Cards at Saratoga

[Gander]

Its absolutely pouring here in Toga. Streets are flooding, rain coming from all angles, heavy winds.
The weather is at this point comical! You have to laugh.

[DJK]

I don't know why they moved the stakes races so that the Sword Dancer and Alabama would be on the same day, thus leaving this Saturday with, well, nothing much. I cannot remember a Saturday at Saratoga without a graded stakes race.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by DJK

I don't know why they moved the stakes races so that the Sword Dancer and Alabama would be on the same day, thus leaving this Saturday with, well, nothing much. I cannot remember a Saturday at Saratoga without a graded stakes race.

My guess is for TV. Either that or they're banking on getting some one-week turnarounds from the Million.

[sdjcom]

if you want full fields, the money is green at mountaineer racetrack. don't look fractional or final times, names of horses or jockeys, and you can't tell if it's a stakes race or 5,000 nw2

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

if you want full fields, the money is green at mountaineer racetrack. don't look fractional or final times, names of horses or jockeys, and you can't tell if it's a stakes race or 5,000 nw2

goodness knows no one would tell the difference between 'toga and mountaineer.

[TheSpyder]

Don't mind the 2YO races but where is the super star that wins by 10 lengths we usually see? Most of the standouts coming in with buzz have standed down when it came to racing.

[Gander]

Its a blessing in disguise and the move turned out to be a smart one. It rained off and on (quite heavily) all afternoon. The turf course has to be a mess and with the rather cool temps here now, I dont see it getting any better for tomorrow's race. The Sword Dancer would have been run on a bog.
They should take off all of tomorrow's turf races if they havent already.

But wait, I hear the dirt course is actually in worse shape than the turf!
Maybe they'll cancel the entire card tomorrow and let things get back to normal in time for Sunday. Its not like there are any good races tomorrow anyways.

Next Saturday, hopefully the weather will cooperate and we'll have 2 Grade
1's on Saturday. Take tomorrow off. Spend time with the family, go to a movie or get outside for some fresh air. The meet begins next weekend.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Gander

They should take off all of tomorrow's turf races if they havent already.

Might as well. With the exception of the 7th, where some nice fillies are SLUMMING it for $100k (they could run for that much just about anywhere), the turf card SUCKS. I can get a claimer and 2 maiden races just about at any track.

With all the turf races already taken off this meet, this is the best they can do?
This is what remains of what was once the best turf racing in the country?