Annual Eclipse Award Discussion Thread

[RHT2004]

A grave injustice was done here. 3rd? lol.
Amazing.
I mean I know most here love Chrome and have an issue w/ Bob, but does h2h mean nothing? Does settling it on the track not matter? H2H in the biggest race in America.... Chrome was given an easy lead and was run down on the money fair and square. How could he ever beat him if he couldn't that day? Imagine if anyone pushed Chrome and Arrogate just settled in 3rd or 4th he could have won by 10.
He is the most brilliant horse since Bernardini and was robbed of this award. Its ok though. H2H again in 6 days and he will win again. And one would think that 9f at Gulfstream would be a dream for Chrome, right? Arrogate is clearly a true classic 10f horse. But it wont matter because he oozes class. They had a NYRA calendar give away at OTB today and a contest so it was more crowded then usual. I heard a group of men talking about this race saying Chrome will be a heavy favorite. They went on and on how he is going to be 3-5 and you cant make money betting him. I felt like I was in an alternate universe. If Arrogate isn't favored someone knows something the public doesn't. But I guess hopefully he isn't favored. Maybe people get sentimental and bet Chrome being his last race. I sure hope so.
And I don't even want to get started on how he finished 3rd in the voting. I could write 10 pages on why he was more deserving then Songbird. How was she even considered for HOY? She faced older females once set a controlled pace and lost. I don't get it at all. Melatonin was more deserving. Hell so was Frosted. And its not even close. Take a step back and really think about it, even if you love Songbird. Deal in facts. A 3yr old girl who only beat up on a subpar class of 3yr old girls is the 2nd most deserving horse for HOY. And while she was beating up on those 3yr old girls she never really ran fast. Where was her fast race? I still right now don't see it when looking at her pps.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

A grave injustice was done here. 3rd? lol.
Amazing.
I mean I know most here love Chrome and have an issue w/ Bob, but does h2h mean nothing? Does settling it on the track not matter? H2H in the biggest race in America.... Chrome was given an easy lead and was run down on the money fair and square. How could he ever beat him if he couldn't that day? Imagine if anyone pushed Chrome and Arrogate just settled in 3rd or 4th he could have won by 10.
He is the most brilliant horse since Bernardini and was robbed of this award. Its ok though. H2H again in 6 days and he will win again. And one would think that 9f at Gulfstream would be a dream for Chrome, right? Arrogate is clearly a true classic 10f horse. But it wont matter because he oozes class. They had a NYRA calendar give away at OTB today and a contest so it was more crowded then usual. I heard a group of men talking about this race saying Chrome will be a heavy favorite. They went on and on how he is going to be 3-5 and you cant make money betting him. I felt like I was in an alternate universe. If Arrogate isn't favored someone knows something the public doesn't. But I guess hopefully he isn't favored. Maybe people get sentimental and bet Chrome being his last race. I sure hope so.
And I don't even want to get started on how he finished 3rd in the voting. I could write 10 pages on why he was more deserving then Songbird. How was she even considered for HOY? She faced older females once set a controlled pace and lost. I don't get it at all. Melatonin was more deserving. Hell so was Frosted. And its not even close. Take a step back and really think about it, even if you love Songbird. Deal in facts. A 3yr old girl who only beat up on a subpar class of 3yr old girls is the 2nd most deserving horse for HOY. And while she was beating up on those 3yr old girls she never really ran fast. Where was her fast race? I still right now don't see it when looking at her pps.

Oh brother. Better check the votes there rock head.

[RHT2004]

I see it now. But screw it she shouldn't even be 3rd.