AQU Winter Meet

jnunan4759 · #1 03-08-2018, 08:48 PM

I think what they've done with AQU this winter has been good. Going Fri,Sat, Sun has made for better fields. Horsemen may not be happy, but those 5 horse fields are not for bettors.

Think this was a positive this year.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #2 03-09-2018, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jnunan4759

I think what they've done with AQU this winter has been good. Going Fri,Sat, Sun has made for better fields. Horsemen may not be happy, but those 5 horse fields are not for bettors.

Think this was a positive this year.

Really????

Konk · #3 03-09-2018, 08:33 AM

The Aqueduct in NY?

saratogadew · #4 03-10-2018, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jnunan4759

I think what they've done with AQU this winter has been good. Going Fri,Sat, Sun has made for better fields. Horsemen may not be happy, but those 5 horse fields are not for bettors.

Think this was a positive this year.

Love NYRA racing but I respectfully disagree.

jnunan4759 · #5 03-14-2018, 10:31 PM

I'm just saying they are making the best of it. They have big outfits who migrate in the winter. Winter racing is necessary in NY. Not only for NY Horsemen, but for NYRA. My point is they are making adjustments to try and put out the best product they can.

Maybe not ideal, but it is winter up north. I think they are positive changes.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #6 03-15-2018, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jnunan4759

I'm just saying they are making the best of it. They have big outfits who migrate in the winter. Winter racing is necessary in NY. Not only for NY Horsemen, but for NYRA. My point is they are making adjustments to try and put out the best product they can.

Maybe not ideal, but it is winter up north. I think they are positive changes.

no inner-track has KILLED them!

blackthroatedwind · #7 03-15-2018, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

no inner-track has KILLED them!

Care to elaborate on this?

Hickory Hill Hoff · #8 03-15-2018, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Care to elaborate on this?

Has it been successful winter meet 2017-18?

MaTH716 · #9 03-15-2018, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

no inner-track has KILLED them!

This is actually false. I want to say that they only lost one day due the track (and if I remember correctly it was because it was too warm and the track thawed out unevenly). The rest of the cancellations were weather related and they would've cancelled regardless what the surface was.

The thing I find the funniest is that Irad was penciled in to ride in NY this winter and when the cancellations started he decided to go to Gulfstream and has absolutely been killing it down there. I'm guessing he will be spending his winters down south from here on in.