No one said that he thought he was a Derby prospect when he claimed him. I'm sure they werent even very concerned about losing him THEN. But the fact is that he now is and was claimed from Ramsey which has to burn his ass.

It should burn his ass - and I'm sure it will.

But he can take some comfort knowing that his big stallion was claimed ... and I believe in a losing effort to Buck Strider no less.

I am sure he is pissed, just as much when he loses 10k on a race. One thing is for sure, he never had a derby horse, so why cry about it now. He is a claiming guru, and a person who likes to be Winning Owner at meets. Maybe he will turn his efforts to a derby owner now.

Yeah, he was trained by the BEST trainer that Ramsey ever employed...:rolleyes:

Have you seen his record when he ships to Beaulah!?

Yeah, we could hit a great clip if we ran horses that are 40-50k claimers with anyone else for 16K at MULEAH.

Fabulous Strike debuted at Tampa within about four or five days of Talent Search's debut. I was down there for it all.

Them was the good ole days! ... back when they didn't charge you for pepsi refills in the clubhouse dining room at Tampa.

Their clubhouse has a dining room?

Yeah.

The one you take the elevator to get to.

He is hardly a guru. His efforts to be a Derby owner have been in place for years.

Riding Teator...one of the few low points for Mott in the 90s...

Riding Teator...one of the many low points for Gary Caple at Presque Isle Downs '08.

can't believe he didn't have Bailey on that one

Anything with a pulse would have been better than Teator...

that and having a horse run a '2' beyer.

I'll toss Big Brown's dam Mien into the race. She was another stellar race mare with a 2 race career ... though her racing career lasted only two weeks.

Track: Churchill Downs
Surface: Dirt
Distance: 10 furlongs
Weight: All horses carry 126lbs







Morning Line & Comments:

Kobla (4/5) Beaten 30+ lengths in both career starts - but has a serious pace advantage and should be able to cruise on a loose lead. Easily owns fields best dirt Beyer.

Mien (7/5) Only horse in field to run a respectable race - but it came on turf. Was barely able to keep contact with the field early on in her lone dirt try and was "distanced"

Ecology (3/1) If Kobla stops to an utter walk after six furlongs and Mien can't handle the dirt again - she could grind out an upset.

I'll take Mien...she's a proven winner. :D

Were there any decent horses in those two Kobla races?

There was no excuse - she just got distanced.

They used to bet Dickinson like a mofo in Maryland - and I'm sure the field she faced 2nd time out was awful.

Corporate Miss won in her 2nd start and Rose of Cimmaron won in her debut.

Hard Spun's dam ran 4 times on dirt ... and never ran a Beyer higher than 42. Included in those 4 races was a well beaten 4th place finish at Penn National .. she'd be a great addition to the race but she was too good on turf to include.

In reality, it's a bad story. McCarthy is a prick and a phony. He's cheated everybody involved with the horse, especially Mark Miller whom he has refused to pay his 10% share from the Sam Davis. He also stiffs the barn help and regular exercise rider. The horse himself is a very cool animal that's come a long way thanks to Miller, but McCarthy is not what some have portrayed.

Yeah I just read the Bloodhorse story about this. And I can't understand how he didn't pay the 10% either if the horse started under his name. Bad job here and I hope the real story gets reported.

Haskin's piece? He said he was going to write about Miller, who has been a total gentleman about the whole thing. McCarthy showed up at the barn after the Sam Davis and said he was taking the horse away and why should Miller get to win a Gr. III when McCarthy hadn't won one listed as trainer.

Everyone in the racing office at Tampa Bay despises McCarthy and knows what a fraud he is. Miller worked day after day all winter getting General Quarters to calm down and accept instruction. Typical that his reward is to get screwed.

Sport of Kings.

The stewards at TBD said there was nothing they can do to get Miller paid. Pathetic.

That's crazy. So trainers can just get stiffed with no recourse?

:eek:

too bad that some of the better horses are owned by unsavory hard to root for characters.

sometimes good things happen to bad people-and vice versa.

It's just a microcosm of life. The racetrack is not perceptively different from any other business.

McCarthy's career training record is now 14-for-237 with most of those wins coming at Turfway Park.

What's his ROI?

$1.24 on every $2 - that includes the Blue Grass win.

I bet very few trainers have ever had their 14th career training victory come in the Blue Grass Stakes.

If Jean Cruget can win the Triple Crown then anything is possible in this game.

He can't file a lien or Judgment in Court?

Was he as bad as Ron Franklin?

Well ya know what they say, No good deed goes unpunished! :mad: I really hate to hear that too.

For lack of a more pleasant or articulate way of saying it -- what a little $hit.

true. but none of us tune in to watch bill gates in action or cheer on the cfo of coca cola. we like to like our rooting interests.

altho, i do still root for the redskins, dan snyder notwithstanding.

probably if he has any kind of legit contract/case. altho quite often a verbal agreement is airtight. or he might just say 'lesson learned' and move on. still a shame tho.