Derby Fever: Where 'stupid' is contagious

[johnny pinwheel]

the whole thread is mute.....since when are connections not trying to get in if the horse is healthy? for alot of these people its a once in a lifetime deal called derby fever. usually 14 or 15 have no shot but are entered, what makes this year any different?

[Ogygian]

Ie...Scott Speed, Joe Nemechek, Mike Bliss of the Nascar World...somehow they make the field everyrace and shockingly enough they crash, cause a crash or they have engine trouble and finish near the back of the field. Or even the Tampa Bay Rays, how many people gave them a shot last year??
I will never fault anyone for running in the Derby, I would not want to keep asking myself "what if".
Famous quote..."It is better to have tried and failed, then to have never even tried at all"

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

the whole thread is mute.....since when are connections not trying to get in if the horse is healthy? for alot of these people its a once in a lifetime deal called derby fever. usually 14 or 15 have no shot but are entered, what makes this year any different?

Uh oh. My pedagogical sense is tingling. Fighting it, fighting it,......Nope, can't.

The word you want is 'moot' (rhymes with 'loot'), which is not even pronounced the same way as 'mute' (unable or unwilling to speak). The original meaning was an assembly for discussion, as in the Entmoot in Lord of the Rings. From there it became any discussion, then a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice, and nowadays is used to mean something already settled so that any discussion is for practice only.

Your word for the day: moot

[Linny]

Pedigree Ann, you missed "intensive purposes" at the bottom of page one.

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Uh oh. My pedagogical sense is tingling. Fighting it, fighting it,......Nope, can't.

The word you want is 'moot' (rhymes with 'loot'), which is not even pronounced the same way as 'mute' (unable or unwilling to speak). The original meaning was an assembly for discussion, as in the Entmoot in Lord of the Rings. From there it became any discussion, then a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice, and nowadays is used to mean something already settled so that any discussion is for practice only.

Your word for the day: moot

When I was at CDI, I got an email from a girl in Marketing where she called something a "mute point." I made every attempt to never speak with her again. DERBY BARBIE!!

[Pedigree Ann]

It might be noted that Mine That Bird received the Sovereign Award as champion 2yo colt in Canada. All of his graded earnings were from winning a G3 as a 2yo.

Hey, he finished 3/4 length ahead of G2 Lexington winner Advice at Sunland. If Advice enters, why not Mine That Bird?