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Title: Still Raining
Post by: Lost Cause on June 07, 2013, 09:31:40 PM

Raining even heavier than earlier today at Bel..Turf is going to be like goo..

Title: Re: Still Raining
Post by: Perfect Drift on June 07, 2013, 09:54:11 PM

I was curious today thinking if there was any chance that NYRA would take a Grade 1 off the turf.

Belmont Day 2003 with Funny Cide was a swamp... the Manhattan stayed on the turf and it was won by Denon...fractions were:

26.29, 53.87, 120.76, 147.53, 214.16

The Just A Game also stayed on the turf and was won by Mariensky...fractions:

24.33, 49.25, 116.28, 143.28

Title: Re: Still Raining
Post by: Lost Cause on June 07, 2013, 10:15:58 PM

In all my years I can\'t remember a grade 1 getting taken off the turf especially on a big day..They will move all the other races off and keep the two big ones on since one is on the inner and the other on the widener.

Title: Re: Still Raining
Post by: Perfect Drift on June 07, 2013, 10:45:14 PM

Same here... 30+ yrs and I can\'t come up with a single G1 turf race every switched to the main track.

This is an historic rain event - can\'t wait to see the track conditions tomorrow.

New Hyde Park has 4.3 inches of rain as of 945 PM, more than should fall the entire month of June... it\'s maybe 3 miles as the crow flies from BEL.