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Originally Posted by Danzig188
everyone knew leroi wasn't at his best last year, anyone who chose to bet him regardless have only themselves to blame.
also, regarding bluegrass, anyone who kept up with the sport in the weeks leading up to the travers knew todd wasn't thrilled with running bluegrass back so quickly after his haskell....anyone could read between the lines.
you're the only one to respond so far that you were skeptical beforehand when you saw the front wraps---my issue is with those who only speak up AFTER, when we should have all 'KNOWN IT ALL ALONG'. easy to say after the fact.
also, like i said above, i've seen horses run with front wraps for the first time and come back to get the trophy and check.
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Frank Lyons didn't know it! He said clearly on TVG in an argument with Tom Amoss when Amoss brought up the bar shoes on Leroi that, "no way would Frankel ever race Leroi with bar shoes. No way." And then he proceeded to lecture Tom Amoss on how a bar shoe works. He said something to the effect that Leroi was fine and the bar shoes were precautionary for training and that a horse couldn't get traction on turf with bar shoes (which most of us know).
Amoss realized he was getting no where fast and just encouraged the viewer to look for the bar shoes and pads on race day.
Leroi took a huge amount of money that day. Not everyone knew he wasn't at his best -- if they did why the money bet?
I wrote those scum sucking pimps at NYRA about it and never heard back.
Never heard Frank Lyons apologize on TVG either.
Listen to Amoss when he's on the air. He made a great call on Balance in the KY Oaks that she wouldn't run a lick. She didn't. Amoss said Ermine looked good, he was ridiculed by Frank and the gang. Ermine ran a solid 2nd, well ahead of Balance.