At the Races Audience Poll

[Bystander]

Yeah I said I COULD ask you, if mr cmorioles chooses not to respond.
I know she was loose on the lead, but with a guy I despise yelling in my ear, "Wait a While's the BEST horse in training" as they went into the gate, I relish the fact that My Typhoon beat her. And remember- Wait a While went WITH My Typhoon early, and crumpled like a filthy tube sock.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Bystander

Yeah I said I COULD ask you,

I was kind of hoping you'd ask where I had to be to call the Fireside Chat W/ DrugS thread off at 7:30 .... ironically .. the answer had something to do with a crumpled up tube sock.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I was kind of hoping you'd ask where I had to be to call the Fireside Chat W/ DrugS thread off at 7:30 .... ironically .. the answer had something to do with a crumpled up tube sock.

I'm too smart for you, Drugs, hasn't this already been established?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Bystander

And remember- Wait a While went WITH My Typhoon early, and crumpled like a filthy tube sock.

That's completely false. Inexplicably, Garrett Gomez took back with Wait A While and opted to watch Eddie Castro set pedestrian fractions en route to an easy victory. There was no duel and Wait A While did not crumble.

Wait A While then conclusively beat the opportunistic My Typhoon in the Ballston Spa by a rather handy margin.

NT

[Bystander]

I don't believe I used the word "duel," and if you watch the race- as I did just now- Wait a While sat right outside My Typhoon for most of the race- yes, My Typhoon set a very slow pace, and yes, Gomez had a death hold on Wait a While, but she was right there the entire trip and when they quickened, she had nothing.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Bystander

I don't believe I used the word "duel," and if you watch the race- as I did just now- Wait a While sat right outside My Typhoon for most of the race- yes, My Typhoon set a very slow pace, and yes, Gomez had a death hold on Wait a While, but she was right there the entire trip and when they quickened, she had nothing.

This is why I picked the race I did. Wait A While stunk all year. Then, when Pletcher horses were running absolutely horribly, she popped the huge one. I can only imagine he saved his last dose for that day.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Lawyer Ron's huge Woodward win was a few days later I think.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Lawyer Ron's huge Woodward win was a few days later I think.

He was the only horse, other than Wait A While, that ran much the whole meet. I didn't really figure he could lose that day, even given the Pletcher slump.

Can we add a question to the poll? Who had the worst training meet of the year?

a) Pletcher, Sar
b) Asmussen, PID

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Having to witness option B first-hand was downright painful.

I'm not so sure Curlin wouldn't have found a way to lose there.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Bystander

I don't believe I used the word "duel," and if you watch the race- as I did just now- Wait a While sat right outside My Typhoon for most of the race- yes, My Typhoon set a very slow pace, and yes, Gomez had a death hold on Wait a While, but she was right there the entire trip and when they quickened, she had nothing.

I've watched the race plenty of times to know that Gomez keeping a hammer lock on Wait a While was going to be too much to overcome. His ride in that particular race was inexplicable. Wait a While already had a wire to wire victory earlier in the spring yet he decided to choke her down. Castro rationed My Typhoon's speed early very well, but to say that that particular effort proved anything other than that Gomez had a horrible Belmont day is wrong in my opinion.

I was a fan of the Ballston Spa not for precisely the same reasons as some others, but more because it really had a talented and deep field. It was a good effort by Wait A While, who did indeed hail from the frigid Todd Pletcher barn at the time.

NT

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I've watched the race plenty of times to know that Gomez keeping a hammer lock on Wait a While was going to be too much to overcome. His ride in that particular race was inexplicable. Wait a While already had a wire to wire victory earlier in the spring yet he decided to choke her down. Castro rationed My Typhoon's speed early very well, but to say that that particular effort proved anything other than that Gomez had a horrible Belmont day is wrong in my opinion.

I was a fan of the Ballston Spa not for precisely the same reasons as some others, but more because it really had a talented and deep field. It was a good effort by Wait A While, who did indeed hail from the frigid Todd Pletcher barn at the time.

NT

OK, fair enough. At least you didn't work tube socks into your reasoning.
She didn't "crumble," but, in my opinion and at 7-10, she showed absolutley nothing.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Bystander

OK, fair enough. At least you didn't work tube socks into your reasoning.
She didn't "crumble," but, in my opinion and at 7-10, she showed absolutley nothing.

Agreed. I suppose I was more disappointed in myself for still believing at the time that Mauralakana was a Grade II caliber horse. I was wrong.

NT

[Monarchos1]

I notice Jess Jackson as an option for person on the poll. Gary West made a compelling case for him on the show today and in a column earlier this week. Hard to argue with West's logic even if one doesn't care for the winemaker.