Belmont Wednesday - Off-the-Turf

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

All grass races scheduled for Wednesday are off the turf.

can't we get 1 day of turf racing andy , its going to be sloppy on thursday and friday

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by gales0678

can't we get 1 day of turf racing andy , its going to be sloppy on thursday and friday

Is there an English translation? Anybody?

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Is there an English translation? Anybody?

did you see any ghosts in saratoga?

[blackthroatedwind]

I guess I should be happy I never have any idea what Gales is talking about.

Does anybody?

[hockey2315]

Ugh. There was a horse I loved in the turf baby race.

[Linny]

Thank you, BTW. It makes my work tonight a bit less of a guessing game. Now I have to guess who might stay in.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Linny

Thank you, BTW. It makes my work tonight a bit less of a guessing game. Now I have to guess who might stay in.

You're welcome.

If I can help just one person......

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I guess I should be happy I never have any idea what Gales is talking about.

Does anybody?

yes , the guy at the carvel stand in the picnic area at Belmont

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by gales0678

yes , the guy at the carvel stand in the picnic area at Belmont

I haven't been there in at least a year....and probably longer. I wish I had the time.

You have to stop believing the nonsense you hear that concerns me. It's all BS.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I haven't been there in at least a year....and probably longer. I wish I had the time.

You have to stop believing the nonsense you hear that concerns me. It's all BS.

BS makes the grass grow green

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Is there an English translation? Anybody?

i get it....the card WAS good today until it got scratched off the turf. and thursday and friday will be definite off the grass days. why couldn't they run the races today? maybe it rained more down there then it did up here?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

i get it....the card WAS good today until it got scratched off the turf. and thursday and friday will be definite off the grass days. why couldn't they run the races today? maybe it rained more down there then it did up here?

With the amount of wind and rain they are calling for on Thursday, I think you have a good chance of seeing a cancellation.

[randallscott35]

Expect no turf till Saturday and that would be pushing it with this much rain forecast for Thursday.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Expect no turf till Saturday and that would be pushing it with this much rain forecast for Thursday.

They're not taking the races off the turf Saturday.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

They're not taking the races off the turf Saturday.

True, forgot what Sat was for a second. Either way. Tough to see anything but soft or yielding at post for the stakes.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

They're not taking the races off the turf Saturday.

I agree that the grass stakes will be run on the turf this weekend. JCGC week has been cursed the past two years with heavy rains (it should be a nice weather day this Saturday, at least), and they didn't take the grass races off the past two years, even though they were run in driving rain and in bog-like conditions.

I think the better question is what does the racing office do with the overnight races for the weekend that were originally scheduled for the turf. Do they leave them on the turf and hope for the best weather-wise, or just card them as dirt races three days out? If the weather foreacst is correct, it certainly presents a no-win situation.