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It is the perfect cover for Delmar. Strategic PR decision to bar Hollendorfer, Court rules in Hollendorfer favor and heaven forbid something happens to a Hollendorfer horse, no one can point finger at Del Mar management. ( We need not reach the legal issue of whether an arbitration clause governed the parties rights, obligations and disputes.)
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there is only one K in koker and it is optional whether alter koker used as a single word or two words— your education continues!
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I have clubhouse seats in Section B Row D for this Friday and Saturday ( Jim Dandy card). I cannot use them. Making available on a first come first serve basis at cost to TG customers. Send me an email at richardmresnik@gmail.com.
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and finally- Lerner learned his†trade†from Mike Pender- who was ordered off grounds by SA.
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and before that the infamous William Morey! and so it goes.
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The Drape article is so typical of horse racing coverage. Much innuendo and wimping out when they have a chance to identify the cheaters. Why the F would he not identify the trainer of Tick Tock. I just did a bit of research on Equibase and it is a guy named Andrew Lerner who has been winning at a 33% rate this year almost exclusively in claiming and starter allowance races. Must be the shoes!
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Strike-I believe the only conclusion any rational reader of your post can reach is that that California trainers ( or certain of them) are knowingly guilty of animal cruelty and the Stronach team are complicit in such guilt. I have zero quarrel with any of the conclusions you reach.If, as you state, “ the trainers know†and if, as you further state, “ Horses, fracture because they are unso
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From a handicapping point of view it is fair to ask what good does it do for any Tgraph player when we learn that none of the winners of the triple crown races ran the fastest Tgraph number? I presume every single person who has posted on this board has a basic understanding as to how important ground loss is in the computation of the final figure. With respect to Tacitus- solely as an example- h
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Both the complaint and consent judgment can be found by going to US Department of Labor website and typing in Chad Brown or googling "US Department of Labor Chad Brown complaint". I would have been pleased to do it but that would assume I can figure out how to cut and paste those documents. I suggest that the documents portray a tad more than confusion and bookkeeping issues and Chad ha
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and Strike asked the only relevant question--and they should be held to account.
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Putting aside Mr. DeMaria's misspelling of my non-trademarked nickname on this sit,I will endeavor to respond in no particular order; 1. Let's forget about fantasies of class actions or any other litigation involving bettors. Every state has rules that limit the exposure in such a case to the purse (and trophy), otherwise there would be a class action on behalf of losing bettors involvi
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Since the best player in baseball is part of this thread, today is the 88th birthday of the best baseplayer ever in any era-“Say hey†-Happy birthday Willie
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Jim- you are entitled to your opinion. But it is not objective- it is subjective. Objective analysis is fact based, measurable or observable. Subjective opinions offer a point of view and a judgment.mYour is demonstrably the latter, not the former. But you are entitled to it.
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I understand that where money is involved - particularly with respect to horse racing and gambling- emotions run high. Everyone is entitled to an opinion just not to their own set of facts. It seems to me that those who are upset at the DQ fall into two camps: Camp 1- whatever MS did had no impact on the winner and it’s unfair to move up an deserving horse, particularly in the Derby. Whatever e
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The writer of the USA today article referenced by Frank D - Dan Wolken- touted Maximum Security as a big bet in the Friday edition. Shocking he would have a negative view of the DQ.
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Once you grudgingly acknowledge that WOW got impeded- he was impeded bigly- the discussion is over. There is no factual or visual evidence that he fully recovered. Consider yesterday the racing gods evening up for Firenze Fire debacle. I do concur that if winner were owned by claiborne or Three Chimneys there might have been a different outcome.
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In reply to Silvers post, I invite all to read Mike Mike Watchmakers article in the DRF re today’s Derby - “As for Maximum Security, the ongoing question.I have is, how can he be this good. He is trained by Jason Servis who is winning races this year at a 30% clip, and who won races at the Gulfstream championship meet at something like a 42% clip....How can an outfit as smart as this be so w
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Am curious as to Board’s view. He ran a 4 his first time out for Weaver who is average with FTS. The 4 is faster than any horse in field ran as a 2 year old. In his second start he ran a zero. No one else in field ran a zero as a 2 year old. He has paired 2s as a 3 year old. Does not sheet dogma strongly suggest he could, at least,in third off lay-off, pair up or exceed his 2 year old top on fi
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Must be the shoes! What else could explain a 43 win percentage at GP and converting a 16k claimer into a grade I winner!
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The past few weeks have been a depressing time to read the Board. Not because I disagree with much of what has been posted- to the contrary, it is because I do agree. Yet, with rare exception, nobody has come out and proclaimed they will cease betting, notwithstanding the overwhelming conclusion reached on this Board and elsewhere that the game is rigged and has been for some time. If we are bein
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For those of you who still possess memories capable of going back 6 months (that leaves me out)I emailed a missive to the Gaming Commission after last July's Dwyer victory by Firenze Fire and Mr.Servis. Other than various reporting and writings by all the experts in racing I heard nothing from the Gaming Commission or NYRA. Today, out of the blue, I received a call from an investigator emp
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Johnny Avello has left as head of Wynn Sportsbook to go to Draft Kings. Wynn announced no Derby future book for 2019. Another body blow to horse racing fans.
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When I wrote to the State Steward after the Freisen Fire race there were many who thought I was "conflating" the issue of Servis as a chemist with the last minute computer betting.While I strongly disagree with that "separatist" view with respect to that particular case, we will likely never know since neither the stewards nor NYRA deem this an issue worthy of response, comme
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actually it was Harold Gould telling Robert Shaw to “place it on Lucky Dan†in some race at Riverside Park
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I write to respectfully push back on what B O characterizes as “mass hysteriaâ€. I think this Board has been measured. What happened in the Dwyer served to shine a bright light on an issue that is now in the forefront - batch computer betting. Silver is correct- there is nothing illegal about it in a game where everyone seeks an edge. What makes last Saturday unique was the extreme nature of
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While out with David Levine today,(David is a fan and Tgraph user)he remarked to me "I see Lewandowski responded to you". I replied "What are you talking about"?
Apparently, Lewandowski was copied on an email David had sent me re mine requesting an investigation. Here, in haec verba, is the email "The race is under investigation by the Gaming Commission. That's all
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If I get a response before opening weekend, drinks on me in backyard that Sunday. NYRA is so arrogant they can’t be bothered to respond to a suggestion I made by separate email that same day that the wagering interface on the NYRA Bets full site needs to be updated so that will pays and probables be displayed on the same page as odds. I have no expectations of any response because we are all p
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Jerry- at best, lots of new tops is†circumstantial “ evidence, to wit, evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact.The horse racing world is waiting for direct evidence which supports all of our assertions directly, i.e. without need for any additional or inference. The law can be a bitch like that!
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The real chutzpah is one of Servis quotes is that “ he will probably be down to 25% by year endâ€.Second place is his horses are “well placedâ€.( In olden times it was “ the shoesâ€).The truth is none of us has any concrete evidence re whether anyone cheats- we have suspicions, some well founded and some not- based on experience as horse players. When I sent my missive to the Steward ass
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