I know Contessa very slightly ... not in any remote way a friend or confidant.

He told me Mayan King was a good one at Saratoga when he was a 2YO ... the horse, not Gary. He could have sold Mayan King as a 3YO for $1.2 million ... but he advised Mr. Partridge to hold onto him ... just before he got injured.

His comeback has been quite exciting ... and his last race showed he really has the class Gary said he did. There are all kinds of factors going against him ... so if he wins tonight it will really show something special.

I haven't made a serious bet on a horse since 1967 ... and my streak continues.

OK, it's 18 mins to post and Mayan King opened at 2-1 (15-1 morning line)... I guess you did bet the dog on this one!!! ;)

BWWAAAHHHAHHAHHAHAAAA!!...I just noticed that to....2-1???...Are you kidding me?...Freaking hilarious...the morning line odds maker there should be shot....:rolleyes:

I was going to bet Mayan King but I'll probably go for Alumi Hall at that price...wow...

9-1 on Alumni Hall.. not bad... worth taking a shot.

Siphon City?? WOW!

Well at least Three Hour Nap was 2nd.....

Hey Bold, has MK crossed the finish line yet?

Unreal...he went fast early and still finished up powerfully....he spit Mayan King out fair and square and cruised away from Gouldings Green effortlessly...Is this horse for real?...He was cut out to be okay as a half-million dollar purchase...The light must have finally came on...he is a good looking little dude.....Might be a sleeper in the handicap division...I was impressed...

A resounding no.

Might we click our heels together thrice and say Mayan, Mayan, Mayan, and the imaginary HOY will appear . So much for brilliance and predictions .

No problem with making predictions. I give the man credit for sticking his neck out. No shame in that at all. More people should do that instead of redboarding about horses after the fact.

No problem with what you are saying, but you missed the point. Agree also that after the fact redboarding is lame ,and unsporting as well . Everyone should get credit for bravery in personal convictions, though some seem to have a self-generated surplus .

It was way past his bedtime ... and Gary made a big mistake sharing his sfogliatella with the horse in the paddock. Those things sit like lead in the stomach for hours.

And ... hey ... I never predicted he'd win this race ... I just said he'd be Horse Of The Year ... so we'll just have to wait and see who's right about that.

Never...ever...ever....ever...


doubt Bold's ability to cover his ass. :D

Do not worry, Mayan King will uncover it failing to be HOY .

You are quite right, At least he stuck his neck out. Redboarding is too easy and very un becomming.

NC Tony

Randall is 100% correct about this. Its sickening to me to watch "analysts?" write long winded essays just flowing with hyperbole after a horse wins a race. You would actually think that these folks predicted by the victories that they are writing about, when in fact, no prediction of any kind was ever offered up.
Takes real guts to make a statement BEFORE a race. More folks should attempt this rather than just waiting for a result and then tearing apart those with the guts to put it on the line before the event has occurred.

NC Tony, I wish you would post more often. And yes, I agree with the part about the redboarding. I'm seeing a lot of it these days and its just being packaged in a non redboard container. You actually have to read the label on the carton to make sure the redboard is in the box but trust me its there.

So far ...

... I've made dead-on-correct long-range predictions about Smuggler, Bernardini, Songster, Barbaro, Lost In The Fog, and Funny Cide ...

... and my Mayan King prediction is still up for grabs.

I'll stand by that record ... and welcome documentation from others about the results of their long-range predictions.

Redboarders ... however ... can keep their own counsel. Oracle, Randall, and Tony have done a very good job of making that quite clear.

I predicted Dynever would be the 3YO champion after he finished second in his debut.

You were dead on about Lost in the Fog? I think not...


This "Fraud" has won the following stakes and is still going:

Arizona Juvinile
Sunshine Millions Dash
Swale Stakes
Bay Shore
Riva Ridge
Carry Back
King's Bishop
Aristides

He has won at 9 race tracks, has has won 10 stakes, he has made a million dollars, he has gotten a 97 beyer or higher in every one of his races, he has gotten a beyer above 110 four times, and he has faced decent compeition (Over 12 of the horses he beat came back to win graded stakes, including a track record and and a world record).

But just because he had one off day in which he had a valid excuse for, you claim you were right about him all along. One race does not make a horse. I would be more impressed if you had said he would be a superstar after watching his debut, like I did.

If you make enough predictions, I am sure some will stick.

First of all....isn't it fairly obvious that most of what BB says is, at least somewhat, tongue-in-cheek?

But, LITF's " knockers " were basically correct. The simple fact is that he is nowhere near as good as his cheering section would make people believe. I applaud his owners, they danced all the dances all over the country, and it is not their fault there was no competition. And, LITF is a very nice horse who performed admirably, but his actual performances were in severe contrast to the massive adulation he recieved. He was a good horse but in no means some kind of super horse.

Other than finally meeting decent horses, what, praytell, was his " valid " excuse in the BC? It seems horses that unsurprisingly disappoint always have some mysterious excuse.

:D

And I do give Bold credit for sticking his neck out and making a prediction about a horse. I do that, but 99.9% of the time, I'm wrong! :p

Agreed, most of the time someone will be wrong. Its the other times that give us that sense of satisfaction and keep us coming back.
I will only rip and tear into someone on here who "gurantees" that so and so won't win this race or that race or a race, etc. Thats just so cowardly as to be hysterical. It basically gives you every other horse in the race to root for and I have a hard time giving kudos to anyone who expects them for being right on such a cowardly statement. But I do delight in the embarassment of folks who make those cowardly statements and then end up being wrong.

shut up you rip and tear into me everytime

Yes Jerry as you have guranteed so many horses will not win who have.

I guaranteed two horses for my dad yesterday, and what to you think happened.

One was the 6 in the last at Bel

and the other was Silver WHistle at Arlington

Thank god wait a while came through or else....

Maybe. I went over to your other board and saw you predicted that Barbaro had no chance in the Derby and he won. You stated Funny Cide couldn't win an open graded race anymore and he in fact won one on Saturday, yes it was in Canada and the field was not good, but it was an open graded race. Just as it's too early to throw in the towel on Mayan King it is too early to state the end of Lost in the Fog as well. The only dead on ones I saw are Songster and Bernardini. The others, not so much.

No, that would be the librarian thread in the OT area. That one has been all over the map and back again.

NC Tony
 

Nice to see a fellow horse player down the road from me. Maybe we coulld compare notes sometime as I miss a pony player around here.

Where in charlotte are you?

The Spyder from Tega Cay

No kidding, I was just thinking the same thing when I saw it at the top again....SHEESH!