1987 Awesome year of horse racing

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

What you see as no understanding may not be no understanding. Sometimes, it's just doing things different. You criticized me for saying that George Washington should run in the Classic. I said there was nothing to gain by running in the Mile but the potential gain by a good run in the Classic would be just what his owners wanted....a Danehill that can run well on dirt. But you just told me how stupid I was for that. When I suggested that Ghostzapper, when he was returning to the races in 2005, that they try some new and interesting things with him, including a try in the Arlington Million and/or Arc......because coming back and facing the same dirt foes over and over that he had already proven he was better than would be boring, you told me how stupid I was for suggesting that. Yet three years later, you say it's a good idea for Curlin........for exactly the same reasons.

If you like to keep things simple and do them the same way that they have been done for 100 years, that's fine. Not everyone will see it the same way though. And sometimes, it's ok to speak as a fan and suggest things that we'd like to see even though we know that if we were in the position of being the owner or trainer, we wouldn't do those same things.

Again, thank you for your response.

Well, good call on running George Washington in the Classic.

You should spend some time with people who have made money within the game. It would do you a lot of good....and improve your credibility.