Rich Strike's Outrider

Was just watching PARDON THE INTERRUPTION on ESPN.

Both Mike Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser admitted they know nothing about horse racing.

Wilbon was asking is it unusual for a horse to try to bite another horse.

Then they both agreed regardless what they did or did not know.

There was NO WAY the outrider should be repeatedly punching the KY DERBY winner in the head.

One of us could explain WHY the guy was doing it.

That's not going to appease these guys or anyone else in the general public.

Horse was very very difficult. Horsemen MUST be bigger.

Cannot hit him on national TV.

NO MATTER WHAT!

[blackthroatedwind]

Mike Wilbon took a shot at horse racing? I'm shocked.

He hates racing.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Mike Wilbon took a shot at horse racing? I'm shocked.

He hates racing.

We disagree again!

He DESPISES racing.

On the rare occasion he talks about it.

He's uniformed, short sighted and totally ARROGANT.

Like me

[Konk]

Forget thr Preakness, the real money is in a match race with Firenze Fire, 9 furlongs, no holds barred.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogW_eXSLyGA

Originally Posted by Konk

Forget thr Preakness, the real money is in a match race with Firenze Fire, 9 furlongs, no holds barred.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogW_eXSLyGA

Have to cage in the entire track.

Loser shaves his head and must leave town!

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Mike Wilbon took a shot at horse racing? I'm shocked.

He hates racing.

I just watched it. I’m Not sure what show Vic watched but he didn’t really take a shot at anything. He said he’s not into racing and fell asleep before the race.

Kornheiser loves the Derby and talked briefly about the winner. Then they talked about Rich Strike biting the pony and the outrider doing what he had to do try and keep Rich Strike off the lead pony. True, they both jokingly wondered if it was normal for a horse to try and eat another horse.

At no point did anyone say what Blasi did was wrong and neither of the hosts criticized what he did.

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I just watched it. I’m Not sure what show Vic watched but he didn’t really take a shot at anything. He said he’s not into racing and fell asleep before the race.

Kornheiser loves the Derby and talked briefly about the winner. Then they talked about Rich Strike biting the pony and the outrider doing what he had to do try and keep Rich Strike off the lead pony. True, they both jokingly wondered if it was normal for a horse to try and eat another horse.

At no point did anyone say what Blasi did was wrong and neither of the hosts criticized what he did.

Kornheiser closed his fist and punched down three times. Saying he'd never seen anyone punch a horse.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by v j stauffer

Kornheiser closed his fist and punched down three times. Saying he'd never seen anyone punch a horse.

And…..

He didn’t criticize what was done. They were laughing about it.

Originally Posted by Dahoss

And…..

He didn’t criticize what was done. They were laughing about it.

Not the way it came across to me.

Plus laughing about a guy hitting a horse with a closed fist can't be good either.

I thought you were on the side that what the outrider did was bad?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by v j stauffer

Not the way it came across to me.

Plus laughing about a guy hitting a horse with a closed fist can't be good either.

I thought you were on the side that what the outrider did was bad?

Well you have a habit of needing to justify your opinions. You’re trying to do that here but I actually watched the show and you’re being misleading at best.

Not sure why you’d think I was on any side. I said the optics were bad (they were) and that the sport missed an opportunity to educate. Honestly, I’ve seen very little backlash about what happened outside of this thread. The entire thing is much ado about nothing and distracts from the race.

I’ve seen more chatter about a dumb tweet Eric Reed made months ago than this.