Hooves actually I didn't single Invasor. I used Invasor, Lawyer Ron, and Bernadini in pik-3's ok? I pressed Invasor.
Bluegrass Cat broke his leg, so I think he gets a pass. And after Flower Alley's washout in the Whitney I backed off hard.
Quite frankly I think FA's BCC last year was a better effort than Bern's this year. He didn't go on at age 4, it happens but absolutely no excuses.
I ain't claiming to be no charter member of the Invasor fan club, no way no how.
I got lucky twice this year in Kentucky in using someone else's knowledge or information and incorporating it into a score. For any photos I lost or bad beats, BCC day was a makeup for that.
I lost about 5 hard beats Wednesday-Friday and was bitching about my bad luck.
After that dq in the Round Pond race Lans told me he didn't wanna hear no more about luck, and I agreed.
But I gotta take **** about CQ and ain't ducking it. I was wrong.
I also gotta take **** from Sniper(who must be a classy guy or real busy right now cause he trumped me twice and ain't busted my balls on here or in a PM yet) and give him props. His Asi prediction was real bold, and I imagine my good fortune was his bad fortune and she deserved to win or be 2nd.
I made Invasor my key in the race and told many others from this board that on the phone and in conference via cajun Gator due to some incredibly amazing good luck as well. Of all places to meet someone connected with the horse, a Jiffy Lube? I'm serious. On Monday i went to get my oil changed in preparation for the trip and heard the lady behind the counter say"Mr. Mclaughlin your car will be ready in 20 minutes". Guy is wearing a Dubai World Cup hat and has red hair, I know Kiarins brother is named neal and runs the operation up here in Toga all year for his brother but I never met the guy. So I ask him if hes Neil and he says yeah pleased to meet you. I had called kiarin the day before who I do know asking him if a cheap NY bred maiden he has who got beat in a state bred 35K is for sale for a Finger lakes client of mine, Chris Englehart.
Neil says hes getting ready to ship out of town as well and go down to the BC and hopes Kiarin sells that horse because hes shipping everything down to Belmont and they need a free stall. I asked him a few things about Invasor, like about "the fever" and how hes doing. I liked him, but didn't know about that long layoff. Tells me horse has neve, ever, trained better in his life. I liked the horse, but not as much as i did after that convo. Guy was cool as hell also, really good dude and humble like his brother. My respect for those guys went way up because I think this was one of the great training jobs in history.
I ain't claiming I loved the horse and he was a cinch, blah blah blah.
To me I always thought bern was talented(only an idiot would claim he ain't great) but that he had always had small fields with no traffic or hot pace and thought he was vulnerable if looked in the eye.
I got some good luck at, of all places, a ****ing Jiffy Lube.
I have no problem offering props where due, and admitting being wrong, or admitting being lucky like when my clocker said Barbaro was training better than any horse he had seen in his whole life before the Derby and tossing him in on top in the tri when I had doubts about his dry dirt ability.
A wise guy knows when hes been lucky, good, or both, and doesn't try to redboard that he was a genius when he in fact was not.