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AP '08 Dates Announced
Arlington was "awarded" racing dates from 5/2-9/25 for the 2008 season. A little help on the back end over this year, but still couldn't push deep into Oct because of the GC at Hawthorne....aka...The Palace...
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Not to re-ignite the dirt vs Poly discussion, but I wonder what it will be like as these horses re-transition from poly back to dirt after having made the switch earlier this Spring? |
Alas, it's not Hawthorne. A nice place but nowhere near the majesty of the Palace of Stickney. At least I have my memories. Reavis with belt buckle as big as your head. Mancari with suits so shiny you could be blinded by looking directly at him.
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Hush right now!! :)
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the horses move from a fair track where early speed horses win at about a 30% clip to a track that rewards early speed to the insane level of 50% winners. count on plenty of boring races as they ride the conveyor belt.
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I thought that Poly at Arlington played like a conveyor belt more times than not......
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Now, I question these numbers because the last two weeks at Arlington was speed upon speed, on both courses for that matter. Early in the meet you had to be in the back half to have a shot. |
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everytime i look@sportsmans i wanna cry when walking in and out of the thorne up the ramp. since im a owner these days i tend to just go in the track underneath from the horsemans lot to avoid waiting in line and to avoid seeing sportsmans. wish i had the loot id buy the SP property and the HAW property(although the careys will never sell no matter the price) and build one huge beautiful new track on both lots. lol maybe kinda like AQU with a winter surface that being poly and also with a reg dirt course.........ahhhhhhhhhhhh fun to dream:) |
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Hey...did anyone ever hear anymore about what Duchessois was going to do with Carey's loan that he bought from Harris Bank? A year ago that was big news as he could have forced them into foreclosure by calling in the loan. Is he really playing that nice with them? |
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i think it was a debt from sportsmans he bought out regarding the barns sitting on the HAW property that sportsmans used to own and is now owned bu dick d, last i heard a couple days ago is that a agreement is near between the careys and dick d about the barns that cover i think round 500 stalls |
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well if hawthorne keeps going in the financial downward spiral its in dick D will be able to buy their debt from the bank also LOL and run a 8-9 month meet at arlington
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Arl plays different than Kee and Dmr because its a longer meet. if you haven't noticed by now when horses that haven't been training or running on poly run on it for the first time they get noticeably tired, especially cheaper horses. but as the meet goes on they adapt and the normal tendencies begin to take shape again, for example the dominance of horses that have good early speed. |
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