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This year Stacey Ruddick has trained and raced my 3YO Gelding on the Kentucky Fair Circuit. So far here's what I've learned.

1. Kentucky Fair Race Secretaries can get pissed off and screw the horsemen who spend their money to attend.
2. In Lebanon, KY if the meet is scheduled to start at 12 PM it will start at 1:30 PM
3. In Lebanon, KY if there is thunder, rain and lightning and it's headed toward the fair grounds it's time to use the harrow to cut the track. I think the guy works at Indy.
4. In Lebanon, KY the guy who works the track (and by rumor runs the county) can't get an ambulance to show up on time.I guess every bureaucrat has his limitations.
5. With all that said the horsemen are great and the purses are over twice the pittance paid in Indiana.

Holton,

Congrats on a nice win at Thunder Ridge; your horse had a great last quarter! Your horse passed mine like a breeze.

Concerning the Lebanon races didn't you get a $1000 rain out check for just entering? Isn't that amount close to a winner's check at the Indiana fairs.

On to the Red Mile.................

boptrot

Thanks,

Spud dragged Brower around for a win. Good point on the split purse. It is often times more than first in Indiana. Are you listening BD?

Holton

boptrot wrote:Holton,

Congrats on a nice win at Thunder Ridge; your horse had a great last quarter! Your horse passed mine like a breeze.

Concerning the Lebanon races didn't you get a $1000 rain out check for just entering? Isn't that amount close to a winner's check at the Indiana fairs.

On to the Red Mile.................

boptrot

7-27-08

Todays Kentucky Fair Racing at the Red Mile is confusing. Some fair races happen during the afternoon and three fair races occur during the opening night of the Red Mile's Fall Meet Also there are a number of expensive 2 and 3 yr olds trotters who we haven't seen since May when the Red Mile hosted the first fair race. If form holds true, us regulars may be racing for second.

I wonder how they selected the three fair races which will be considered pm starts? I guess those horses and drivers should expect more testing than the horses racing during the afternoon. Is this truly "fair" fair racing?

I looked at the entries for both cards and I don't see any KFS requirements for any of the evening races. I see some late closers and a couple of 2 and 3yr old races but none of them are designated as KFS races. Now, if some of the normal KFS horses chose to race in those conditions rather than the KFS races, it may appear on the surface that those could be mistaken for fair races. The difference in purse amounts in addition to lacking the KFS designation in the conditions are the main clues to solving this mystery.

Like I said the horses I haven't seen since the May race beat both my horse and Jack's "Spud". I know they divided the fair races because I had one in the afternoon races and one in the evening races;however, both were originally entered in Kentucky Fair Stake races.

boptrot wrote:Like I said the horses I haven't seen since the May race beat both my horse and Jack's "Spud". I know they divided the fair races because I had one in the afternoon races and one in the evening races;however, both were originally entered in Kentucky Fair Stake races.

Ahhh, more info than I could get by just reading the conditions. I'm sure if you ask down there someone will tell you something, won't they?