Another negative for NYRA

[deelo]

Originally Posted by rastajenk

Flower Alley's a guy. In the horse sense, of course.

How dare you assume how Flower Alley identifies

[mountainman]

Originally Posted by Redboard

Using ALL CAPS? You must think this is a real problem. I’m sure it would go away if the industry didn’t assign such cute names to the animals. Instead of Zenyatta, Flower Alley and Stellar Wind; keep the same names their entire lives: KEE2009HIP101, SAR2014HIP034, & OCA2011HIP218, etc.

Apologies, sir. But I have NO idea what you're attempting to say.

[Someday Silent]

Actually, the one thing that has never made sense to me is the fact that races for fillies are always shorter than the ones for males. Why not have the Kentucky Oaks be 10 furlongs like the Derby?

It's only in this country that there seems be be such a huge divide in genders when it comes to racing. Not that the horses care of course.

If we're going to worry about gender inequality, I'd think that looking into why there still aren't very many promiment female jockeys and trainers might be a better place to start.

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by Someday Silent

Actually, the one thing that has never made sense to me is the fact that races for fillies are always shorter than the ones for males. Why not have the Kentucky Oaks be 10 furlongs like the Derby?

It's only in this country that there seems be be such a huge divide in genders when it comes to racing. Not that the horses care of course.

If we're going to worry about gender inequality, I'd think that looking into why there still aren't very many promiment female jockeys and trainers might be a better place to start.

Great point. There are tons of gals involved in this game, and it's been proven they can ride and train at the highest levels. Every trainer seems to have a daughter that is involved in some way.