 days a week is a much better option.
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They really don't have enough to go 4 days if you want to know the truth. They are worried about losing their status with the Horse Racing networks.
Look for a museum and petting zoo by 2012 if these guys don't get their act together.
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01-15-2010, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by andymays
They really don't have enough to go 4 days if you want to know the truth. They are worried about losing their status with the Horse Racing networks.
Look for a museum and petting zoo by 2012 if these guys don't get their act together.
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How about a Plastics Museum?
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01-15-2010, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Horseplayersbet.com
How about a Plastics Museum?
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I'm ready to put all the synthetic misery in a museum right now and make it history. I'll even donate to get that miserable crap out of Santa Anita right now.
You aren't trying to get me going are you? 
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01-15-2010, 06:34 PM
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Bye-Bye SA, you didn't need us when we needed you, so now we don't need you when you need us most.....Toodle-oo.......
You just didn't get it.....You needed to change and yet you didn't listen to us when we told you what was needed....Sayonarra...
Lots & lots of History, sad to see what a shambles you made of the ole' place....Ta-tah....
best,
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01-15-2010, 06:51 PM
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I wonder if they have noticed the overflow fields at Tampa?
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01-15-2010, 07:09 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Yeah, this is kinda fun to watch them sink - the lousy bastards that shut us all out a while back - now they wonder why no one want to bet their pathetic excuse of a race track.
What goes around, comes around.
Buh-bye. 
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01-15-2010, 07:20 PM
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I'm glad they are getting what they deserve.
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01-15-2010, 07:39 PM
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I hope for the 4 day week and 8 race card. Such a schedule should encourage more eight horse fields and fewer cheap mcl races.
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01-15-2010, 09:48 PM
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There were SO many supporters of the fake track, that the ones who were in the minority and opposed it, didn't really have an impact whatsoever. The media, most fans, trainers, vets, track management, owners, all fell in love with it, because of the lies that they were told. (Horses won't get injured, track will play fair...etc.)
As a fan, I don't like seeing it fail, but I hated the idea to put it in, so its really bittersweet. Didn't anyone take a cue from AstroTurf? The same idea, it was promised to be the next great amazing thing, and now it is basically non-existent, due to the many problems that it had.
It happens so many times, that people take an idea and run with it, with limited information and data, and it ends up kicking them in the ass.
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01-15-2010, 11:39 PM
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They should really raise the takeout by 5% to increase the handle and give incentive to the owners and trainers to race there through all the increased purse money they'd get
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01-16-2010, 12:00 AM
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Racing Form Detective
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Originally Posted by ukbro00
There were SO many supporters of the fake track, that the ones who were in the minority and opposed it, didn't really have an impact whatsoever. The media, most fans, trainers, vets, track management, owners, all fell in love with it, because of the lies that they were told. (Horses won't get injured, track will play fair...etc.)
As a fan, I don't like seeing it fail, but I hated the idea to put it in, so its really bittersweet. Didn't anyone take a cue from AstroTurf? The same idea, it was promised to be the next great amazing thing, and now it is basically non-existent, due to the many problems that it had.
It happens so many times, that people take an idea and run with it, with limited information and data, and it ends up kicking them in the ass.
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Am I missing something here? It is natural grass that has become a rarity in big time college and NFL football.
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