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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
I can answer this one.You have a horse coasting around there in 48,and you got a f'n crown on his head.He has a great stride,and has pretty numbers.He has won 6 in a row against nobody.Lava Man has won 7 in a row against nobody.Invasor has won 8 out of 9 against nobody.Throw all those figures made under no pressure(at all) out the door.On Saturday,it ain't gunna be about figures.It's gunna be about looking a horse in the eye,and taking him on with all you got,and we are gunna find out just which one of these 3 individuals has the bigger heart.It ain't gunna be about some #.It ain't gunna be about a pretty stride.They gunna be wobbling from fatigue.It wasn't real pretty when Ghostzapper and Liam hooked up.It was an ugly fight down the outside of the track,but we found out who had more heart,and we will do the same come Saturday.We will find out whether prettyboy wants to keep trying a horse that he can't get by the 1st time.We find that out Saturday.
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YES!!! Love this post. It is exactly what i think. Horses dont beat clocks or pens but other horses to become a real champ. In this age of rag sheet, beyers and tgraph forms sometimes we forget what racing is about.