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08-19-2010, 02:47 PM
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Here's what i don't get, why didnt they make this decision 2 months ago? That way, there could be a dirt track almost ready for completion, why did we drag our feet on this?
Regards,
Jer.... uh, Stillriledup.
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08-19-2010, 03:06 PM
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STRONACH TELLS CHRB SYNTHETIC TRACKS ARE ‘VOODOO’
http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/st...odoo%E2%80%99/
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Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach formally told the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday his intention to replace the Pro-Ride/Cushion Track synthetic surface at the Arcadia plant with a conventional dirt track. Stronach, who announced his decision during a Wednesday night meeting with horsemen at Del Mar, told the CHRB he thinks synthetic tracks are “voodoo.”
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08-19-2010, 03:21 PM
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The meeting is turning into a joke.
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08-19-2010, 03:24 PM
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I think this is a dumb move. Synthetic racing hasn't been bad for California racing. It'd been a while since their local champions managed to dominate on the national scene. The BC 2008 2009 were a huge success with zero fatalities. Handle and attendance isn't suffering more than say, Saratoga.
I hope SA keeps the Pro ride.
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08-19-2010, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gm10
I think this is a dumb move. Synthetic racing hasn't been bad for California racing. It'd been a while since their local champions managed to dominate on the national scene. The BC 2008 2009 were a huge success with zero fatalities. Handle and attendance isn't suffering more than say, Saratoga.
I hope SA keeps the Pro ride.
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08-19-2010, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
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Don't be shocked. It's his M.O.
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08-19-2010, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by gm10
I think this is a dumb move. Synthetic racing hasn't been bad for California racing. It'd been a while since their local champions managed to dominate on the national scene. The BC 2008 2009 were a huge success with zero fatalities. Handle and attendance isn't suffering more than say, Saratoga.
I hope SA keeps the Pro ride.
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You probably like the lottery too.
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08-19-2010, 03:30 PM
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So, i should have given him  instead of ?
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08-19-2010, 03:31 PM
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So, i should have given him instead of ? |
There aren't enough emoticons to do him justice.
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08-19-2010, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gm10
I think this is a dumb move. Synthetic racing hasn't been bad for California racing. It'd been a while since their local champions managed to dominate on the national scene. The BC 2008 2009 were a huge success with zero fatalities. Handle and attendance isn't suffering more than say, Saratoga.
I hope SA keeps the Pro ride.
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The Europeans loved Pro Ride. So it's removal will have several impacts on the future BC races there.
1. Overall, fewer Euros will ship in for the Breeder's Cup races.
2. Fewer, if any, Euros will try the Classic.
3. The Turf Classic won't be as decimated by all the Euros trying the regular Classic
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08-19-2010, 03:35 PM
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This is great stuff.
Mace just said he trains at Hol and every one of his horses is laid up due to injury from training there and that SA is better.
Liebau stands up and says get your horses out of my barn area immediately.
Get out the gloves!
These people are morons. Funny, but very sad listening to a bunch of people going down on a sinking ship due to their incompetence.
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08-19-2010, 03:39 PM
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CH
Euro's who want to win Classic, need to become like Ballydolye. Who send horses for a crack whether it's on Dirt or Pro-Ride
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08-19-2010, 04:02 PM
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Weren't Zenyatta's connections critical of Pro Ride? I thought I had read that somewhere.
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08-19-2010, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by keithw84
Weren't Zenyatta's connections critical of Pro Ride? I thought I had read that somewhere.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/horseraci...like-runn.html
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But guess what? Shirreffs hates the synthetics tracks. He always has, and probably always will.
"I'm more into developing young horses, and I find that young horses really don't like training on synthetic surfaces," he said. "Synthetic surfaces are like training on Velcro, where the horse's foot lands and it doesn't slide, it just sticks to the ground. Depending upon how synthetic the surface is, they can't rotate their foot into the track and push off. So if you can imagine running along flat-footed all the time without getting up on your toes and pushing off, I think that's probably about how it would feel to a human."
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