Mambo In Seattle ? ? ?
 

Are the rumors true ?
Will he really be coming to Belmont in 2 weeks to face Curlin, with Mr. Calvin Borel getting the mount.

last i read about him, they were thinking super derby.

I pray they go Jockey Club, if the price is right, and in my mind 3-1 would be, i would make a nice bet on him.
why super derby ? following in the footsteps of Grasshopper ?

super derby is for 3 yo's and has a nice purse. i'd imagine they think it would be a good place to shoot for a win.
and i have a hard time thinking he'd be that low vs curlin odds-wise.

THE HIGHER odds the better. if you look at the noms. for the JCGC there is not much other then Curlin, Curlins last 3 races have been nothing special, solid but not spectacular, and some think he might be tailing off a bit, he has had a long campaign with a trip to Dubai, that normally eventually takes its toll on almost all horses, if he regresses at all, or even runs the 110-112 beyer he has been putting up, i think Mambo could make it intriguing, If Mambo were to take a step forward, which you would have to assume he will, he could be right there with Curlin IMO.

Mambo needs to actually win a real race before taking on Curlin. The Super Derby looks like an awful field. It is a nice prep for him for the BCC. He is a Kingmambo and should like the synthetic.

If Mambo were to win the BCC and BB not run well, he might miss out the 3yr old Eclipse to Big Brown by the nose he lost by in the Travers.

How is a race on the dirt against restricted three year old company a "nice prep" for a race on synthetic against older?

He's not running in the Super Derby.

where is he going?

Maybe The Jerome Handicap ???

Is he coming to Portland for the Mt. Hood Stakes?? 20k for 3 year olds!

I would assume he is going to the JCGC.

My source is realiable that he is coming to Belmont, with MR. Calvin Borel coming in to ride. Confirmed today !!

He's a Legend.

Curlins last 3 have not been Curlin like performances, if he regresses at all in this spot, Mambo can beat win

yup

you can have it on this one :)

I kind of agree Curlin is the most beatable superstar... Other then the ordinary very good Ashado who is a worse Super horse then Churlin

Im not even sure its Curlin in my mind, as much as it is Mambo, i think he is a very very good horse, with a big future.

I keep thinking of that kid in " Almost Famous ".......




It's all happening!

great movie imo just re watched it..the other day

Highly unlikely. Personally I would love to see him get soundly beaten and then run in the BCC. I think he may take to the synthetic at a huge price.

I wonder if they are doing this because they have plans of retiring him at the end of the year and they are looking for that race that defines him.

My source also says he will stay in training next year !

KY Downs.

you're my source there

yeah, it was old news, from just after the travers. but couldn't find anything in the press more recent....

Not sure BTW knows what state KY Downs is in.

The man has trouble with anything not in NY

lookin boy ?

I crushed KY Downs like a grape today.

From the era that The Rolling Stone really meant something in out culture. i loved the old news paper version with the Fear and Loathing Dude Hunter S Thompson or something like that

Yo Quiet Chris, are the half-wits over at thoroughbred champions still trying to figure out whether or not anabolic steroids enhance performance? lol

Witch-lejacket banned me a few weeks ago because I wasn't being 'pleasant' enough for the cranky hags (like "Regret", "ShuveesGirl", and "CoronadosQuest") that frequent that place.

By the way, I think she uses the name "Regret" because she knows that you'll regret losing several hundred brain cells every time you read her mindless drivel. lol




Ron Jon LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... and he hates every stinkin' one of them. :D

Didn't Mambo In Seattle get beat a couple of times in allowance races at Keeneland?