Smarty Jones Classic

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Originally Posted by Payson Dave

Damn...some people just seem to get off on arguing with others... Opinions are like azzholes...everybody has one...and furthermore everybody is entitled to have one...Smarty Jones did bring some fans to the game...that is a good thing...being argumentative and arrogant won't encourage very many new players...Getting new blood interested in the sport is crucial to it's survival...
Not that it matters but I've been playing the ponies for at least the past 37 years...I was at Saratoga when Onion beat Big Red...I was at Saratoga when General Assembly won in the mud...I was there when Alydar and Affirmed battled in the Travers...I've been to more than a few tracks and seen more than a few good race horses...it is ok for someone to have liked Smarty Jones...it is ok for someone to have liked Easy Goer...or Four Star Dave or War Emblem or even a rat like Spend A Buck...much of this game revolves around forming opinions...and there ain't nothing wrong with everybody having different ones.

Spend a Buck was a rat?

By the way, nobody is denying the rights of people to be attached to different horses. However, we are allowed to have differing opinions, whether they are about specific horses, or their supposed affect on the game, and we express them here. It's not personal. At least it shouldn't be.