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Old 11-06-2010, 01:42 PM
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Supposedly watering it just makes that turf course slippery and soft if you listen to some people. That's what Garret Gomez was saying in his interview. Called the turf course slippery and soft.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:43 PM
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Supposedly watering it just makes that turf course slippery and soft if you listen to some people. That's what Garret Gomez was saying in his interview. Called the turf course slippery and soft.
Thats the point, and it was watered in an attempt to keep Workforce, right?
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:49 PM
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I suppose.

Should have just ignored them and said "go ahead and scratch if you think it's too firm and hard"
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:50 PM
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God forbid a horse scratch. I mean they let LA10 run.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:51 PM
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Since when is the turf course not watered?
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:55 PM
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Since when is the turf course not watered?
They said they only water it for ten minutes a day - and supposedly the trainer of Workforce wanted it watered a whole lot more.

Stoute is claiming the turf is too hard, too firm, and jarring .... and all of the American jockeys are saying the course if "soft" - Gomez called it "slippery and soft" when ESPN interviewed him about 15 seconds after the finish line. He speculated a lot of horse might not like it because they're struggling to get traction and slipping over it.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:57 PM
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They said they only water it for ten minutes a day - and supposedly the trainer of Workforce wanted it watered a whole lot more.

Stoute is claiming the turf is too hard, too firm, and jarring .... and all of the American jockeys are saying the course if "soft" - Gomez called it "slippery and soft" when ESPN interviewed him about 15 seconds after the finish line. He speculated a lot of horse might not like it because they're struggling to get traction and slipping over it.
They didn't do anything different for anyone. The watering schedule was the same as it has always been.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:51 PM
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I suppose.

Should have just ignored them and said "go ahead and scratch if you think it's too firm and hard"
I totally agree.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:52 PM
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I totally agree.
I suppose I need to re-think.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:53 PM
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I suppose I need to re-think.

Just stop already, your not doing anything huge this weekend.
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Old 11-06-2010, 01:52 PM
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Which explains why horses never leave the barn (in the wild) on rainy days.
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