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Originally Posted by todko
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.
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well, i know that those of us posting on the 'other' board were talking about leroi and his status for several days leading up to the race. there was plenty of discussion about him and his feet. no doubt many who bet him either were skeptical about the news that he had poor feet, thought he wasn't that bad, thought he was good enough to win anyway, or maybe just fans who bet frankel, or heard of leroi, or liked the silks (they're so purty)....who knows why people bet the way they do?? i can't explain it. but if i, who isn't 'in the know' and doesn't hang out at the track, and doesn't have any trainers on speed dial, knew that leroi was not 100%, than i would fully expect that the info was available to anyone able to type out 'www.drf dot com' on their computer! the stories were there.
hell, people smoke when they know it's a killer, so why not put a couple down on leroi?!