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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
That's not true. I bet if you check every single post I have made on this board since its inception, you won't find a single post where I boasted or "trotted my resume". I did it in this thread but that was in response to someone telling me that I don't have any expertise in watching a race. If a guy cites his credentials once a year and it's only when his credibility is questioned, I don't know how you could categorize that as being the king of trotting my resume.
I remember once when you were talking about sports, someone said that you probably don't even play sports. You responded by telling them that you are a good baseball player and had played at many different levels. That's not boasting or trotting your resume. That is simply defending yourself to someone whose assessment of you was incorrect.
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i have read a lot of posts both here and elsewhere from rupert/richi, and this is the first time i ever saw his 'resume' for what it's worth.
as for something else i read on here, yes, LITF did deserve the eclipse last year. and much like other horses who have won eclipses, he may not have been the BEST--but he was the one out there winning graded stakes all year, unlike bc sprint winner silver train for instance.
as for him being overrated by the bettors, that happens all the time. a lot of horses get bet down due to name recognition alone. 'that horse was in the derby, bet him' for example. then of course you have bettors who go with the trainer, or the jock....regardless of the abilities of the horse involved. or those who go by what a horse did last year. we all know ability at two doesn't always show at three.
however, i don't think people who have said they were a litf fan should get an eight page bashing from those who 'saw thru him'. nothing at all wrong with being supportive of a horse, altho i think there's a LOT wrong with people coming here after a horse loses and screaming you knew it all along....no one really knows what kind of horse a horse is, til he's done running. until then, anyone who chooses any horse is going out on a limb. after all, we all know it's a lot harder to pick a winner in a big field, than to pick a loser. the odds are ALWAYS in favor of those in the second group!
as for fogs future, i'd like to see him try the turf. he's got the pedigree.
i do think it's a shame that FOG is getting so much grief tho. last year he shipped all over and won all over, while many hot house horses didn't run as many times as i have fingers on one hand.