Gulfstream Screws the Bettors

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Grits

Ok, my mistake. But you say nothing else.

It was the WEATHER for heaven sake. God forbid you're screwed, when a decision is made that can possibly be in the better interest of horse and jock because of heavy rain prior. ...I don't like seeing anyone screwed, but count in, its living.

Done on this one.

I think you're missing the point. No one is mad at the plain fact that they took the race off the turf.. The point is the decision about the 9th race could and should have been made BEFORE the 7th race even went off. It's not asking much for a little foresight by the track officials.(or maybe it is in this case)

[bugsoup]

well then why not make it a pk.3 then. or better yet run it on the turf.
to me it won't hurt. its not to sat. before the big races. handicap for turf and dirt or as you know two different things.

[JJP]

Lets not forget that Tuesday is a dark day so the grass would've gotten a full day off. And they re-did that turf course so they could alter the placement of the rail. What good is a portable rail if you take the races off every time there's a drizzle? But this is a track that cancelled racing two weeks ago when the main track had a little water on it. I'm glad I didn't play GP today. I would've been pissed.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by JJP

Lets not forget that Tuesday is a dark day so the grass would've gotten a full day off. And they re-did that turf course so they could alter the placement of the rail. What good is a portable rail if you take the races off every time there's a drizzle? But this is a track that cancelled racing two weeks ago when the main track had a little water on it. I'm glad I didn't play GP today. I would've been pissed.

I made the same points about the rails to the maintenance person I spoke to.

[bugsoup]

well then why not make it a pk.3 then. or better yet run it on the turf.
to me it won't hurt. its not to sat. before the big races. handicap for turf and dirt or as you know two different things.

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

I think you're missing the point. No one is mad at the plain fact that they took the race off the turf.. The point is the decision about the 9th race could and should have been made BEFORE the 7th race even went off. It's not asking much for a little foresight by the track officials.(or maybe it is in this case)

No, I understand fully, that yes indeed the decision could have been made before the 7th, but we all know that the folks that run racetracks are not MIT graduates.

I'm glad there are still horses out back, 5 years from now, that's exceedingly doubtful--not hide nor hair in sight.