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Old 05-17-2010, 11:52 AM
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Totally agree. It would ruin the novelty of Del Mar to race there in the summer and then again all winter.

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I assume Coach's facepalm statement is because the Oak Tree meet is short (October thru mid November, I believe). This has nothing to do with the Regular Santa Anita meet from late December to mid April.
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Old 05-17-2010, 12:26 PM
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I assume Coach's facepalm statement is because the Oak Tree meet is short (October thru mid November, I believe). This has nothing to do with the Regular Santa Anita meet from late December to mid April.
I would also assume that November is still winter...

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Old 05-17-2010, 12:29 PM
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Oh my god.
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Old 05-17-2010, 12:31 PM
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This certainly isn't rocket science class.
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Old 05-17-2010, 02:44 PM
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The simple point I was trying to make is that botiuque meets are successful because they are short and unique. I love Saratoga but if they raced into November I would think that would be a bad idea as well.

Del Mar is already Santa Anita to the south as far as quality of racing but it is the experience of the short meet that everyone aims for. Adding another month or more would wear thin quickly.

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ron charles, president of santa anita, has resigned:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...of-santa-anita
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Old 05-18-2010, 02:07 PM
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ron charles, president of santa anita, has resigned:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...of-santa-anita
He's done enough
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Old 05-18-2010, 02:06 PM
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The simple point I was trying to make is that botiuque meets are successful because they are short and unique. I love Saratoga but if they raced into November I would think that would be a bad idea as well.

Del Mar is already Santa Anita to the south as far as quality of racing but it is the experience of the short meet that everyone aims for. Adding another month or more would wear thin quickly.

Paul
Del Mar is not close to the quality level of Santa Anita. It's always been a hybrid meet that had some nice stakes but also catered to the smaller, displaced CA outfits with cheap races.
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