Dubai World Cup 2008

[Larksmom]

Watchin’ on the tv…

I can’t believe this!!!I had a job test/interview to take the ENTIRE MORNING, and I thought, well, ok,thats what DVRs are for… So I set it up, and hit both channels because TVG doesn’t always broadast internationally, so you never know. Now I live in CENTRAL time zone. My dvr said it would begin at 6:30 a.m. So I set it to begin. However those stinkers at HRTV weren’t finished at the appointed time, and they cut it off [in their annoying half hour increments,] and when I got home, I wanted to watch them in order. I didn’t have to leave till around 8 so I already knew they were blowing smoke about the time.] Imagine my shock and horror when I got home and NO BIG RACE!!! :o Not on TVG either. On Sunday, the international racing trails on for hours and hours but not so today! :o
I am a firm believer in cutting off my nose to spite my face, so last year, I had it up to here, [line at about nose level,] with Comcast. Excuse me, but they couldn’t pour pee out of a boot without a map and directions!!! They sent out a mouthbreathing knuckledragging oaf out to switch my service over to HD and he wouldn’t TOUCH my own dvr. I now have the Dish which is pretty good-more channels than I can ever use, and these two racing ones. But in giving up Comcast, I also banned them from my puter. I HATED the service, and detest outlook. Never have figured it out. I got to watch Rolex LIVE last year-How fun was that? And Badminton. Now I am back to Poky poky dial up, and since my current job is working half the night, I am sometimes online at the magic hour of 3 am when the dvr needs the phone line. [Sorry about the rant-nothing is ever easy] :o And I have to agree with your assessment about HRTV-pretty bad but at least it is there. I have noticed a definete decline in racing coverage from ESPN since they got the BC. TVG is the best thing going and that is where I spend most of my free tv time.

[miss_critic]

My response keeps getting lost in neverland so I give up!

I was glad Great Hunter didn’t embarress himself, like Notional. I think Better Talk Now was sort of moving at the end but the camera anlge moved away so I couldnt tell. I did enjoy Sun Classique’s win. Never seen her run before, but I liked it!

As for Curlin, yeah he looked amazing. I can’t imagine what he’ll look like when he goes to stud. I’ve seen those Smart Strike ads and he looks pregnant and dare I say, fat? I mean, he is HUGE.

But dare I say, I wonder what would have been had teh others stayed in training. I still think SS didn’t like the mud and would have run on.

[miss_critic]

Anybody read the Stewards Reports for the races? Some are interesting. I didn’t realize Notional pulled up lame (I had heard about Numaany). Viva Patacas jockey was warned about whip usage as was Prado, just to name a couple. Oh, and Gomez was fined and suspended one day for the Mile.

http://www.emiratesracing.com/eq/Results.cfm?racefile_id=7241

[Glimmerglass]

Not so fast … final race times under review: reported by DRF 4-3-08

Doubts are being raised about the accuracy of the times recorded at Nad Al Sheba on Dubai World Cup Night last Saturday. The Emirates Racing Authority has removed the fractional times from its website and has announced that it is conducting an investigation into claims by the Racing Post that several clockings were inaccurate.

The uncertainty stems from the supposed track record of 1:46.20 for about 1 1/8 miles on turf set by Jay Peg in the Dubai Duty Free. Jay Peg set a slow pace in the race before coming again to win by a half-length from Darjina. Clockers for the Racing Post caught the winner in 1:47.20 and raised the alarm, which has set in motion the investigation.

The Racing Post claims that five of the six Thoroughbred races, the Godolphin Mile being the exception, went a full second slower than the official timings. The Emirates Racing Authority is investigating the validity of the following times: Curlin’s winning Dubai World Cup time of 2:00.15 for 1 1/4 miles, Sun Classique’s 2:27.45 in the 1 1/2-mile Sheema Classic, Benny the Bull’s 1:08.70 in the six-furlong Golden Shaheen, and Honour Devil’s 1:48.60 in the 1 1/8-mile UAE Derby. The winning time of 1:36.96 recorded by Diamond Stripes in the Godolphin Mile is not being questioned.