Claiming Crown moved to Ellis for '07

ateamstupid · #1 09-12-2006, 01:20 PM

Not sure if you guys saw this yet.. Canterbury gets it back in '08.

blackthroatedwind · #2 09-12-2006, 01:23 PM

In a related note, there are a number of scenes filmed at Canterbury in the new movie " Factotum ", which is based on a Charles Bukowski novel.

ateamstupid · #3 09-12-2006, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

In a related note, there are a number of scenes filmed at Canterbury in the new movie " Factotum ", which is based on a Charles Bukowski novel.

On a completely unrelated note, I just realized that one of the final scenes in "Carlito's Way" takes place at the subway station I go to every day.

pmayjr · #4 09-12-2006, 01:43 PM

I remember seeing the news last year, that Canterbury gets like 7 Claiming Crowns in the next 10 years. I'm not gonna miss it next year. They give you wide open betting affirs most of the time, but I've gotten slaughtered everytime I played it...
I hope Canterbury goes back to racing under the lights on Sat night. They used to do it that way when the track first re-opened. Since then they've been racing at 1:30 on Saturdays. They experimented with a 4:00 Saturday post time in July (in an effort to get more off-track handle generated), but I don't think it worked too well. They should go back to racing at night. Because the claiming crown draws well in terms of attendance, and they would bve going head-to-head with Mountaineer. That in itself should bring out some decent handle.

JJP · #5 09-12-2006, 02:56 PM

Instead of running it in 100 degree heat like they had the past two years, they can run it in 105 degree heat at Ellis.

Scurlogue Champ · #6 09-12-2006, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

In a related note, there are a number of scenes filmed at Canterbury in the new movie " Factotum ", which is based on a Charles Bukowski novel.

Poor old Bukowski...

I have read everything he ever wrote. He sure was ugly, and liked to talk about being ugly.

The poems are the best, could do without the other

pmayjr · #7 09-12-2006, 03:29 PM

Good point JJ, it's been hot the last few years... but Canterbury has gotten lucky in that it hasn't rained any of the years they've hosted it (at least I think that's the case)...

Round Pen · #8 09-12-2006, 03:46 PM

Good for Ellis Park it is nice to see something good happen to the Pea Patch. Lord knows they have been through enough in the last few years with Floods, Tornado's and Fires.

pmayjr · #9 09-12-2006, 03:59 PM

True true... It's pretty clsoe to the beginning of their meet, maybe it would be kick-off weekend for them?