Your point is obviously highly idiotic....and your reading comprehension "skills" are horrid.

I simply mentioned that the figure given out by equibase for Fabulous Strike was faster than any figure they've given out this week (which happened to be Derby week) or this year, or last year.

You are trying to paint it as though I am saying that FS's Mountaineer win should be a bigger story than the Derby...solely because he ran a faster number.

I couldn't care less how much credibility Fabulous Strike has....he ran the same giant numbers, at the same track, in his previous two races....why should his status be elevated off this performance? Point is...he's running almost unparalled figures, most people don't know who he is, and he's back and involved in a soft looking sprint division.

Tapout--

Who would you bet at same posted odds in a 5f race, against the same field you decried--FS or SS? (You have to choose one.)

The answer seems obvious this week, and it has nothing to do with prestige, or acclaim or roses.

The once-a-year horse bettors can only focus on the Derby, but there is nothing wrong with us noting superior efforts by unheralded animals at less galmorous distances.

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FS has beat some nice horses. None as nice as the horse he drummed by 8 at that dump Mountaineer.

The horse, Talent Search, that he drubbed by 8 in a canter was very impressive at Pimlico in defeat yesterday.

Bernie Blue, a horse which ran a distant third to FS in his last, returned to be beaten a half length by the very quick Coach Jimi Lee and receive a 104 Beyer on Saturday.

There should be a little smilie with pom-poms for you guys to use for your Fabulous Strike updates.:)


Do we know yet where and when he might make his next appearance?

He is scheduled to run on Belmont day I believe.

What is wrong with following what appears to be a wickedly fast horse?

thanks,

there is nothing wrong with it, I like the updates.

just having some fun. what is wrong with laughing at ourselves a little?

I'll join the Pom-Pom and cheerleader outfit crew then too, thanks :D

I'll loan you my Invasor pom-poms for a few month's.:D

Don't worry, I've had my own for a loooong time. :o

Maybe I'll just substitute my Panty Raid pom-poms!


Moral of the story is, nothing wrong with latching on to a lesser horse you find intruiging. At least you'll get to see him/her run a few times, unlike the big names these days.

Fabulous Strike is not a " lesser horse " and never was. I remember when he appeared at Belmont last spring, with solid figs from Phili, and while I would normally pitch a horse like that I realized upon looking up his races that he was more than legit. He paid a very solid 2-1 in a pretty good field ( while running very fast ). His subsequent effort at 7F in the Woody Stephens wasn't bad either and he's clearly improved since.

I am very skeptical about performances from Mountaineer, as well as many Mid-Atlantic tracks, but this horse is the real deal and I will hardly be surprised when he's a major factor in " real " races later in the year.

Let me rephrase- "less known". He's the real deal.
I was bet to my balls on him in the Woody Stephens, and he ran his eyeballs out.

A lot....

For starters....we all know Street Sense would blow him off the race track going 5 furlongs.