tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post5052789627067501623..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Monday News and NotesAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-41740632097364816272008-07-21T15:39:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:39:00.000-04:00Bob, jk, Forego, Anon, etc., -Yeah, bad job by me ...Bob, jk, Forego, Anon, etc., -<BR/><BR/>Yeah, bad job by me in this case. I was at the Big M Saturday night, slept in Sunday, and, using "common sense," figured that the cancellation was a natural result of Saturday's problem and that it was announced well in advance. Should have gotten all the facts before I wrote the whole thing off as frivolous. Will post a mea culpa up on the main page when I have a chance later on.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-43237034443119635812008-07-21T15:32:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:32:00.000-04:00Hi Alan - badbusiness pracyice to cancel that late...Hi Alan - badbusiness pracyice to cancel that late. NYRA is a monopoly - that is why they still exist. <BR/><BR/>Don't like Del Mar - "Where the Sun Melts the Plastic."<BR/><BR/>Bob Fropm NJliysgcqhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-38945562224927657152008-07-21T15:24:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:24:00.000-04:00Mr. Hayward blames the jockeys for Sunday's cancel...Mr. Hayward blames the jockeys for Sunday's cancellation. He says the purses were low on Sunday so the jocks bailed. <BR/><BR/>Bossert writes a solid rip job on NYRA.....<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/56vcc8<BR/><BR/>The Day at the Races<BR/>BY JERRY BOSSERT <BR/>DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER <BR/><BR/>Sunday, July 20th 2008, 7:46 PM <BR/><BR/>The heat is on New York Racing Association management for lack of common sense that resulted in the cancellation of Sunday's Belmont racing card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-54879222756421878792008-07-21T15:05:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:05:00.000-04:00Forego (aka Avenging Copywriter) - That really suc...Forego (aka Avenging Copywriter) - <BR/><BR/>That really sucks, sorry. Now I feel bad for being flippant without considering the real world consequences! I didn't realize that they made the decision so late in the day. I imagine there could very well have been scenarios such as the one described by the Anon 2:19 commenter too.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-24623158404161807922008-07-21T14:19:00.000-04:002008-07-21T14:19:00.000-04:00I too admire Evening Attire.Thankfully that transf...I too admire Evening Attire.<BR/><BR/>Thankfully that transformer fire did not happen on Belmont Day.<BR/><BR/>NYRA should be criticized for this, nothing happened between the hours of 6am and 1pm, they should and could have made this decision earlier.<BR/><BR/>Thankfully, I got the cancellation notice before leaving my house, but would be very peeved had I made my way out there. <BR/><BR/>Even worse if I had shipped a horse in to run, admininstered legal race day medication, stood the animal in a detention barn for six hours in 95 degree heat, only to be cancelled.<BR/><BR/>Another preventable debacle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-69480336992235127932008-07-21T13:39:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:39:00.000-04:00Alan, how dare you attack Evening Attire? This ho...Alan, how dare you attack Evening Attire? This horse is hickory. You have to dance a lot of dances to lose 54 races. He's also a Grade One winner and a millionaire. Go pick on The Green Monkey and leave alone this hard knocking, hard trying 10 year old Gelding. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-3875555979252521132008-07-21T13:28:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:28:00.000-04:00I had a great time barely catching the 11:55 out o...I had a great time barely catching the 11:55 out of Penn Station to Belmont, getting all the way to the clubhouse, sitting in my seat, then being told 4 minutes to post that racing was canceled. Great! Of course no train scheduled back to Penn Station until 4:45. Took me a bus and three subways just to get back home, in 90 degree weather. That was a fun way to waste half my Sunday!<BR/><BR/>By the way, Alan--in your Evening Attire comments: it's "couldn't care less."<BR/><BR/>--The Avenging Copyeditorforego is my witnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785998054727075723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-17876940143695634342008-07-21T13:27:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:27:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.forego is my witnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785998054727075723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-79925221667688415012008-07-21T12:09:00.000-04:002008-07-21T12:09:00.000-04:00Keefer is a colt.Keefer is a colt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com