Half Bro to Smarty entered on 1/1/07

[Scav]

Horse name Speedy Jones
Notes
Activity type Entry
Activity date 01-01-2007
Track Santa Anita
Surface Dirt
Distance 6 Furlongs
Race number 5
Purse $46,000
Race type Maiden Special Weight
Post position 2
Jockey Gryder A T
Race entry http://www.drf.com/entries/01/eSA01.html#5

[blackthroatedwind]

I'm already rooting against him.

The hatred should seep in shortly.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm already rooting against him.

The hatred should seep in shortly.

Why....

[blackthroatedwind]

I never warmed up to that horse. Probably because I was too stupid to like him and also because he had the most annoying following I have ever seen.

His absurd early retirement was the final nail in the coffin.

I thought his Preakness was very impressive however and any horse able to overcome Stewie Elliot as effectively as he did had to be pretty damn good.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I never warmed up to that horse. Probably because I was too stupid to like him and also because he had the most annoying following I have ever seen.

His absurd early retirement was the final nail in the coffin.

I thought his Preakness was very impressive however and any horse able to overcome Stewie Elliot as effectively as he did had to be pretty damn good.

excellent post, and point!

it's hard sometimes to like a horse when the adulation borders the ridiculous. or oversteps ridiculous and leaps to asinine. i think the worst tho was the adulation for rock hard ten. at least smarty had a ton of talent to go with his following, rather than just good looks and height.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

excellent post, and point!

it's hard sometimes to like a horse when the adulation borders the ridiculous. or oversteps ridiculous and leaps to asinine. i think the worst tho was the adulation for rock hard ten. at least smarty had a ton of talent to go with his following, rather than just good looks and height.

Yeah, Rock Hard Ten really sucked. He only won 5 graded stakes races in a row: He won the Swaps(Grade II), then the Malibu(Grade I), then the Strub(Grade II), then the SA Handicap(Grade I), then the Goodwood(Grade II).

I guess you're right. All he had was good looks. He only won 5 graded stakes races in a row at distances ranging anwhere from 7 furlongs to 1 1/4 miles. I can't figure out why people thought he was a good horse.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

excellent post, and point!

it's hard sometimes to like a horse when the adulation borders the ridiculous. or oversteps ridiculous and leaps to asinine. i think the worst tho was the adulation for rock hard ten. at least smarty had a ton of talent to go with his following, rather than just good looks and height.

Isn't that the truth!

[Scav]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I never warmed up to that horse. Probably because I was too stupid to like him and also because he had the most annoying following I have ever seen.

His absurd early retirement was the final nail in the coffin.

I thought his Preakness was very impressive however and any horse able to overcome Stewie Elliot as effectively as he did had to be pretty damn good.

You get ONE jockey to ride for you, ALL of them are available, riding today, who would it be

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Scav

You get ONE jockey to ride for you, ALL of them are available, riding today, who would it be

Prado.

I really don't care, but some guys are bad, and Elliot is one of them. When he rode the 2005 winter on the inner it was pitiful.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Scav

You get ONE jockey to ride for you, ALL of them are available, riding today, who would it be

No question about it, SHANE!!!!!