A good daily read - John Cherwa's horse racing newsletter

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John Cherwa has a newsletter about horse racing that runs daily in the Los Angeles Times.  There's a link in there where you can subscribe for free and it shows up in my inbox every morning.  It's a quick read and his stories are well written.  If you play the Southern California tracks, he has charts from the previous day and a pick or two from the local handicappers.  Worth a read.


www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-horse-racing-newsletter-20180708-htmlstory.html

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i love -Dawn Lupul     we are friends 'cauce i follow her on twitter
i asked Her via twitter if she was related to a hockey player  gary lupul.   mario  #66 had his first fight with that guy.  and no relation with Dawn

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Part of today's edition.....


The top news is the injury to Justify. Is it a big deal? Too early to tell. Trainer Bob Baffert called it a filling in his left front hoof. You can read the story here. What was interesting is that he had the same injury more than a week ago and nothing was said. But this time, when it came back, the connections issued a news release. That could mean they think it is more serious.

It's been whispered around the horse racing community that Justify’s remaining race schedule this year could be very thin and that was before this. I think it’s fair to assume that if Justify does not get a race under him before the Breeders’ Cup Classic that he won’t run in the Classic, although no one has said that.

If he doesn’t race again, and we’re not saying that, he would be the only Triple Crown winner never to lose. But, then again, no Triple Crown winner has ever run as few as six races.

The shortest career currently is American Pharoah with 11 races, which is more an indication of how racing has evolved through the years than anything else.




CHRB v Golden Gate

The California Horse Racing Board will have its monthly meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Los Alamitos. Now, the meeting goes into its usual closed session for about an hour before the people are allowed to go through the agenda. If you want to listen, here is where you can find the audiocast (check below for link) because, as we’ve said before, here in 2018, video is too difficult a concept for the CHRB to offer, unless you have a phone or tablet.

OK, this meeting is all about if Golden Gate has fulfilled all its contractual obligations with the brick and mortar Northern California satellite sites. The Stronach Group has filed suit saying it doesn’t need to do that. But with the court system only slightly slower than the stewards evaluating a tight photo finish, it’s unlikely there will be any final resolution any time soon. What’s at stake is if the CHRB will give Golden Gate its license to race starting Aug. 23.

If you want to see the agenda, just look here (check below for link). The one we care about is No. 5. If you want to see the packet distributed, just look here.(check link below) Warning: there is no staff recommendation on what to do.

The guess here is that some accommodation will be reached. We just don’t see Golden Gate not racing this fall. It may appear that Golden Gate will blink first, but they are doing the long play on this. They will get something out of this, if not now then later. The CHRB also can’t afford to send those dates to the fair sites or even leave them empty. Just not going to happen. But, California racing has been known to surprise you with a lack of common sense. So, stay tuned.

audiocast: www.selectstreaming.com/live/chrb/audio.php#nws=mcnewsletter         (12:30 Eastern...9:30 Pacific)

agenda : www.chrb.ca.gov/Board/board_meeting_agendas/2018_07_jul_agenda.pdf#nws=mcnewsletter

packet: www.chrb.ca.gov/Board/board_packages/Jul-2018.pdf#nws=mcnewsletter