"best horse I've ever ridden"
 

Oh, come on, now. Better than Fu Peg? Better than Real Quiet ?
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23750104/

I guess it's called derby fever. :o

John Pricci is so mod with that black dress shirt.

It ain't like Fu Peg and Real Quiet were legends, so why not? Sure it's hyperbole, but the sky may be the limit with this one.

Let me get this straight. According to Desormeaux, his statements after winning that allowance were just puffery, heat of the moment stuff. Understandable. But then he works the horse -- JUST WORKS THE HORSE -- and he's suddenly convinced that the horse is as good, after all, as he made him out to be in his admittedly hyperbolic post-race comments?

I give jocks a lot of credence, more so than some on here, in terms of how they can help a horse win a race. I really do believe that the best ones know their animals, and know how to cater to a horse's predilections. But it seems like even Desormeaux isn't immune to the hype that seems to follow Big Brown.

I'm reading a book right now on Man o'War. After the horse showed just how good he was, everyone, including Sam Riddle tried to re-write history to make it seem like they recognized the horse's greatness from the moment they first laid eyes on him. This is kind of the same thing, except it's preemptive rather than revisionist. Everyone wants to be able to say, if BB should happen to win the Derby, "I was on to him way back when."

Maybe the horse is really as good as Desormeaux believes. But how can he POSSIBLY know that at this point?

And maybe Fu Peg and Real Quiet aren't in the highest pantheon of racing legends, but no one's going to forget them any time soon (especially Real Quiet, who's come closest to winning the triple crown since '78). We might be forgetting BB after next week.

For the record, I really like Georgie Boy. But the rational part of my brain prevents me from telling everyone he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.

this statement hurts me.... it really does... fu peg was a monster. big brown, has done nothing, beat no one, and hes better then the legendery son of mr prospector ?

listen hoss..... he was a kentucky derby winner.... i love kent d, but comparing him to big brown at this point, is the craziest thing i have ever herd.... i am 100% positive there is no way he wins the florida derby.....and then what will kent say ?

i forgot that just any average horse wins races like the wood, kentucky derby, jerome....... second in the preakness.... chalk in the class, obviously was not himself that day

ok ok my main point is he is tons better then big brown, and i feel confident big brown will never accomplish even close to what he did, maybe i did overhype fupeg, i did slam him in that derby at 2-1, i tend to overhype horses sometimes

and i swear i slammed him with real money, i was only 15, i had a little part time job, i had my dad go put 200 to win on him for me...... i thought i was rich

you should.... so then i sit on it the money my parents are trying to take it and put it in the bank,telling me to buy school clothes, and im like no way preakness is in 2 weeks.........im taking my 200 and betting the rest back, i remember it like it was yesterday.... i put 200 more to win on fu peg, and a 200 doller exacta fu peg- red bullet, i was shocked, stunned and cryed

yes today

i played 50 exacta adriano-duke of the ****

instead of just putting the 50 to win on him at 5-1

You must have been suicidal after his Breeders Cup performance...

i was but i was only a kid, i bet him that day too, i think 100 to win, my dad went and made that bet for me also

I had 50 grand on FuPeg in the Derby. I remember telling my mom to take some of the winnings and buy some new tits.