Is this going to be a thing this year?

[jerry]

I\'ll take this next turf race at Saratoga. Race 7. Great price on the 4. Competitive figures. Good draw. The only thing that worries me is the lack of betting interest. 21-1 with 20 min. to post and will probably stay around that based on his double price. My key.

[jerry]

I tend to swing for the fences BC day. Such great prices on seemingly good horses. I can\'t pass up the opportunity to throw a bunch in a triple box. Expensive entertainment. Occasionally not.

[TempletonPeck]

Schivarelli digs in (with my buddy Javier aboard!) to land you the Pick 3!

Nice picking, toppled! Good luck in the finale.

[toppled]

Thanks.  If 1 wins the 9th I clean up, otherwise I will either break even or make a small profit.  I got DQ\'d from 2nd in the 4th, otherwise I\'d be ahead.  I actually ended up cashing more on the 7-8 DD than the P3 because I invested too much to hit it.

[richiebee]

AL

I have fond memories of the Monmouth facilities from my years as a licensee in
the mid 1980s, and had my share of run ins with the man who shall remain nameless and his direct superior.

While an unfavorable result in the November referendum could mean the end of
Freehold, The Big M and Monmouth, I am more concerned for the corridor of
thoroughbred breeding and training farms along Rte 537 in Colts Neck -- (among
others) the old Due Process facility, Colts Neck Stable\'s training farm and
Colonial Farm, a nursery which produced generations of stakes winners for trainer Harry Wells.

These farms are located about 20 minutes from Monmouth (and thus 25 minutes
from the Atlantic) and about 50 minutes from my home on Staten Island. The
real shame of a failed referendum in November will be the loss of jobs, the
end of a great tradition, and most sadly, the conversion of a little piece of
Bluegrass in the middle of New Jersey into tract houses and mcmansions.

[albatross]

Mr Bee,
While I didn\'t save my college books from South Fl. I am looking at the 1965 hard cover 2000 page American Racing manual. My friend gave me about 20-25 years of them.Every breeding farm in the country is listed by state. NJ had 5 pages of farms totaling roughly 150 farms. NY had a page and a half or roughly 45. I don\'t have anything past 1980 but a drastic difference. I guess now it\'s probably 30-40 for NJ and guessing more than 100 in NY. You might have heard of CBA, Christian Brothers Acadamy in Lincroft. School mascot is the Colts. School opened in the early 60s on the property which once housed Greentree. We had small farms as close as RT 35 in Wall.
I, like you hope the referendum passes, and from what I read Steve Sweeney, longtime nemesis of the horseman is not fighting against it for some reason that will somehow aide the AC Casinos.I understand that 2% is the minimum to go to purses or horsemans account of some sort but could go as high as 5%. The NJ governor I believe has a say in the share. Drazin says they need 10% of course. I don\'t know how much good 2% could do but 5% could certainly help the cause.

[jerry]

You\'re right about the G1s, 2s and 3s. And two turn races often offer better opportunities than one turn races simply because of ground loss. I\'m stuck in this niche of only playing two turn turf races for 3yos. and up. Turfers bounce less and ground loss often provides concealed numbers.