Big Brown Beyer for Preakness was a 100

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by Better Than Honour

It is funny how Robby Albarado also agrees with me.

Albarado said. “Frankly, there were at least four 3-year-olds last year who were as good as Big Brown if not better. Street Sense, Hard Spun, Any Given Saturday and Curlin.”

OK we are going to play the name dropping game now I was never going to bring this up BTH opened the door.

Scott Blasi has stated on the Backside of Churchill Downs that he did not now if Curlin Could beat big Brown and was not for sure if he wanted to run Against him

[Better Than Honour]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

OK we are going to play the name dropping game now I was never going to bring this up BTH opened the door.

Scott Blasi has stated on the Backside of Churchill Downs that he did not now if Curlin Could beat big Brown and was not for sure if he wanted to run Against him

I will stick to links with actual quotes.

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/200...8/great-horse/

You can say whatever you want. I can assure you Scott Blasi never said he wasn't sure if he wanted to run against him. If he said anything it would be we won't find out because Curlin is a tough horse that hung around and Big Brown will be retired before he faces Curlin. Thanks for playing though.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Better Than Honour

I will stick to links with actual quotes.

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/200...8/great-horse/

You can say whatever you want. I can assure you Scott Blasi never said he wasn't sure if he wanted to run against him. If he said anything it would be we won't find out because Curlin is a tough horse that hung around and Big Brown will be retired before he faces Curlin. Thanks for playing though.

Congratulations.. you just bought your ticket out of here for insulting yet another person who works inside the industry and has more credibility here than you... Those that can't interract with others to the standards set here can ply their nonsense elsewhere...

Bye..

[TheSpyder]

and a big Rimshot! Thanks Steve

Originally Posted by Kasept

Congratulations.. you just bought your ticket out of here for insulting yet another person who works inside the industry and has more credibility here than you... Those that can't interract with others to the standards set here can ply their nonsense elsewhere...

Bye..

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Congratulations.. you just bought your ticket out of here for insulting yet another person who works inside the industry and has more credibility here than you... Those that can't interract with others to the standards set here can ply their nonsense elsewhere...

Bye..

Nighty Night Better Than Honour.

[Kasept]

I was not about to subject 1,000 DTers to that for the next 20 days...

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I was not about to subject 1,000 DTers to that for the next 20 days...

I hope, at the very least, you sent him off with some links to other prospective homes.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I hope, at the very least, you sent him off with some links to other prospective homes.

(Haven't I done enough?)

[blackthroatedwind]

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

Yeah. That was a gem. How many times did he check? What was he thinking?

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I wonder if Kent Desormeaux offered after today's 3rd at Belmont whether or not he felt Big Brown could have won any race with the kind of ride he gave Alluring Tune.

Anyone catch that gem?

What exactly happened there? From the pan shot, the inference is that he's squeezed going into the turn. From the headon, it's hard to tell whether the horse to his outside comes in or it's because the horse ahead of him, in the 2 path, backs up a bit. Frankly, it appears as if he checked needlessly.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

What exactly happened there? From the pan shot, the inference is that he's squeezed going into the turn. From the headon, it's hard to tell whether the horse to his outside comes in or it's because the horse ahead of him, in the 2 path, backs up a bit. Frankly, it appears as if he checked needlessly.

I was similarly confused and felt, generously, it was some combination thereof. What, in some ways, was worse was how Kent simply gave up and stuck the horse four or so wide and didn't even seem to try until it was too late.

I didn't bet her, and was sort of glad she lost as I had singled her in the Pick-4, pitched the 3:5 in the second, used four of the other five horses, and left the winner out.