Dreaming of Anna pointed towards the Derby?!

[Scav]

ALL Calabrese cares about is WINNING. I have seen him out there with his family on the Friday before the Million and he took a 16k claimer and dropped him into 4k just to make sure his family was in the winner circle, horse won by about 40 lengths.

You are giving WAY too much credit to Leving. The whole Lewis Michael debacle was his fault, horse should have never been running at Colonial off that huge Belmont run and should have been pointed towards Arlington Mid Summer Classics, he could have ran 2nd to Showing Up in the Secretariat if he did. Running here was CALABRESE'S IDEA and Leving talked him out of it.....

[NoCarolinaTony]

Originally Posted by Scav

ALL Calabrese cares about is WINNING. I have seen him out there with his family on the Friday before the Million and he took a 16k claimer and dropped him into 4k just to make sure his family was in the winner circle, horse won by about 40 lengths.

You are giving WAY too much credit to Leving. The whole Lewis Michael debacle was his fault, horse should have never been running at Colonial off that huge Belmont run and should have been pointed towards Arlington Mid Summer Classics, he could have ran 2nd to Showing Up in the Secretariat if he did. Running here was CALABRESE'S IDEA and Leving talked him out of it.....

Would you guys like for me to call Wayne Catalano and settle this thing for you?

NC Tony

[slotdirt]

SHe's not in the class of Sweet Catomine, IMO. Not even close.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

SHe's not in the class of Sweet Catomine, IMO. Not even close.

well, that's good then. sweet cat didn't do much of anything after her win in the bc.

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

well, that's good then. sweet cat didn't do much of anything after her win in the bc.

Um, yeah. I don't know quite how to respond to this. She won a G3 and then the Santa Anita Oaks (GI) as a sophomore, then tried the boys under what could only be described as dubious circumstances.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Um, yeah. I don't know quite how to respond to this. She won a G3 and then the Santa Anita Oaks (GI) as a sophomore, then tried the boys under what could only be described as dubious circumstances.

that was weird, wasn't it? and then whisked off to kentucky. it was a really bizarre episode.

not every day a horse gets vanned out of, and then back into, the track in the middle of the night.

quite frankly, i forgot she won the oaks. but she wasn't memorable to me-i was never that high on her for some reason.

[slotdirt]

She was supposedly in heat during the running of the SA Derby. I have no idea how that sort of physiological change would effect a runner, but I can't imagine it would be good. She deserved a better fate.

Originally Posted by Danzig188

that was weird, wasn't it? and then whisked off to kentucky. it was a really bizarre episode.

not every day a horse gets vanned out of, and then back into, the track in the middle of the night.

They probably wanted the vet to palpate her ovaries to make sure she was ready to be bred.