No, but to expect truthful and realistic quotes and comments isn't asking too much IMO.

Just How Friggen Big Is Kelly's Landing's Ass?

LOL

He's going to get a complex! :D

Lets just say that Sir Mix-a-Lot would be impressed.

I hear ya, but I just felt it was worth pointing out that to pay attention to any of that article is potential harmful to any horseplayer's " health ".

Frankly, like cigarettes and booze, it should come with a disclaimer.

my understanding is that most of them don't pay the travel cost etc...which is just more reason not to have anything bad to say about the track.

A special extension probably will be employed to help statuesque Kelly’s Landing feel more comfortable in the starting gate for Saturday’s US$2-million Dubai Golden Shaheen (Gr.1).

Exercise rider Gerry Carwood steered Kelly’s Landing into the gate while it was positioned on the backstretch of Nad al Sheba on Monday morning and declared that the huge gelding needs some more space.

“He was good in the gate, but it’s a little bit tight,” Carwood said. “The gate closes on his hock.”

Dubai officials have said the type of starting gate used at Nad al Sheba is a bit smaller than the typical gates used in the United States.

The extension will give Kelly’s Landing, a Churchill Downs track record setter, that bit of extra room that could help him relax and not feel so confined before the break. The bar-like piece of equipment attaches to the sides of the back doors on the starting stall to allow them to be more open for the hind end while still keeping the doors locked so the horse cannot back out before the start.

I do think the fact that Invasor looks much larger and more muscular to an assistant trainer who has not see the horse in a while is signficant. Discreet Cat beware, the best dirt horse in the world heads your way to claim a crown.

Poor Kellys Landing, he really is going to get a complex. Next thing ya know he will be the new Nutri System spokes"person"!!!!:eek:

trimspa needs a new celeb for their ads...

i can't recall ever seeing an article about a horse being too big for a gate before!