Update on Calder spill Monday

The Bid · #1 12-13-2006, 05:34 PM

Cyber fights have no rules...Moms, girlfriends, jobs, financial status, all perfectly legal

#2 12-13-2006, 06:06 PM

I don't know for sure as I was not on the horse!This kid is an excellent rider.. beter than his brother.. we started using him from the beginning and I personally like him very very much. Not only is he a natural but he speaks english and is extremely polite and pleasant to be around.

Any horse can break down one mis-step and it could be over... I guess one horse can ... make it two horses that can remind us how true this is... Afleet Alex and Barbaro... I was around both after the Preakness. Alex for all intent and purposes should be Barbaro and
Barbaro Alex... If you catch what Im saying... any horse, any time, any rider, any owner, and any trainer! opps and any bloodstock agent!

It's a sad part of racing but a part never the less... and I'm not being cruel!

blackthroatedwind · #3 12-13-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Samm

I believe he clipped heels.

You might want to watch the race....his is nowhere NEAR another horse when he went down.

#4 12-13-2006, 06:24 PM

I didn't see... I heard Bobby Neuman say it... point is.. only the guy on the horse really knows but I'll go watch the replay... I did see the race but didn't catch it...

blackthroatedwind · #5 12-13-2006, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Samm

I didn't see... I heard Bobby Neuman say it... point is.. only the guy on the horse really knows but I'll go watch the replay... I did see the race but didn't catch it...

I don't know who Bobby Neuman is but if he thinks that horse clipped heels I hope he doesn't operate heavy machinery.

#6 12-13-2006, 06:39 PM

Sorry BTW.... I ***** up! I was watching the 10th race that day in which JB did clip heels... I just watched the replay... I don't know if JB's hitting did it.. I can't tell how hard he was hitting but I do know I have never seen a welt on our horses... JB in my opinion is not a whip "offender". was he over zealous.. I don't know.... I don't think he was but thats my oppinion. Bill White is not the type to send out a sore horse and the jock sure wasn't riding him like he had something to fear...

blackthroatedwind · #7 12-13-2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Samm

Sorry BTW.... I ***** up! I was watching the 10th race that day in which JB did clip heels... I just watched the replay... I don't know if JB's hitting did it.. I can't tell how hard he was hitting but I do know I have never seen a welt on our horses... JB in my opinion is not a whip "offender". was he over zealous.. I don't know.... I don't think he was but thats my oppinion. Bill White is not the type to send out a sore horse and the jock sure wasn't riding him like he had something to fear...

I think the initial point that caused the argument is probably correct in many ways. An experienced journeyman rider MAY have recognized there was a problem ( the horse was drifting BADLY ) and probably would not only have not been whipping as aggressively but also might have pulled the horse up. It's obviously easy for us to say this stuff but there are plusses and minuses to anything and an apprentice is pretty much simply not going to have the experience of a journeyman rider.

The Bid · #8 12-13-2006, 06:53 PM

Neuman is the track caller at Calder.

Bridge broke the horse off from the pony prerace A) Trainer instructed him to warm her up, or B) she was sore.

He rode the horse like you want a jock to ride an even money

The horse was being bottomed out after showing talent at a higher level, she had some issues that the trainer was familiar with.

The horse was closer to clipping the grandstand than she was clipping heels.

All that said the kid didnt do anything wrong except ride his mount to the fullest. Glad he is alright. Maybe when he loses the bug and is more established he gate scratches that filly but once those gates are popped he did his job

blackthroatedwind · #9 12-13-2006, 06:56 PM

And I'll also add that I think it's important to recognize the responsibility all riders have to each other. This incident could have been a LOT worse, and I believe two other horses and riders went down, and I have felt for quite some time that racetracks in general are too lenient in allowing apprentices to ride. I have seen some wildly irresponsible riders on the NYRA curcuit during winter meets over the years. I am shocked that the journeymen riders haven't made a stink about some of these riders in the past. A dangerous rider is like a drunk driver....he is a menace to far more than him or herself.

I am NOT saying this is the case here, one way or another, and I haven't seen this kid ride. But, while many accidents on the racetrack are unavoidable, some aren't. Was this one that was avoidable? I have no idea, and there seem to be differing opinions here, but I don't think it's wildly unfair to suggest that at least perhaps a very experienced rider may have changed the outcome.

The Bid · #10 12-13-2006, 08:19 PM

I think they should all be ridden to the fullest anytime the gate opens. He was giving the public the ride they deserved.

My arguement is its not the kids fault the horse brokedown

#11 12-14-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by merasmag

sam doesn't like jocks who don't speak english (or jesse jackson

) and btw is telling us about ANOTHER 5 dimes he lost...poor little horsie...why should an even money horse be pushed harder than an 85-1 mr. bid?

Hahahahaha! Quick story... In the paddock I gave a jock instructions.. he nodded the whole time as if in agreement. After the race I asked him how the horse felt underneath him. He looked at me totaly confused.. the valet went and translated! He never understood me in the first place!!! It's not that I dislike non english speaking jocks .... I just think more of jocks who take the time to learn so they do understand what they are asked to do. This is the US.... Jesse Jackson... NO COMENT!!