Weirdest Trip Note

[EMD4ME]

http://www.emeralddowns.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=1010

Hit replays: April 17, Race 9.


So, doing my work, watching race replays 5-7 times a race, comparing charts, fractions blah blah blah for last Sunday's Emerald card, when.....


I notice about a dozen cute little birdies about 50 feet from the gate for the 9th. Gate opens up, about 7 of them fly away but 3-5 remain. I can see the jocks of the 1&2 riding very slowly early to avoid the birds.

Rocco Bowen and Esias Enriquez, 2 of my favorite jockeys anywhere made it a point to not crush the poor little birdies.

Wow, what a trip note!!!!

Nevermind it's a light blue from TFUS as 8/10 winners were from off the pace and many off the rail.

Reminds me of the day a seagull crashed into a rider's helmet at the SPA on the clubhouse turn of a dirt route

[Robert Fischer]

Originally Posted by EMD4ME

Rocco Bowen and Esias Enriquez, 2 of my favorite jockeys anywhere made it a point to not crush the poor little birdies.

nothing that cool,
but the other day I was betting Turf Paradise for fun
were the decent horses.

I liked the and I was tossing the (he's a slight underlay). (*numbers in this story my not reflect the actual numbers)


Right before they finish loading the gate, - the rears up, dumps his jock and runs off...

Great... there goes 1/3 of my horses, +now I gotta wait.
They unload the gate , and eventually an outrider catches the .

unbelievably they decide not to scratch the !
There's NO WAY the is running a good race after that!

So I've got maybe 30 seconds, and I'm haphazardly keying over a bunch of horses...
The is like 2nd choice or something! Free money, repeat, repeat

runs last

It comes in
I check my plays didn't use the because I had already separated him from my play.. lost money on the race.
and No, I didn't make a trip note for the troubled

[EMD4ME]

Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

nothing that cool,
but the other day I was betting Turf Paradise for fun
were the decent horses.

I liked the and I was tossing the (he's a slight underlay). (*numbers in this story my not reflect the actual numbers)


Right before they finish loading the gate, - the rears up, dumps his jock and runs off...

Great... there goes 1/3 of my horses, +now I gotta wait.
They unload the gate , and eventually an outrider catches the .

unbelievably they decide not to scratch the !
There's NO WAY the is running a good race after that!

So I've got maybe 30 seconds, and I'm haphazardly keying over a bunch of horses...
The is like 2nd choice or something! Free money, repeat, repeat

runs last

It comes in
I check my plays didn't use the because I had already separated him from my play.. lost money on the race.
and No, I didn't make a trip note for the troubled

OUCH!!!! That really hurts. It's amazing how once in a blue moon, the mind freezes and doesn't adjust.

PUT THE TRIP NOTE IN !!!! Chuck that horse's line!

[Ocala Mike]

Sometime in the not too distant past, when Colonial Downs in VA was running, they had a problem with large birds on and around the track. Actually saw in the running lines for a horse who ran there the comment, "struck goose."

[castaway01]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Sometime in the not too distant past, when Colonial Downs in VA was running, they had a problem with large birds on and around the track. Actually saw in the running lines for a horse who ran there the comment, "struck goose."

I've seen that one before too, at various northeastern tracks. Goose or seagull, can't remember which.

This is a little dark, but I remember seeing a race at Parx where a horse fell and another leapt over it, then went on to finish 2nd or 3rd. The comment was "hurdled fallen foe". I figure any horse athletic enough to do that and keep running was ready to win, and it did win its next race (but of course at 6-5 or so as everyone else at the track could read too). Can't recall seeing the "hurdled foe" comment any other time.

[EMD4ME]

http://emeralddowns.com/racing/

Check out July 17, 2016, race 2. Watch the 2 horse as they enter the lane.

Poor swan,duck or whatever cute animal that is almost got splattered to smitherines but he/she was AGILE, perceptive and quick enough to get out of harms way.

Wheeww...

[jballscalls]

Check out this video of how close a birdie came at Emerald to getting stomped.

https://twitter.com/3coltshandicap/s...15784863494144

[Tom]

At Calder once ....jumped alligator.

At FL, in a 4m70 yard race, MY horse...."lost contact with field, lapped"

[cj]

Originally Posted by Tom

At Calder once ....jumped alligator.

At FL, in a 4m70 yard race, MY horse...."lost contact with field, lapped"

Thank goodness they added those extra 70 yards. I'm sure it was a mad dash to the first turn.

[thespaah]

Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

nothing that cool,
but the other day I was betting Turf Paradise for fun
were the decent horses.

I liked the and I was tossing the (he's a slight underlay). (*numbers in this story my not reflect the actual numbers)


Right before they finish loading the gate, - the rears up, dumps his jock and runs off...

Great... there goes 1/3 of my horses, +now I gotta wait.
They unload the gate , and eventually an outrider catches the .

unbelievably they decide not to scratch the !
There's NO WAY the is running a good race after that!

So I've got maybe 30 seconds, and I'm haphazardly keying over a bunch of horses...
The is like 2nd choice or something! Free money, repeat, repeat

runs last

It comes in
I check my plays didn't use the because I had already separated him from my play.. lost money on the race.
and No, I didn't make a trip note for the troubled

In the now storied words of Roberto Di Vincenzo who played well enough to win the Masters but signed an incorrect scorecard....Here is how I would have felt if I were in your shoes.
"now all I can think of is what a stupid I am"

[thespaah]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Sometime in the not too distant past, when Colonial Downs in VA was running, they had a problem with large birds on and around the track. Actually saw in the running lines for a horse who ran there the comment, "struck goose."

I saw wild Turkeys in the infield at Cnl