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10-08-2009, 04:43 PM
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I'm pumped!
It is kinda amusing that the jumpers can work out a deal to get tv coverage, however obscure, yet most of the great races from the last month have had no coverage outside of TVG and/or HRTV 
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10-08-2009, 04:54 PM
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10-08-2009, 08:06 PM
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This will be a great day for 'chasing in America and racing in general. Always good to give the racing enthusiast an alternative and while 'chasing may be obscure, hopefully more racing fans will get "bit by the bug" and will be drawn into the jumping game.
My biggest hope is that the NSA will take this opportunity to build and continue to promote the game at established tracks and to provide viewing/betting via TV or web-streaming at the weekend fair-type meetings. I'm particularly excited because my avatar/half-owned, Dictina's Boy, is entered in the Appleton and the Foxwood. It'll be Mr. Voss' decision which race it will be, but I'm hoping for the Foxwood. Either way, I'm thrilled just to be a part of the inaugural U.S. Steeplechase Championships.
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10-08-2009, 08:23 PM
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10-08-2009, 10:11 PM
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Good luck!
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10-15-2009, 12:35 PM
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The Montpelier meet is great fun and is one of the few NSA racecourses that have a natural brush fence course. Unfortunately, the weather for Saturday is going to be cold and rainy - typical steeplechasing day if you're in the UK or Ireland. If any other DTer will attend, give me a shout and I'll try to meet up.
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10-15-2009, 12:41 PM
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10-08-2009, 10:07 PM
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10-15-2009, 02:35 PM
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As someone advising me on whether they'd be holding the races at Glenwood once told me: "the horses don't melt, and neither do we."
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The world's foremost expert on virtually everything on the Redskins 2010 season: "Im going to go out on a limb here. I say they make the playoffs."
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10-16-2009, 05:01 AM
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10-19-2009, 11:38 AM
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Well, we had a great day on Saturday. Fortunately, the rain stopped about 45 minutes before the first race, which made things a little more manageable, but the place was still a muddy mess.
Dictina's Boy came home an easy 7 1/4 length winner. It came as a bit of a surprise, since he has never really gone well on soft ground. Despite what the chart says, it was definately on the softish-side of good. His jumping was excellent and Xavier Aixpuru gave him a fantastic ride. Otherwise, attendence was a little off (35,000), but the worst part of the day was the NJ Racing Commission putting the kibosh on wagering via simulcast/AWDs. It is something that the NSA is going to have to workout for the future. This was an excellent card to bet with a lot of non-preferred horses winning, including ours. I'm sure we would have been in double-digits, which would have made our day a little more profitable.
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10-19-2009, 12:45 PM
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Congrats!
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10-19-2009, 07:31 PM
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Congratulation to you, Sean and everyone connected to Dictina's Boy... Hope you had a chance to listen to Voss today. Was another great honor and pleasure for me to have on ATR. Sounds like there's lots of good things in store for you with this gelding!
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10-19-2009, 09:23 PM
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Steve, I am very grateful for your coverage of steeplechasing in this forum and on your show. Additionally, Mr. Raffetto, who you have featured many times, has done an exceptional job trying (and succeeding in some areas) to bring steeplechasing to the mainstream racing community. Regretfully, I normally don't enjoy the opportunity to listen to the show, but try to catch up listening to the archives. Consequently, I didn't hear your chat with Tom, but look forward to listening to it once its posted. Tom's a great horseman and I am fortunate to be in partnership with Sean. They've made all the right moves. Dictina's Boy is such an intelligent and professional racehorse. You see him run and know that he really enjoys his racing. He's given us a tremendous amount of excitment and joy; and gives us cause for great optimism.
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