Biggest Racehorse Dissapointment

[avance2000]

by biggest one-day dissapointment was point given's derby.
i had been telling everyone i knew that this was the best horse in the last 20 years and i placed the single largest straight win bet of my life on him in the derby.
it turned out he was a great horse, but for whatever reason, he just didn't have it that day.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by avance2000

by biggest one-day dissapointment was point given's derby.
i had been telling everyone i knew that this was the best horse in the last 20 years and i placed the single largest straight win bet of my life on him in the derby.
it turned out he was a great horse, but for whatever reason, he just didn't have it that day.

I was in the same boat. It's the only time I thought my Derby horse couldn't lose (Silver Charm was close). To make matters worse, I had PG wheeled solo on top of all my bets including one that had Monarchos and Invisible Ink underneath. Even with chalk on top, Ink on the bottom would have put me at the IRS window.

I still have not gotten over the retirement of Vindication.

[MLC]

Smarty's Belmont, Secretariat's Whitney, Carry Back's Belmont, and Lawyer Ron.

Declan's Moon managed to disappoint AGAIN and his "career" continues to fester.

After pressing the pace yesterday in a $40K allowance that was MEANT to give him confidence and somehow catapult him back into stakes races, this fraud managed to come in dead last, losing so badly that the camera didn't even linger long enough to catch him prance across the finish line.

[Bernardini]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

I still have not gotten over the retirement of Vindication.

me too, what a horse !! I had chance of visting him in 2005..looked to me he was ready to go two years after his retirement. I hope he makes a great sire !!

[Bernardini]

although i have many disappointments as far as recent retirements:

Bernardini
Ghostzapper
Mineshaft (should have run BCC'03)
Afleet Alex
Empire Maker
Point Given
Barbaro (I was never a fan, but I know he is a damn good fighter)


my biggest disappointment is that Citation, the greatest champion ever!!! was before my time. And there won’t be another.

[avance2000]

Originally Posted by Bernardini

although i have many disappointments as far as recent retirements:

Bernardini
Ghostzapper
Mineshaft (should have run BCC'03)
Afleet Alex
Empire Maker
Point Given
Barbaro (I was never a fan, but I know he is a damn good fighter)


my biggest disappointment is that Citation, the greatest champion ever!!! was before my time. And there won’t be another.

your screen named reminded me that my biggest disappointment was not actually point given's derby, but rather a 6-way tie between every race that bernardini won.