SA Will Have a Dirt Main Track After BC.
Moderators: Roguelet, hpkingjr, WaveMaster
Wait a minute. Having a synthetic track is mandatory for any track having a TB race meet more than 28 days a year. If SA is making this decision, it would have to be that the CHRB had told them that they were going to rescind their policy. This doesn't sound right. The CHRB just made three racetracks in CA spend millions for synthetic, and now they will reverse themselves? That sounds pretty brave politically. I'm not betting on that.
"When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.
majxmom wrote:Wait a minute. Having a synthetic track is mandatory for any track having a TB race meet more than 28 days a year. If SA is making this decision, it would have to be that the CHRB had told them that they were going to rescind their policy. This doesn't sound right. The CHRB just made three racetracks in CA spend millions for synthetic, and now they will reverse themselves? That sounds pretty brave politically. I'm not betting on that.
The CHRB has already said publicly that it would consider lifting the mandate in specific cases. What may happen is that going back to dirt will be a contingency of the sale of Santa Anita. Under those circumstances, believe me they won't stand in the way considering what a disaster in general this has been and how unpopular it is outside of a few vocal supporters.
FWIW I've heard what Louis has heard and the sources seem pretty credible.
-
Tucumcari
- Chef de Race: Brilliant
- Posts: 3754
- Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:51 am
- Location: Here and there
Laurierace wrote:Fairplex isn't a bull ring.
It is definitely a bullring.
Pedroza= king of the bull ring.. aka fairplex
Proverbs 31:8
"...stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all those who are destitute.."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QawYXs2e ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIASWv9GYC8
"...stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all those who are destitute.."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QawYXs2e ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIASWv9GYC8
majxmom wrote:Wait a minute. Having a synthetic track is mandatory for any track having a TB race meet more than 28 days a year. If SA is making this decision, it would have to be that the CHRB had told them that they were going to rescind their policy. This doesn't sound right. The CHRB just made three racetracks in CA spend millions for synthetic, and now they will reverse themselves? That sounds pretty brave politically. I'm not betting on that.
Like I said and I quote myself .....
All the relatives to the CRB that owned shares in the synthetic made their money. I'd like to see them out there shoveling that garbage off the tracks.
Let's make that a mandate!
Money was made now they don't care what the tracks do!
-
Tairaterces
- Grade III Winner
- Posts: 1026
- Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:27 am
- Location: NorCal
Tucumcari wrote:Laurierace wrote:Fairplex isn't a bull ring.
It is definitely a bullring.
Pedroza= king of the bull ring.. aka fairplex
FACT
"and Secretariat let no one down on the unforgettable afternoon of June 9, 1973, when he ran a hole in the wind"
~Bob Ehalt~
Avatar: Istabraq (Sadler's Wells x Betty's Secret by Secretariat) Champion Hurdler
~Bob Ehalt~
Avatar: Istabraq (Sadler's Wells x Betty's Secret by Secretariat) Champion Hurdler