PRIVMAN: Cal Chrome a 'go' in Hollywood Derby

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Why would him winning today matter at all for HOY? Bayern has destroyed him 2x now. If he wanted a prayer for HOY he should have shipped for the Cigar Mile or Clark.

You mean his really good 9th at Pimlico and after he took out half the field in the Classic?

Riiiight.

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

And since when did the Penn Derby carry so much weight?

Originally Posted by Cardus

Even though Bayern is a California-based horse, I am starting to wonder if the Internet Land campaign for California Chrome to win the Horse of the Year Eclipse is going to take on a Zenyatta-like fervor.

It won't happen, don't worry.

Originally Posted by Smarty Cide

He will win horse of the year. Mark it down... its really not debatable.

Put down the crack pipe.

Do I want him to win?

YES.

Do I think he deserves to win?

YES.

Will he?

No. Bayern will.

I would rather see Dan win again or hell... Demonstrative (won the Turf Writers and the Lonesome Glory and 2nd in the Smithwick and don't worry I know that won't be happening. Just saying I would prefer him to Bayern).

Bayern is a very good horse who, like CC, ran at different tracks and all year.

The thing that no one is mentioning (and I don't believe it's the deciding factor BUT I think it might make it easier for people not to vote for him) is his idiotic owners bitch-fit of a rant... the finest example of poor sportsmanship I have ever witnessed in my life. What an embarrassment.

Love Chrome and always will. Hope I'm wrong but I think we should live with the reality that Bayern might pull a Bayern and steal this (too).

Hey I kept my mouth shut after the Classic... gotta say it one time.