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Title: Belmont Delay
Post by: Edgorman on May 12, 2018, 12:45:45 PM

Anybody know why??

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 12:48:09 PM

was Just about to ask the same, 11 Races today ,almost 2pm   expect short post times
philywheel

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 12:49:58 PM

ask andy serling on twitter, I would ask but he blocked me for disagreeing with him
pphilywheel

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: Boscar Obarra on May 12, 2018, 12:50:56 PM

jockeys threw a fit

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: Edgorman on May 12, 2018, 12:54:04 PM

Thx.  I assume condition of track.

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 12:55:27 PM

i live not too far from belmont, didnt rain that much

philywheel

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: BitPlayer on May 12, 2018, 12:56:19 PM

Some kind of jockey issue.  Check Dave Grening\'s Twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/DRFGrening

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 12:56:53 PM

cant believe its the jocks, Really big day of racing,lots of money out there

philywheel

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 12:58:51 PM

they are starting to mount

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 01:06:46 PM

NYRA got almost xtra 100K for that delay in the pik 5

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: philywheel on May 12, 2018, 01:13:10 PM

I waited a xtra 40mins for that, ouch

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: Al Caught Up on May 12, 2018, 04:26:12 PM

NYRA has been screwing around with the jockeys on a contract and the jockeys decided to remind them that collective action is still a possibility:


https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/227497/jockeys-delay-saturday-card-at-belmont-park

Title: Re: Belmont Delay
Post by: Al Caught Up on May 12, 2018, 04:54:45 PM

based on how he\'s riding, I think Valezquez got management to change the weight of scales for everybody but him. This is what they call putting on a clinic.