Blame
 

Gutsy effort to win the Clark, this dude really came on late this year. Anyone think he'll be a legitimate handicap horse next year or was he just the best of a mediocre bunch today?

It's Al Stall so no.

His Super Derby was really strong w/Regal Ransom loose on the lead. The Fayette was solid too... slow pace, wide trip, still green in the stretch. This was another good performance and shows the others weren't just flukes.

I think he'll be a legitimate horse. Stall supposedly loved him prior to this year and came to La Downs for the Super Derby with a lot of confidence. He ran a good race in the Super Derby, a better race in the Fayette and a very nice race today.

How much does he need to be to get in the mix next year? I think he's good enough to be in the conversation right now.

NT

Unless there are some hidden handicap horses that we dont know about he looks to be a contender. The older handicap horses were beyond disgraceful this year.

the older handicap turf horses on synthetic were good...cmon, credit due there.

Who exactly are you talking about? Rail Trip? Einstein? Parading?

Gitano Hernando swooped in and beat most of the best California older horses after Rail Trip gimped out.

I thought they all pretty much sucked, synthetic or not.

NT

Misremebered actually ran the best race. Sat up near the pace and hung in there to finish a second. This horse should be one of the better older horses next year but I wonder if Baffert will keep him in the east or keep him on poly. He has ran well on both dirt and poly.

Remember: RA is the greatest filly in our lifetimes because she beat Macho and Bullsbay!

who cares about baffert ?

what does that even mean?

has this guy ever not made a wise ass comment ?

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yeah, they ran great yesterday. did you read the one about how rachel is better than ruffian.....now thats a hoot !!!!!...lol

It sounds like his goal for next year is the DWC so we might not see that much of him in the handicap division..

Do I need the little sarcastic emoticons for you....wont make that mistake again.
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They have decided against going to Dubai and will focus on BC:

http://www.drf.com/news/article/109252.html

I love it. I hope he wins HOY.

It is more likely that he will be the next Ketchikan or My Pal Charlie.

Why is that more likely? Blame is very serious.... Hes better then the Kentucky Derby winner, he has been better then him for about 5 months. Hes better then the Macho Again, Einstein and Bullsbay and they are the 3 best older dirt horses we had this year. With Summer Bird being injured and Quality Road having issues, Blame is right at the top of the handicap division next year.