Here's a real shocker!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

No.

The guy who said it was the weight was the same (and I think only) poster who tweaked out on me for mentioning how fast his figures have been.

[blackthroatedwind]

You could be right but considering Frankel's history of bitching about inane weight assignments it appears to be a joke to me.

Either way....who cares. I am much more annoyed that I didn't follow up on Garifine.

[Dunbar]

I read it as a joke, too. We all know Frankel is the poster boy for scratching due to weight.

--Dunbar

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He typically doesn't scratch because of weight---he'll just skip a handicap race and not enter if he feels he was given an unfair weight assignment.

Or, in some cases (Wild Spirit) he will run, and get beat a nose, and whine about it....though I believe that was more Jerry Bailey than Frankel....who, in one of his all-time greatest moments....personally blamed the racing sec. for him losing the race in a televised interview as well.

After that classic "I was on the best horse...but racing secretary Mike Lakow just got us beat today" quote -- as perhaps fallout...Jerry Bailey was fined a few days later for whipping one of his mounts about ten yards after the wire.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He typically doesn't scratch because of weight---he'll just skip a handicap race and not enter if he feels he was given an unfair weight assignment.

Or, in some cases (Wild Spirit) he will run, and get beat a nose, and whine about it....though I believe that was more Jerry Bailey than Frankel....who, in one of his all-time greatest moments....personally blamed the racing sec. for him losing the race in a televised interview as well.

After that classic "I was on the best horse...but racing secretary Mike Lakow just got us beat today" quote -- as perhaps fallout...Jerry Bailey was fined a few days later for whipping one of his mounts about ten yards after the wire.

He's such a good sport that Jerry Bailey.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

He's such a good sport that Jerry Bailey.

mike lakow is the biggest jerk you could ever meet in your life and he was fired, hope he is eating dirt somewhere...but i heard he got a job with some farm

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by slewpy

mike lakow is the biggest jerk you could ever meet in your life and he was fired, hope he is eating dirt somewhere...but i heard he got a job with some farm

I've not only met him, he's a friend of mine, and I couldn't possibly disagree more with you.

Nice country America.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He typically doesn't scratch because of weight---he'll just skip a handicap race and not enter if he feels he was given an unfair weight assignment.

Or, in some cases (Wild Spirit) he will run, and get beat a nose, and whine about it....though I believe that was more Jerry Bailey than Frankel....who, in one of his all-time greatest moments....personally blamed the racing sec. for him losing the race in a televised interview as well.

After that classic "I was on the best horse...but racing secretary Mike Lakow just got us beat today" quote -- as perhaps fallout...Jerry Bailey was fined a few days later for whipping one of his mounts about ten yards after the wire.

I remember that race and comment well, and perhaps King Jerry needed to look in the mirror for that loss. He was so overconfident on Wild Spirit, he decided to track 3-4 lengths behind an absolutely glacial pace (literally 20 lengths slow of par) and when he finally decided to move Santos' bomb (Jerkens trainee I think?) had enough left to hold her off. The resulting pick 3 payoffs were ridiculous, with a 3/5 Bailey and a 17/1 Velazquez bomb in the finale it paid something like $3-4k.

[pba1817]

Lighten up a little guys!!

Frankel has been notorious for scratching horses and complaining of the weight assignments.... obviously this was not a handicap, but didn't stop Big Bob from scratching...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

When Frankel saw Fabulous Strike was about 8 lengths faster on his beloved sheets...was the moment he decided to scratch.