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Post by 1hooper on Jul 20, 2019 12:52:18 GMT -5
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park officials abruptly halted Saturday's Haskell Day racing card after the first two races. Racing is scheduled to resume at 6 p.m., with only the day's six stakes races to be run.
The $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational is scheduled to be run at 8 :05 p.m.
With the heat index expected to climb to 106 degrees, the first sign of trouble came when the day's opening race was delayed 38 minutes while track officials huddled to discuss conditions as temperatures soared.
Races will resume with the Oceanport Stakes at 6 p.m., followed by the Molly Pitcher Stakes at 6:25 p.m., the Wolf Hill Stakes at 6:53 p.m., the Monmouth Cup at 7:14 p.m., the Matchmaker at 7:40 p.m., with the Haskell closing out the day.
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Post by cherokeescot on Jul 20, 2019 15:32:47 GMT -5
Inexcusable behavior by Monmouth Park management which must pure and simply be motivated by greed. Everyone knew that today was going to be brutally hot and with the media’s attention focused fairly and squarely on horse care issues they should have followed suit with the other tracks , erred on the side of caution and canceled racing. Compare their reaction with what happened at The Masters this year. At Augusta they also knew bad weather was coming on the final day , got the groups going out four hours early and finished the tournament and got all the patrons out safely before the bad storm hit.
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Post by jolyb on Jul 20, 2019 15:53:25 GMT -5
Hard to believe that many fans will have wanted to hang around for 4 hours or so to see the rest of the abbreviated card. Virtually no simulcasting to watch. A number of additional horses scratched during the delay, so the Oceanport has been left with 4 runners, the Molly Pitcher has 5 entrants (including a probable 1-5 favorite in Midnight Bisou) and the Matchmaker has only 3 remaining, each of which will get a $50,000 value toward a breeding season based on the race conditions. I'll bet that many left to go to the nearby beaches instead.
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Post by 1hooper on Jul 20, 2019 15:54:10 GMT -5
Just posted more scratches. Can't wait to watch the 3 horse Matchmaker! Hooper
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Post by 1hooper on Jul 20, 2019 15:58:10 GMT -5
At 4:45 it was 99 in Oceanport,NJ. Can't see them restarting at 6:00. Hooper
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Post by cherokeescot on Jul 20, 2019 16:22:44 GMT -5
Horses for those stakes races had already been given Lasix which causes dehydration . Also when a horse is given Lasix they take away the water until after the race. These horses have been without water for several hours now in extreme heat. Fair play to the trainers who have scratched for the health care of their horses.
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Jul 20, 2019 16:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by madameblum on Jul 20, 2019 16:27:26 GMT -5
I've been watching NBC's TV coverage of Monmouth for the last 15 minutes. The announcers seem to be filling time, showing interviews, and are giving their opinions in addition to giving racing fans opinions of the changes. Many varying opinions. I'm not sure any of this is good for horse racing in general.
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Post by mysaladdays on Jul 20, 2019 16:28:46 GMT -5
Horses for those stakes races had already been given Lasix which causes dehydration . Also when a horse is given Lasix they take away the water until after the race. These horses have been without water for several hours now in extreme heat. Fair play to the trainers who have scratched for the health care of their horses. Thank you for pointing this out.
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Post by frangooch on Jul 20, 2019 17:19:44 GMT -5
If Spike Lee filmed this, he would call it "Do the Wrong Thing"!
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Post by cherokeescot on Jul 20, 2019 17:31:01 GMT -5
I’m sure PETA are filming it !
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Post by cherokeescot on Jul 20, 2019 19:58:42 GMT -5
Shortest stewards inquiry ever at the Haskell . Followed by the trophy presentation to Gary West by Monmouth’s Denis Drazen who is one of Gary West’s attorneys. If you thought that was the end of this cluster you were wrong . They canceled tomorrow’s racing because of prospects for extreme heat 🤣
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