My first post since the race, and I'm still in awe. Turning for home, I had no doubt in my mind that SS was roping all of them. Once he blew by Curlin, I thought the race was in the bag. BOY, was I wrong. Curlin has made me into a believer. His effort was Spooky Mulder-like, although he wasnt on the front end like SM was in his race. Most horses would have thrown in the towel, not continue to track, then pounce. A bevy of things can be said about Borail's ride to the wire or Pino's premature ga ga goosh, but one thing is for certain, the top three horses in both races have proven they are as good as advertised. As timorous as I was to not hit the trifecta (only played it straight, but big), that all took a backseat to the fact that I knew I was watching something special. Hopefully, a great rivalry will come from these past two weeks.(something horse racing lacks IMO).
__________________
"A person who saw no important difference between the fire outside a Neandrathal's cave and a working thermo-nuclear reactor might tell you that junk bonds and derivatives BOTH serve to energize capital"
- Nathan Israel
|