I guess Baffert cares about the training title at Del Mar

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by 3kings

The 1 had an interesting trip. Broke slow had a lot of run but got shy about going up the rail.

Yep. The race was kind of weak though after the scratch of the Baffert.

I remember one of my grandfathers favorite stories. My father trained an Ohio Bred he dropped into a claiming race at Commodore. He found out that the horse was going to get claimed -- so my grandfather tells him 'don't worry about it. I'll turn her loose'

In those days at that track, jockeys couldn't always get a gate scratch. They could take the horse to the vet -- but if the vet thought the horse was fine -- they'd only allow the jockey off and get another rider.

So, my grandfather takes her to the gap and lets her go...and the horse wouldn't move and was just standing there. So, he starts yelling and charging at her...and its in a spot where a bunch of people could see it. People are looking at him like he's crazy. Finally the horse ran off and he ended up getting the scratch.

My father tried to argue to the stewards that he was sometimes afraid of horses -- and one of them said "he didn't look too affraid" -- they ended up fining him for it.

My grandfather said that he was seconds away from throwing rocks at the horse to get her to go.