Big Brown WOW!!!!
 

Could Curlin do that? Even in Dubia this field was a stronger field that BB beat even though it was on grass. BB ran the stakes winners, older horses into the ground. What's your take, or excuses DTer's?

My take? Couldn't disagree with you more.

Eric

LMAO

:rolleyes:

Well ok, what is your take? That's why ask on this forum, for opinions,you disagree, so tell why, or you can't think of anything right now, or you going to wait and read a write up on DRF then come back with something.

Red Rocks and Better Talk Now are BC Turf champions. What has Proudinsky done? win a couple of G2s?

It was the single most impressive score I saw in an ungraded stake on the turf at Monmouth today......no question about it.

It sets him up perfectly for............absolutely nothing.

I don't know man. I thought he handled his business quite well. Hardly a very exciting performance... but pretty good stuff.

He beat Proudinsky by a head in basically a four horse photo. What am I missing?

He hadn't run on the turf since his debut - and was difficult to settle early on.

I think if he met Proudinsky and Shakis again in a few weeks the outcome would likely see him winning much more convincingly.

I bet Proudinsky and thought he had every chance for sure.

Does the performance deserve a capital wow and four exclamation points? Of course not - that posters only job is to rack up the points and try and cement his status as the #1 pick in the '09 DT Fantasy tard draft.

I thought the performence deserved a WOW!!! however most are bias on the forum, against BB and remember he's moving up from 3yr old races to older horses. Will he win the classic? I'm not sure, however I bet he gives a good account of himself. The horse is 7/8 winners and still only 3. If he wins
Classic a lot of people will rag it because they hate Dutrow.

A four horse close finish, pretty exciting I think.

It was an exciting race. So was the third at Belmont today. Should we give the winner of that NY Bred MSW a " WOW!!! " as well?

Good thing Red Rocks and Better talk now wasn't there they would have been up the track somewhere with that pace.

lol i actually think this is funny...
i am a big brown hater, but he was strong today, did kent ever even touch him ?

AGREED!!

Time for a tune up.

No we should'nt but damn you don't like anybody to say something nice about a exciting race. Sorry it didn't wow you.

I love the old " I said something foolish, got exposed, so I will turn it around on the other poster " routine.

Could Curlin beat Proudinsky by a head? I'll go out on a limb and say yes.

This is my favorite gem of the thread.

On turf? lol

Thanks i knew most would like it, i love stirring up the troops. lol

FYI 17,047 in attendance at Monmouth
 

Not bad for Monmouth

BB showed today that he is legit, its nice that they keep running at least until the classic.

I thought that BB was very impressive today.

I did too, setting some strong fractions and cruising home, margin of victory wasn't huge but it looked to me like KD had it measured pretty well and didn't get after him late.
Unfortunately there's a lot of people on here drinking the haterade on him and probably would disagree on principle alone. FYI I bet against him today, incorrectly

I am hardly a member of the BB adoration club but he ran really well under less than ideal circumstances against a legit field of older horses on a surface he hadnt run over in a long time. Obviously you couldnt take that price but the effort was strong.

"Except for his last race, the Haskell, I've never asked him to break," Desormeaux said. "Today when the gates opened, I chirped at him and he responded. It made a huge difference going into that first turn when that other horse (Get Serious) left his side. When that happened, he focused and calmed down.

"I think he showed you what kind of heart he's got. When Proudinsky did get to his neck, I knew we had him. My horse just resurged and kept digging all the way to the wire."

Kent gets an "A" for his grammar today :tro:

The IEAH-Jess Jackson back and forth is becoming so tedious, it's not funny. Just had to throw that out there.

Are you serious?? You really didn't just make this statement, did you?

Yes, he did. He is to racing commentary what Timmigirvan is to politics.

I'm sure he made some $$ on BB today, but in the long run, anytime someone with that thought process wants to keep feeding the mutual pools, Im all for it.:tro:

Did the Fatman see how Get Serious tried to herd
horses around the first turn?
Too bad there were no horses to herd.

Where be the outrage.
Where be the fat...

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

The horse is special to those not fixated on figures. He's special because he's able to run at a reasonably high level on at least 2 surfaces. And when he handles Poly reasonably well, he'll be all the more special for it. Of course, he just won't be fast enough for some. Because, let's face it, horse racing really is about DIRT RACING and all the biases that come with it. :rolleyes:

All week I'm reading how this supposed strong field is going to kick his butt. He takes the worst of it in terms of setup and he still holds off Proudinsky under, essentially, tap urging and a loose rein by the jock. He changed leads like a 1st time starter and also drifted a bit in the lane, YET Proudinsky couldn't get by. So, either he's okay or Proudinsky is a plug. Probably a little of both.

Well said....... BB ran a 105 Beyer.

I couldn't agree more. It is amazing to me the lack of respect for Big Brown. Many on this Board can only find the negatives or excuses why he deserves little credit. He's had a stellar year and the best thing that has come along in 2008. Would love to see Big Brown win the BCC.

The same guy who likes to call the class of 2008 "Pig" Brown.