7/21 (SAR): Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), Willard Straight S.

[ateamstupid]

I'm interested to see how Questing runs. Her allowance win last out was super impressive and I don't think there are any monsters in this 3YO filly class.

[Cannon Shell]

Is there really a stakes named after Willard Straight?


Why?

[NTamm1215]

The threads with confounded questions about overnight stake names are becoming as prevalent as the Derby weather thread.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

The threads with confounded questions about overnight stake names are becoming as prevalent as the Derby weather thread.

Yeah, but you gotta admit having Turf Paradise name a stakes race after Cotton Fitzsimmons is just awesome.

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Originally Posted by GPK

Yeah, but you gotta admit having Turf Paradise name a stakes race after Cotton Fitzsimmons is just awesome.

why do you say that?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

why do you say that?

You don't think having a stakes race named after a former NBA Coach is awesome? I love it.

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Originally Posted by GPK

You don't think having a stakes race named after a former NBA Coach is awesome? I love it.

Yea, but there was a real racing connection as well, he owned some horses at Tup, its not out of left field like some of this other stuff.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by GPK

Yeah, but you gotta admit having Turf Paradise name a stakes race after Cotton Fitzsimmons is just awesome.

Cotton Fitzsimmons deserves a stakes far more than Willard Straight. I don't ever remember going to Turf Paradise during my 3 years in AZ and not seeing him there. At least he has a wikipedia page...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Cotton Fitzsimmons deserves a stakes far more than Willard Straight. I don't ever remember going to Turf Paradise during my 3 years in AZ and not seeing him there. At least he has a wikipedia page...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons

I was going to say something similar, I know he was a big race fan.

[pucknut]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Cotton Fitzsimmons deserves a stakes far more than Willard Straight. I don't ever remember going to Turf Paradise during my 3 years in AZ and not seeing him there. At least he has a wikipedia page...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons

cotton fitzsimmons sounds like more fun to party with than willard staight

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

The threads with confounded questions about overnight stake names are becoming as prevalent as the Derby weather thread.

Shouldn't being at least a graded stakes winner be a requirement to have a stakes named after you how ever insignificant it may be? In the history of Saratoga and NY racing it is hard to believe there arent enough qualified horses/people to name races after.

Of course it doesnt really matter in the grand scheme but it just seems silly to name races after forgettable horses like Willard Straight.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Shouldn't being at least a graded stakes winner be a requirement to have a stakes named after you how ever insignificant it may be? In the history of Saratoga and NY racing it is hard to believe there arent enough qualified horses/people to name races after.

Of course it doesnt really matter in the grand scheme but it just seems silly to name races after forgettable horses like Willard Straight.

I was just breaking your balls. This race is obviously a prep for the Troy, a race of which Willard Straight was the first winner.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I was just breaking your balls. This race is obviously a prep for the Troy, a race of which Willard Straight was the first winner.

I dont know if the Troy having a prep is a positive development or a sign of the apocalypse?

Yeah I remember that first race because Pat Day did the exact opposite of what I asked him to do...

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I dont know if the Troy having a prep is a positive development or a sign of the apocalypse?

Yeah I remember that first race because Pat Day did the exact opposite of what I asked him to do...

Do you consider sometimes telling a jock to do the exact opposite of what you want them to do in order to get them to do what you really want them to do?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I dont know if the Troy having a prep is a positive development or a sign of the apocalypse?

Yeah I remember that first race because Pat Day did the exact opposite of what I asked him to do...

I just hope the first turf route restricted to ridglings is named the Prince Will I Am.