Hollywood movie kind of race today at Pimlico
 

Check out today's 11th at Pimlico. It's the last 30 seconds when it gets interesting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbH3N...layer_embedded


--Dunbar

That was wild.

Horse got a -27 on TG.

Did you see the head on? He went AROUND the starting gate!

This came remarkably close to resulting in a ban on starting gates. That jockey is lucky to be alive.

Wow, how much the best was that horse. Amazing.

Paul

Whoa. This is certainly a race where you need to see a replay rather than just look at the chart. If I just looked at the chart, I don't think I'd be able to wrap my mind around "raced between the parked starting gate and the outside rail in midstretch."

unbelievable.

gives new meaning to 'erratic stretch run'

Not to be a kill joy ... but this was an incredibly slow race.

Earlier on in the card, a 3-year-old filly won an 8K maiden claiming race at the same distance in 1:50.30

This was a 20-to-25K MCL for males rained off the turf. The final time of 1:52.16 was 10 lengths slower than it took the bottom level maiden girls to go the distance.

Even if the horse with the dramatic troubled trip had 10 lengths worth of trouble, which I think he probably did, that's only good enough to put him in a photo finish with bottom level fillies.

Obviously, this is a stern test to the "there are no trips in slow races" rule ... but the right thing to do is bet against everything but the 2nd place finisher. And honestly, the way this race is being shown all over the Internet, I'd definitely want to bet against the 2nd place finisher the next time he runs as well.

Of course it was a slow race, a horse that stopped and started twice got nosed. He did, however, have way more than 10 lengths of trouble.

You were right,Your a Kill Joy!;)

The chart caller from Delta would have somehow missed it!

Way to ride without stirrups too!

In Hollywood
 

if this was a Hollywood movie he would have got up last jump. I was rooting for him.

I had a baby who was turf bred , trying the turf, MSW with Henry Ma aboard. We're leading the full field inside the 1/16 th pole at 30-1 (opened 9/5 off a 20-1 ML ) He reaches back and hits her righty and goes from the 3 path, to being upside down on top of the rail literally sliding on her back halfway to the wire. Didn't get injured, but plenty of white paint from the rail on her back. Hong Kong Henry Ma was also unscathed. Haary Vega won the race on some 40-1 shot that was 2 for 2 on the mare trying turf also. It's crazy when it's your hoss. I wonder what the owner of that guy was thinking,

Pimlico needs Trackus.

DRF trouble line - "wide stretch."

I thought the most funny aspect was the winning trainers name:
Small, Richard W

Was Detorri or on him or was that Derosmeaux on a bender?

I laughed...felt guilty afterward.



Nah

SPICER CUB assumed the early lead, set the pace slightly off the rail, bolted midway on the far turn, was in third position entering the stretch, was straightened at the head of the stretch to be in the six path, regained a clear lead in upper stretch, bolted inside the three sixteenths pole causing his rider to lose his irons, raced between the parked starting gate and the outside rail in mid-stretch, closed determinedly under game urging and just missed

In his 40 year career, in addition to Broad Brush, outstanding horseman and Vietnam veteran Marine Dickie Small trained '94 Classic winner Concern. He's one of the most respected men in racing from one of the most respected families in equestrian life. His uncle was Hall of Fame trainer Sidney Watters. Small will saddle the nice Broad Rule in the PIM 4th shortly..

Pretty amazing that you would even need to explain who he is. Less amazing that the guy made fun of his name.

Speaking of Broad Brush. His Pa Derby was nowhere near as extreme, but he won in similar fashion - bolting and coming on again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmg5pOSBEEE

Thought it was hilarious, just the way Xavier Perez said "it was nuts" in the interview...I literally laughed out loud. Glad to see that both him and the horse came out of it in good shape.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/th...ns-to-pimlico/

Spicer Cub has blinkers on in the first race at Pimlico today, 1:10pm. Keep an eye on the starting gate. (Not when they come out of it, of course. Later on.) At least I'm assuming he's racing in the blinkers. I guess Perez could've meant he just trained in them.

that's funny :D

Aw nuts. Finished 2nd again. As you can imagine he was keen blinkers on but the opening half was 49ish (that's a technical term used by clockers). Still, might've just been a tad too focused. He went straight as an arrow though so that's a positive. In a situation like this, do you cut back on the cups the next time or hope he's over the crazy running and take them off?

Loved the comment as he went into the gate. "The star of Youtube, Spicer Cub!"

ETA: Here's an article on the race. They took extra precautions when moving the starting gate. http://blogs.courier-journal.com/rac...on-spicer-cub/

Spicer Cub broke his maiden today at Delaware Park. Recap video here: http://www.delawarepark.com/race_day_audio.php It's race 5.