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Old 08-07-2010, 05:13 PM
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Default What was up with Quality Road's braid beed?

Why does a horse need its hair braided - to look pretty or something?

Who knows if it distracted him at all - but a big plastic bead from his braid was slapping him in the right eye the entire stretch run.
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Old 08-07-2010, 05:23 PM
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Why does a horse need its hair braided - to look pretty or something?

Who knows if it distracted him at all - but a big plastic bead from his braid was slapping him in the right eye the entire stretch run.
Watch the stretch head on. He's twirling his left front. That's what he starts doing when he 2 turns away from the Gulf Street. He needs pavement.
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Old 08-07-2010, 05:29 PM
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It's fitting that the first responder is someone with experience when it comes to having beads in their eye.

I guess there is difference between plastic beads and liquid beads - but hey, whatever.
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Old 08-07-2010, 05:50 PM
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It's fitting that the first responder is someone with experience when it comes to having beads in their eye.

I guess there is difference between plastic beads and liquid beads - but hey, whatever.
Instead of making fun of you for starting a thread like this, I told you why he gets beat in this situation.
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:23 PM
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Watch the stretch head on. He's twirling his left front. That's what he starts doing when he 2 turns away from the Gulf Street. He needs pavement.
Too funny, Scuds


Have a feeling RA's gunna need some pavement in that next start too…
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:26 PM
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:14 PM
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Why does a horse need its hair braided - to look pretty or something?

Who knows if it distracted him at all - but a big plastic bead from his braid was slapping him in the right eye the entire stretch run.
I give you credit for having a good eye to have noticed this. I didn't notice it the first time but after reading your post I watched it again and it is clear that it was slapping him in the face and possibly in the eye.
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:57 PM
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Why does a horse need its hair braided - to look pretty or something?

Who knows if it distracted him at all - but a big plastic bead from his braid was slapping him in the right eye the entire stretch run.
He needs his forelock braided so he doesn't look like this.



and that might be a good excuse for not winning the race. There just has to be an excuse.... please?
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:19 PM
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and that might be a good excuse for not winning the race. There just has to be an excuse.... please?
I'm not saying it's an excuse ... I'm simply pointing out that it came free at some point - either during the race or when Haynefield charged the gate - and a big bead - larger than a marble - repeatedly kept slapping him in the right eye.

Would it be distracting for a human if a big bead kept slapping them in the eye while they were trying to run? I would think so. For a horse? How would I know.
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:42 PM
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I thought Johnny V. was to focused on looking around for Blame rather run his race. Continual looking underneath both arms starting into the far turn and continuing into deep stretch. He caught Blame around the turn on the inside with his first glance back, looked back inside mid stretch, and Blame had positioned himself to the outside for his run. Blame comes to him quickly and Johnny reacts way to late and is only able to whip QR at the base of the neck in tight. Is QR better??? or is Johnny V. to Blame?

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Old 08-07-2010, 07:44 PM
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I thought Johnny V. was to focused on looking around for Blame rather run his race. Continual looking underneath both arms starting into the far turn and continuing into deep stretch. He caught Blame around the turn on the inside with his first glance back, looked back inside mid stretch, and Blame had positioned himself to the outside for his run. Blame comes to him quickly and Johnny reacts way to late and is only able to whip QR at the base of the neck in tight. Is QR better??? or is Johnny V. to Blame?

Scat Out (Beat reporter for trying find out how QR lost?)
You're either like 15 or 80 - which is it?
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:49 PM
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You win the prize for the fastest reply to the Scat post!!!! Seriously you want to know my age? That Dude is a little strange...ah-keh...


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Old 08-07-2010, 10:27 PM
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You're either like 15 or 80 - which is it?



I'll go with 15.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:06 PM
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I thought Johnny V. was to focused on looking around for Blame rather run his race. Continual looking underneath both arms starting into the far turn and continuing into deep stretch. He caught Blame around the turn on the inside with his first glance back, looked back inside mid stretch, and Blame had positioned himself to the outside for his run. Blame comes to him quickly and Johnny reacts way to late and is only able to whip QR at the base of the neck in tight. Is QR better??? or is Johnny V. to Blame?

Scat Out (Beat reporter for trying find out how QR lost?)
Stop it. QR quit and Blame didn't. Simple as that.
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Old 08-07-2010, 08:21 PM
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What about the race Musket Man ran?

He was really taken out of his game - and rushed the whole way - had to race wider on both turns than QR did and still managed to finish as well as a perfect trip QR.

Before looking at any figures - I was befuddled by how well MM ran. If Haynesfield and QR hook up early in a pace battle .. and Musket Man is in the garden spot a few lengths off of it with first run on Blame .. than it's he and Blame who are in a thriller and QR winds up a very soundly beaten 3rd.

Instead - Quality Road ended up with the candy trip - and Musket Man, a horse who doesn't have a ton of natural speed is having his ears ridden off while two paths wider through the first turn, just to put whatever kind of minimal early pressure on QR that he could ... cause Ramon Dominguez opted to apply none on Haynesfield.

QR was clearly 3rd best today IMO.
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Old 08-08-2010, 09:46 AM
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Stop it. QR quit and Blame didn't. Simple as that.
This is the one and only correct answer all others deserve beads alright.......anal ones
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:50 PM
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He needs his forelock braided so he doesn't look like this.



and that might be a good excuse for not winning the race. There just has to be an excuse.... please?
How about giving the horse a little haircut instead?
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:59 PM
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How about giving the horse a little haircut instead?
Maybe it was a *Samson* superstition?!
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