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[post2post]

just need to ignore those crazy purchase prices when capping....a lot of those horses are not running that great...ie the green monkey.

Originally Posted by post2post

just need to ignore those crazy purchase prices when capping....a lot of those horses are not running that great...ie the green monkey.

I think that horse is connected to Ashford/Coolmore(Magnier-Tabor).

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by post2post

just need to ignore those crazy purchase prices when capping....a lot of those horses are not running that great...ie the green monkey.

For the most part you want to ignore them, but not always. I've been able to cash a few second starters in MSW's that looked awful in their debut, but you knew had to be better than they showed first out.

[gallant bloom]

sheikh named
in kidnapping
suit?
http://www.drf.com/news/article/78659.html

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by gallant bloom

sheikh named
in kidnapping
suit?
http://www.drf.com/news/article/78659.html

They did a piece on this a couple of years ago on HBO. Really sad.

[Seattleallstar]

if you like his horses, his billion dollar yacht is even more fascinating

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

if you like his horses, his billion dollar yacht is even more fascinating

Yep, long ago I said my piece about these clowns...they use that oil money that should go to the people (and please, no stats about how great living conditions are in the kingdom) to buy horses, boats, young girls (oops, not proven...my bad)...and greedy American breeders stampede to take their blood money! As some know, I have family in the region and visited there long ago...things aren't as they present them! Sportsmen my butt!!!!

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Yep, long ago I said my piece about these clowns...they use that oil money that should go to the people (and please, no stats about how great living conditions are in the kingdom) to buy horses, boats, young girls (oops, not proven...my bad)...and greedy American breeders stampede to take their blood money! As some know, I have family in the region and visited there long ago...things aren't as they present them! Sportsmen my butt!!!!

The Maktoums ... an iron fist in a velvet glove.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Yep, long ago I said my piece about these clowns...they use that oil money that should go to the people (and please, no stats about how great living conditions are in the kingdom) to buy horses, boats, young girls (oops, not proven...my bad)...and greedy American breeders stampede to take their blood money! As some know, I have family in the region and visited there long ago...things aren't as they present them! Sportsmen my butt!!!!

Somerfrost,
I really don't know much other than the recent report about a class-action suit that might be filed concerning kidnapping 30,000 kids to be camel jockeys.
This is just too bizare for me to get my "head around".
It should be very interesting.
IMHO, children deserve different treatment than horses or camels, no matter how big the wallet or oil bank deposits.
Sportsmen...my butt!!! Correct!
DTS