what is up with roman??

Digger would promptly dislodge him.

Dont mess with me fatman.

[letswastemoney]

I think Borel would me embarrassed to be on Digger, after being on Street Sense the first two legs.

[Withers]

This guy's so crazy, I'd almost like to see Digger win it. The whole thing reeks of Bloodhorse doing April Fool's Day in June...it's too surreal to be true.

[Linny]

Hey, Roman is the only man in NY who is actually getting the Belmont Stakes any publicity. NYRA should hire him, but I doubt he'd work for them. When there is no TC on the line the silence about the Belmont is deafening.

[ELA]

There is a big difference between getting publicity and making a bold statement -- or prediction -- that you are going to make your presence felt early on in a race that you don't expect to be around at the finish.

I am all for sportsmen and sportsmenship. However, this has nothing to do with that. Count me as the lone voice or the moral minority of one -- but Mr. Roman's statements concern me, and if he follows through this could be very regrettable. Personally I think the horse has no shot at running and gunning to lead and doing the mambo -- but if the connections try this, it's not sportsmenship -- it is far from it.

Aside from that, I also think the disparaging and insulting comments about, and directed at, Tafel are also not sportsmenship -- maybe some should check the other end of the extreme.

Eric

[blackthroatedwind]

I agree Eric. The whole thing is pathetic, at best, if you ask me.

[ELA]

I've got to be honest with you Andy, check out some of the other BB's. I thought everyone got together and said "let's play a joke and mess around with Eric"

The very large majority of the posts, comments, etc. I am hearing/reading are condemning and indicting Tafel as the enemy of the sport, spewing venom to a degree that seems to border hatred -- that he is ruining the game, etc.

Then I see posts applauding the sportsman Lawrence Roman, his enthusiasm for the game, etc. I see his friends defending him -- which I understand -- but defending this potential nightmare? Defending a friend, blindly is one thing, but it is another to ignore what could be a massive catastrophe.


Eric