the overrated one works

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #1 07-05-2006, 07:30 PM

LMFAO funny he is the goods huh, based on what? him beating a GRADE 3 field if it was even that as a whole in the wood and then in the summer staggering down the lane with the rest of them.......nobodies race in that 1 was good, it was actually a sad sight to watch! the only thing you can say in his defense there is that he was mismanaged and brought into that race the wrong way. ill say it again.........OVERRATED!

Danzig · #2 07-05-2006, 07:37 PM

didn't BR beat scrappy t in the wood? the same scrappy who finished second to alex in the preakness?

overrated, like beauty, must be in the eye of the beholder. BR won all but two races he's run in--the derby where he suffered an injury, and the travers where he ran second to flower alley--off how long of a layoff?? how many works again? and that's the same flower alley who then beat older horses, and then finished second in the bcc.

Pointg5 · #3 07-05-2006, 07:40 PM

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didn't BR beat scrappy t in the wood? the same scrappy who finished second to alex in the preakness?

overrated, like beauty, must be in the eye of the beholder. BR won all but two races he's run in--the derby where he suffered an injury, and the travers where he ran second to flower alley--off how long of a layoff?? how many works again? and that's the same flower alley who then beat older horses, and then finished second in the bcc.

He lost the 2yo race at Keeneland, he was hurt in that race as well and it was his last race for Dickinson.

#4 07-05-2006, 07:43 PM

I think people are hopeful that the horse returns to form. Bellamy Road has got a lot to prove. I dont trust Dickinson or anything he says. He may have run some very good horses, but he is not forthcoming or nuts or both.

Pointg5 · #5 07-05-2006, 07:48 PM

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I think people are hopeful that the horse returns to form. Bellamy Road has got a lot to prove. I dont trust Dickinson or anything he says. He may have run some very good horses, but he is not forthcoming or nuts or both.

Pgardn,

You shouldn't have said anything bad about the "Mad Genius", now you will have people falling over themselves telling you how great he is...Really never understood the praise he receives, I agree with you, he may be nuts...

#6 07-05-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

LMFAO funny he is the goods huh, based on what? him beating a GRADE 3 field if it was even that as a whole in the wood and then in the summer staggering down the lane with the rest of them.......nobodies race in that 1 was good, it was actually a sad sight to watch! the only thing you can say in his defense there is that he was mismanaged and brought into that race the wrong way. ill say it again.........OVERRATED!

You are certainly entitled to your opinion..............hopefully, we'll find out soon!

#7 07-05-2006, 09:53 PM

Playa when you win by that many lengths in that time it really doesnt matter who was in there. By the way he beat Scrappy T in that race by about 19 lengths, the same horse Alex beat by about 6 1/2 in the Preakness. Then he runs one of the most incredible 2nd place finishes in history off a layoff injury and only a few works, none father than 5 furlongs. Oh and his rag number was just crazy sick in the Wood. But i guess you make better figs than them, you should start selling them Playa.
He wont do anything with Sexton training him though.

Rupert Pupkin · #8 07-05-2006, 10:23 PM

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Playa when you win by that many lengths in that time it really doesnt matter who was in there. By the way he beat Scrappy T in that race by about 19 lengths, the same horse Alex beat by about 6 1/2 in the Preakness. Then he runs one of the most incredible 2nd place finishes in history off a layoff injury and only a few works, none father than 5 furlongs. Oh and his rag number was just crazy sick in the Wood. But i guess you make better figs than them, you should start selling them Playa.
He wont do anything with Sexton training him though.

I agree with Oracle 100%. The horse ran a couple of incredible races last year. That being said, I doubt that we will see the same horse this year. He's very unsound and he doesn't have a good trainer. I still only give him a 50/50 chance to even make it back to the races. Every time he works, he needs 15-20 days to recover. And that's just from working 3 furlongs. Today he worked a half-mile. Who knows when his next work will be.

ateamstupid · #9 07-05-2006, 10:29 PM

Anyone else find it pretty hilarious that playa has a horse he lustily hates on his watch list?

Pointg5 · #10 07-05-2006, 10:30 PM

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Anyone else find it pretty hilarious that playa has a horse he lustily hates on his watch list?

I was thinking the same thing...

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #11 07-05-2006, 10:54 PM

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Anyone else find it pretty hilarious that playa has a horse he lustily hates on his watch list?

well if you use equibase youd know why ateam, nice of you to jump in a thread solely to make a smart a$$ remark tho. ahhhhhhh figures figures figures a be all end all i guess huh oracle? i wanna see this horse actually win a grade 1 race with a g1 quality field not having things all his own way, if he can do that ill come here and gladly eat my crow........im still waiting for him to be the second coming of secretariat tho LOL!

ateamstupid · #12 07-05-2006, 11:09 PM

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well if you use equibase youd know why ateam, nice of you to jump in a thread solely to make a smart a$$ remark tho. ahhhhhhh figures figures figures a be all end all i guess huh oracle? i wanna see this horse actually win a grade 1 race with a g1 quality field not having things all his own way, if he can do that ill come here and gladly eat my crow........im still waiting for him to be the second coming of secretariat tho LOL!

Lighten up man. You start a thread solely to bash a horse, and I can't come in solely to "make a smartass remark"?

It's not even a smartass remark. I find it genuinely funny that you bash the horse, yet have him in your virtual stable, and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.

And, "if I use equibase, I'd know why"? How does that explain you putting a horse you hate with a passion in your virtual stable?! LOL!

#13 07-05-2006, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I agree with Oracle 100%. The horse ran a couple of incredible races last year. That being said, I doubt that we will see the same horse this year. He's very unsound and he doesn't have a good trainer. I still only give him a 50/50 chance to even make it back to the races. Every time he works, he needs 15-20 days to recover. And that's just from working 3 furlongs. Today he worked a half-mile. Who knows when his next work will be.

Most of his issues have been growthy issues...he is such a big horse that when you are that large at three and that fast on top of it...things will naturally occur....I don't think poped splint bones are horrible just need to allow them to heal because they are nagging....they look uglier than they are.....He is now half way through his 4YO year and his growth should have settled past the stage of when he was maturing while being such a large and fast specimen.....The thing I always liked about this colt was that he gave off the impression that he would be better as an older horse based on his physique and yet he was stellar when right at 3.....Hopefully, he has caught up with his body growth at this point now, and can run soundly without his growing bones have to worry about sustaining the weight of his massive physique...I would hope that he mature now all the way around from a physical standpoint...