Jara on thin ice with Al Maktoum

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

I was not referring to yours I was referring to Grits's...

Now when you mentioned Arabs...it immediately brings to mind the desert...which brings to mind the song...

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire
Those dreams that tie two hearts that will never die
And near the flames
The shadows play in the shape of the mans desire

This desert rose
Whose shadow bears the secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume that would torture you more than this

And now she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothings as it seems

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
The rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of love

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Sweet desert rose
Whose shadow bears the secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume that would torture you more than this

Sweet desert rose
This memory of hidden hearts and souls
This desert flower
This rare perfurme is the sweet intoxication of love

[Payson Dave]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire
Those dreams that tie two hearts that will never die
And near the flames
The shadows play in the shape of the mans desire

This desert rose
Whose shadow bears the secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume that would torture you more than this

And now she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothings as it seems

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
The rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of love

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Sweet desert rose
Whose shadow bears the secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume that would torture you more than this

Sweet desert rose
This memory of hidden hearts and souls
This desert flower
This rare perfurme is the sweet intoxication of love

wow that's nice...but all I wanted was a Bud Lite

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

wow that's nice...but all I wanted was a Bud Lite

Bud Light is my drink of choice too.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

I'll bring the beer

Awww... I got flowers twice over the past couple of weeks! I'm dumbfounded!

[pmayjr]

I get the feeling that the Sheik demands perfection and really doesn't have that much of a problem with Jara. Watching that race, I thought it was Invasor itself (in a Seabiscuit type of way), that toyed with Premium Tap. That was the reason why he only drew even and not ahead til the end. In my eyes, Premium Tap was game ll the way home, but Invasor just pulled even to stare him and down and then stick out 2 fingers and say "peace!" lol.

But if you wanted to play devil's advocate, how much do you blame Jara for his ride in the Donn? If you wanna go for jocks that don't deserve to ride their mounts, Kent D. shouldn't have been allowed to ride Premium Tap ever again after the Kentucky Cup at Turfway last year. But there he was on him in Dubai.

[SniperSB23]

The thing I found most interesting in the entire article was that they apparently planned to take Discreet Cat from off the pace all along. What led them to that baffling decision is beyond me.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The thing I found most interesting in the entire article was that they apparently planned to take Discreet Cat from off the pace all along. What led them to that baffling decision is beyond me.

Bingo Sniper.

I saw that too and thought WTF?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The thing I found most interesting in the entire article was that they apparently planned to take Discreet Cat from off the pace all along. What led them to that baffling decision is beyond me.

That is interesting... why change his running style now?

[Seattleallstar]

When the gates sprung, DC was showing no run at all. I highly doubt this was some grandmaster plan set up by Sheik Mo, Surror, and Frankie to take back.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

That is interesting... why change his running style now?

They didn't allow him to run at all in his final work--it was said to be a mile in 1:38, however, I think most agree it was more like 7 furlongs in 1:38.

The idea to try and drain all the speed out of him in his preperation, and than have Frankie take a hold and rate him out of the gate---yes it was incredibly stupid, but obviously something was bothering the horse. As he never was on the bridal and into the steel at any point.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The thing I found most interesting in the entire article was that they apparently planned to take Discreet Cat from off the pace all along. What led them to that baffling decision is beyond me.

I wasn't totally surprised by that statement. Lets say they were unsure of his effectiveness at 10F and thought he'd have a better chance running very easily behind the pace-setters, maybe do some drafting. Then asking him for speed only in the later stages. Ordinarily you wouldn't change tactics in a big race but they knew what they were up against with Invasor and PT. Perhaps they felt that DC was not going to be able to take those guys gate to wire so they decided to try something different. I don't know, just speculating.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I wasn't totally surprised by that statement. Lets say they were unsure of his effectiveness at 10F and thought he'd have a better chance running very easily behind the pace-setters, maybe do some drafting. Then asking him for speed only in the later stages. Ordinarily you wouldn't change tactics in a big race but they knew what they were up against with Invasor and PT. Perhaps they felt that DC was not going to be able to take those guys gate to wire so they decided to try something different. I don't know, just speculating.

They may have thouht that he was talented enough, that the only thing that could beat him would be getting caught in a speed duel with Kandidate.
Didn't he come from a bit off the pace in the derby last year over there? I can't remember exactly.

[randallscott35]

You guys looking for a racial angle.
This is the one.
Look the only thing I have a problem with is that he calls him the "Panamanian" instead of kid or something else. There was simply no reason to say that....Take him off if you don't like his rides. He just won the race, you don't castigate him in public.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I was hoping someone would say "the towel-headed, sheep-sodomizing, terrorist was wrong for criticizing the little pinheaded dirty Panamanian's ride."

This place always exceeds my standards from a decency standpoint---I guess.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I was hoping someone would say "the towel-headed, sheep-sodomizing, terrorist was wrong for criticizing the little pinheaded dirty Panamanian's ride."
This place always exceeds my standards from a decency standpoint---I guess.

ah, too p.c.....

[SOREHOOF]

Political correctness can be worse than racism. Overall, I think the " Royal Family" ( hope that's good enough for the P.C. police) are good for racing. Stupid comments know no racial or ethnic boundries. Sore winners I guess.

Whoa whoa whoa. Lets calm down on the racist chatter. Instead of calling said owner an insensitive no no word, lets call him something that all of us can agree upon.

My vote goes for assholeface.

Who's with me?