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02-11-2011, 05:40 PM
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What's wrong with this picture?
Why did I just assume he was off on a farm somewhere living the good life?
Penn National - February 11, 2011 Race 6 - 7:04 PM Exacta / Trifecta /2nd Half of Mid Double / Superfecta / Pick 4 (Races 6-7-8-9) CLAIMING $4,000 Purse $12,000. (plus Up To 40% Pabf) For Four Year Olds And Upward Which Have Not Won Two Races Since August 11. Weight, 122 Lbs. Non-winners of a race at a mile or over since January 11 Allowed 3 Lbs. Claiming Price $4,000 (Races where entered for $3,500 or less not considered in eligibility). One Mile. P# PP Horse Virtual Stable A/S Med Claim $ Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1 Devil Approved It (KY) 5/G L $4,000 K Santiago 1127 M L Rojas 4/1 SCR Awesome Rubiano (FL) -------------------------------------Scratched------------------------------------- 3 3 Tori Light (FL) 9/G L $4,000 M Chaves 119 R Servideo 30/1 4 4 Bleniem (ON) 7/G L $4,000 A Salgado 119 B L Kulp 8/1 5 5 Trippedoutofadream (FL) 6/G L $4,000 M Rispoli 1157 H T O'Hern 6/1 6 6 Rovic's Wealth (KY) 7/G L $4,000 W T Cloninger, Jr. 119 J D Crumley 6/1 7 7 Wave Me By (FL) 4/G L $4,000 W Corujo 1127 M A Miller 15/1 8 8 Ball Four (KY) 10/G L $4,000 W P Otero 119 D Balsamo 5/2 9 9 Marty's Hunch (PA) 7/G L $4,000 R Montanez 1145 B M Kravets 6/1 10 10 Balian (PA) 6/G L $4,000 D G Whitney 119 B M Kravets 15/1 Owners: 1 - Wanderers Stable; 3 - Zanek Stable; 4 - Brandon L. Kulp; 5 - Renpher Stable; 6 - Joseph E. Besecker; 7 - Rossi Racing; 8 - Bruce Golden Racing; 9 - Stevark Stable, Inc.; 10 - Rodney Chronister Breeders: 1 - Liberation Farm & Fiona Craig; 3 - Robert Bakerman; 4 - Eugene Melnyk; 5 - Karen Silva; 6 - Robert Mondun & Vickie Mondun; 7 - Gilbert G. Campbell; 8 - B. D. Gibbs Farm, LLC & Grand Slam FarmLLC; 9 - Castle Rock Farm; 10 - Mer-Lyn Farms, LLC http://www.pedigreequery.com/ball+four2 Owner: Bruce Golden Racing Breeder: B. D. Gibbs Farm, LLC & Grand Slam Farm LLC State Bred: KY Winnings: 30 Starts: 8 - 3 - 4, $723,270 At 4: 2nd Kentucky Cup Classic (G2,9F) At 5: Won Kentucky Cup Classic (G2,9F), Tejano Run S. (TP,9F); 2nd Fayette S. (G3,9F) At 6: 2nd San Antonio H. (G2,9F) At 7: Won Fayette S. (G3,9F); 3rd Native Diver H. (G3,9F) At 8: Won Mervyn LeRoy H. (G2,8.5F) 
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02-11-2011, 05:52 PM
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He's Ball Four for God sake!
  This is depressing.
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02-11-2011, 05:59 PM
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Not sure I see anything wrong with the picture. 30 starts in 10 years is as light as it gets, horse still has some run in him apparently - he's installed as the m/l favorite....... What's the fuss?
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02-11-2011, 06:08 PM
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He was in the Met Mile. The Met Mile! Rabbit or not he deserved better than to die on a track somewhere in Pennsylvania running for a few thousand dollars. I just get really sad when I see horses who had been at a certain level sink this far. It's my problem and it's reality... it can be a brutal sport on many levels. Doesn't mean I have to go silently into the night and accept these things without feeling like someone has a knife in my heart. Okay that was a little overboard but you know what I mean.
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02-11-2011, 06:35 PM
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02-11-2011, 06:47 PM
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This wuld be closer to where I am, so... http://www.mauirealestate.net/maui_homes.html * * * I know, Rudy... were not twins * . We don't need to have the same opinion.  * (Or are we?).  edit - He won. http://www.equibase.com/static/chart...021111USA6.pdf Last edited by my miss storm cat : 02-11-2011 at 06:58 PM.
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02-11-2011, 06:37 PM
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02-11-2011, 09:36 PM
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02-11-2011, 06:38 PM
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I don't see anything "wrong with this picture." He is a late developing, lightly raced 10 year old that is in at a level that anyone dreadfully concerned for his well being can easily obtain from the claiming box. My guess is that he can/still wants to run (as evidenced by his m/l) and the owners feel he'd rather compete than rot away on the farm. I'm sorry I don't read any more into it than that. Just my opinion.
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02-11-2011, 09:58 PM
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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02-12-2011, 11:16 AM
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I loved Mr. Umphrey but there's no other reason he ran in the Met Mile... not that I can see. He did his job there... he had run his own races but was used as the rabbit for both Silver Wagon and for Diamond Stripes. As far as where and how he died... I still have the email from his trainer. (God it's sad). He died in February of last year, at Philly, running for a tag (7k). So I'm not arguing here at all just asking what part of that line are you questioning? Confused...
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