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Gigahertz was always one of my personal favorites. That little mare sure closed like a freight train.

My all-time favorite horse was Gigantically Perfect though. I'll never forget his duel in the desert with Medaglia d'Oro in the stretch at Dubai.

Hey, I was off in the Canary Islands doing it from memory.

Not so fast. How do we know that this isn't a typo too?

I think what you meant to say was that you were "down in Solitary Confinement talking to yourself in the dark."

Can you still get a Mojito in there?

Gygistar and Gigawatt have a lot of "g"s in them and the same number of sylables, after all.

So true. Like "gangbang" and "bingo night". Be careful what you show up for...

Like when I meant Itsallinthechase and typed Itsallgreektome (they start the same).

Yeah, like when I got paroled and was supposed to go door to door telling my neighbors I was a pederast and accidentally told everyone I was a pediatrician.

Maybe you should start from behind and work your way to the front, like me.

Wait...that didn't come out right...

You'll be middle-aged sometime, too, you know, and your memory won't work as well as it did when you were 25, either.

Relax. It's not like you have Alzheimer's like Lou Gehrig did.

Forget it.

While Rollo's post seemed a bit harsh, this line was so damn funny, it made the whole thing worth it:

"So true. Like "gangbang" and "bingo night". Be careful what you show up for..."

Like Hossy said, I laughed.

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Originally Posted by Soaring Softly

One would think Raven's Pass would be just the kind of horse Sheikh Mohammed would want to win his DWC and then go for a repeat in the Breeders Cup, especially when it's going to be run again at Santa Anita. I don't get it.

While I don't like it, I think I understand his retiring all those 3yos from last year to Darley Jonabell. He clearly wants to establish breeding dominance all over the world (Pacific Rim isn't going to happen btw), and if you want to do that, you certainly have to sink your teeth into Kentucky, especially when the stud market has recently been high on young stallions covering their first 2 or 3 books.

But Raven's Pass I don't understand. Why would he retire this 3yo Breeders Cup Classic winner to his Stud in Ireland? Raven's Pass is an outstanding grass miler in Europe, but he stretched out on the main track (Pro-Ride) at 10 furlongs to win the second-richest race in the world. Why would he go to stud in Ireland?

And why wouldn't Raven's Pass be pointed toward a repeat at the same venue where he won so impressively? If he were to win the Dubai World Cup and then repeat in the Breeders Cup Classic, he would be a huge stallion prospect in North America. But he's retired and goes to Ireland.

I just had a thought...maybe Raven's Pass is retired, and he doesn't stand in Kentucky in order to protect Street Cry.........just a thought.

Because he can