tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post3023501757244604129..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Meadowlands Pace RecapPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-76500990301648432332011-07-19T01:07:41.121-04:002011-07-19T01:07:41.121-04:00Clearly Anonymous didn't see the race as Idyll...Clearly Anonymous didn't see the race as Idyllic came back flat rather quickly and was past SYAP right after the wire. Another reason Idyllic stayed up was due to the distance she and SYAP were well clear of the pack after Krispy Apple faded after her right turn entering the lane. Youtube the race and watch the pace-out after the wire. SYAP was good enough to benefit from the main comps mishaps. PBlainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099944785495100269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-28316695415732171672011-07-18T10:29:17.029-04:002011-07-18T10:29:17.029-04:00Hey PTP,
Great blog post!
Miller is lucky no one...Hey PTP,<br /><br />Great blog post!<br /><br />Miller is lucky no one was directly behind him when Idyllic broke stride (she galloped out 5 times before he got her back). The filly was at her limit when he wacked her on the back asking her for more, and she never would have caught SYAP even if she had 6 legs. I personally thought she would have been DQ'd, but for reasons unknown to me, she wasn't.<br /><br />Racing Peelers at Yonkers in 10 or 11 days will amount to the "fall of the roman empire". You can see that this filly's performance is declining, and a fresh horse is all it will take to beat her. <br /><br />Standardbredgal :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-91789911537328377352011-07-18T09:30:39.429-04:002011-07-18T09:30:39.429-04:00Why is the Pace handle so low, but the Hambo handl...Why is the Pace handle so low, but the Hambo handle is still high? Distribution, bad card, people moving away from the Meadowlands over the years.... (?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-51448295770550716512011-07-17T13:48:55.436-04:002011-07-17T13:48:55.436-04:00Blaine,
If you read my prose, rather than going o...Blaine,<br /><br />If you read my prose, rather than going off on a rant, you would probably have understood (because I said it), that I have been thrown out for breaks with horses not losing ground, when they did, but last night Idyllic was left up.<br /><br />At the Meadowlands, a break is 99 out of 100 times placed back, regardless of the situation, and has been for years. I have the losses, and sometimes a win to prove it. That call was inconsistent with the norm.<br /><br />PTPPull the Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-42641135290729138072011-07-17T13:29:05.667-04:002011-07-17T13:29:05.667-04:00The handle point is salient. At Mohawk/Woodbine th...The handle point is salient. At Mohawk/Woodbine the Cup handle is $3M and has been for a decade. At WEG regular Saturday handles that decade are lucky to hit $1.8 million. For the Meadowlands to only do $3.9 million is testament to the state of racing in New Jersey, and is an outlier when juxtaposed with other venues, and the Big M itself.<br /><br />RRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-30057106504893199452011-07-17T13:10:40.960-04:002011-07-17T13:10:40.960-04:00Yo Pocket, first of all for somebody that professe...Yo Pocket, first of all for somebody that professes to know so much about the racing game, what part of losing ground in the race and not losing a position don't you understand as it relates to potentially being DQ'd? Idyllic was closer to SYAP prior to the break than she was after she came back flat. <br /><br />Secondly, $3.9M handle in these economic conditions is right about where the Meadowlands should be on Pace night given the lack of disposable income compared to 'pre-recession' coupled with the uncertainty about whether we'd even have racing at the famed oval in New Jersey. To put it in proper perspective as it relates to handle THIS YEAR @ the Meadowlands, the 3.9M last night was the highest by 900K. Things are bad compared to yesteryear, but don't we all go though ups and downs in life?Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099944785495100269noreply@blogger.com