Is This Finally The End Of Giacomo Goo-Gooism?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

I know goo-goos die hard ...

... they're tougher to kill than New York cokcroaches ... but ...

... have the Giacomo goo-goos finally reached the end of the road?

Nah ... probably not ... they'll have about 32 excuses for his not winning today ... and 47 reason why finishing fifth was encouraging.

Nope ... they ain't dead yet.

Let me first say that I'm not a Giacomo fan. He is definitely the worst horse to win the Derby in a long time. But that being said, he still won the Derby. You can't take that away from him. He also won a graded stakes race last month.

The fact that he didn't win today doesn't prove anything. You guys are hilarious. You pull the same crap all the time. One bad race doesn't prove anything. A horse could win 10 times in a row and when he loses his next start, you guys say "See I told you this horse isn't any good. His loss today proved that he's no good. Never mind that he just won 10 in a row."

Now in the case of Giacomo, I tend to agree with you. As I said, he's the worst Derby winner in a long time. But by the same token, I think they've been having some problems with him ever since the Preakness. I think he ran his best in the Derby and I think he ran his best in the Preakness. He got hurt in the Belmont and he's never really been quite the same since. He was never a great horse, but at his best I think he could certainly run better than he did today. If he was at his best, he could have probably finished 3rd or 4th and possibly even 2nd. Look who ran 2nd. Good Reward ran 2nd. He's not much horse on the dirt. Good Reward really isn't even great on the grass. He fluked into a couple of lucky wins.