Ouija Board lame, scratched, retired...

[brockguy]

Lord Derby could so easily have retired her as a champ in 2004, with two Oaks wins, a BC Filly and Mare Turf win and a gallant third in the Arc. She even managed to overcome injury at Royal Ascot in 2005 to nearly reclaim her F&M title, but she got the huge prize she deserved last year with a win in Hong Kong. This year, she's been as good as ever, and she has been a real advertisment for horse racing. She's been a pleasure to watch for the last 4 years.

22 starts
10 wins (7 G1's)
3 2nds
5 thirds

shes raced in England 11 times, Ireland 2, France 1, the US 3, Japan 2, Hong Kong 2 and Dubai 1

[King Glorious]

Anyone that says she wasn't a great mare doesn't know what they are talking about. She's truly a world class level horse. I get so tired of people talking about horses like Makybe Diva and Silent Witness as being world class when they only stayed in one area and beat the best of that area. There is a chance that Makybe Diva could have travelled the world and done the same things as Ouija Board but the fact is that she never has. When u want to talk about true world champions, these days u would be hard pressed to find any horse more deserving of that title than Ouija Board. Male or female. I'm bothered that she was retired. They said that she was examined and x-rayed and nothing out of the ordinary was showing up. I understand those that will say that she owes us nothing else but then the argument can be made that she's owed us nothing from the start. I would have loved to see her rested and brought back to continue dominating next year. I see no reason why she couldn't have. In this day and age though, we've already gotten to see much more than we are used to so for that, I am glad.

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Anyone that says she wasn't a great mare doesn't know what they are talking about. She's truly a world class level horse. I get so tired of people talking about horses like Makybe Diva and Silent Witness as being world class when they only stayed in one area and beat the best of that area. There is a chance that Makybe Diva could have travelled the world and done the same things as Ouija Board but the fact is that she never has. When u want to talk about true world champions, these days u would be hard pressed to find any horse more deserving of that title than Ouija Board. Male or female. I'm bothered that she was retired. They said that she was examined and x-rayed and nothing out of the ordinary was showing up. I understand those that will say that she owes us nothing else but then the argument can be made that she's owed us nothing from the start. I would have loved to see her rested and brought back to continue dominating next year. I see no reason why she couldn't have. In this day and age though, we've already gotten to see much more than we are used to so for that, I am glad.

Is this the same King Glorious that posts over at the ThoroughbredNet forum?? You sounded a wee bit more pissed on that forum of her retirement than you do here. What's with the "conservative" approach here???

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Blue Eyes

Is this the same King Glorious that posts over at the ThoroughbredNet forum?? You sounded a wee bit more pissed on that forum of her retirement than you do here. What's with the "conservative" approach here???

Over there, I'm a bit more comfortable to say how I really feel because I've been there so long. Also, there is no need to say the things here that I said there because I think that the people on this forum are much more realistic fans and understanding of the game and how it works than they are over there and there's no need to post something just to have people agreeing. I like to try to post opposing viewpoints to some things, just to make people think sometimes.

[GPK]

LOVED this gal and will miss her dearly. A game mare she was.

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Over there, I'm a bit more comfortable to say how I really feel because I've been there so long. Also, there is no need to say the things here that I said there because I think that the people on this forum are much more realistic fans and understanding of the game and how it works than they are over there and there's no need to post something just to have people agreeing. I like to try to post opposing viewpoints to some things, just to make people think sometimes.

What you posted on TBNet would have been more accepted here and what you posted here would have been more accepted over there. So what you're explaining doesn't make sense.
I call it contradicting yourself, or in some cases brown nosing, perhaps? But, to each his own.

[avance2000]

for three solid years, she was a big threat to win any race she entered.....no matter what other horses in the world were running against her.
i think that says it all about her.

[blackthroatedwind]

I am somewhat confused by your initial post, hardly surprising, and while I agree with your assessment of her as a true " world champion " I don't understand you talking about them bringing her back. Tonight's race was to be her final start, she missed it, I hardly think because of that they should bring her back for another year.

She's done more than enough. Nice to see one who truly raced, danced all the dances, and now goes out on top. It's all good.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by merasmag

u were my last hope..why oh why didn't i do what any sane person woulda, coulda, shoulda done and put all my $$$$ on u to win on bc day??? (actually, cause i was drunk and in the ladies room as the race went off)---please make sure noone kills u trying to mount u and have a good post-racing life

post of the week.