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Old 06-09-2008, 02:22 PM
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No one has really brought up the point/question, but BB was a horse with what 6 career starts and racing for the third time in 5 weeks. Add that to the tempertaure and a little adversity (rail, catching a little dirt) which he has never had. The loss in training time due to the foot. Plus racing against fresher (not neccesarly better) horses. Maybe it was just a recipe for disaster. I just don't think Kent did anything wrong.
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:29 PM
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Now it starts .... DRF front page Posted 6/9/2008, 5:26 pm
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:34 PM
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Now it starts .... DRF front page Posted 6/9/2008, 5:26 pm
He just couldn't keep his mouth shut, such a shady bastard. Put his ass on a jacked up horse
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:39 PM
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He just couldn't keep his mouth shut, such a shady bastard. Put his ass on a jacked up horse
Just read it and was thinking what Scav just posted. It can't be that the horse was tired, it was hot, etc...Has to be a reason to point the finger of blame.

Wonder who'll be on BB in The Travers now

Not that it matters if he's a "push button horse"
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:40 PM
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Just read it and was thinking what Scav just posted. It can't be that the horse was tired, it was hot, etc...Has to be a reason to point the finger of blame.

Wonder who'll be on BB in The Travers now

Not that it matters if he's a "push button horse"
Honestly I do think he has a bit of a point about pulling up Big Brown, it was alarming and I'm sure most people feared the worst.
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Old 06-09-2008, 04:44 PM
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Honestly I do think he has a bit of a point about pulling up Big Brown, it was alarming and I'm sure most people feared the worst.
It was more the whining about him not going back to the barn to see BB after the race and saying that he knew BB went into the race unbelievable and the rest Kent has to answer.
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Old 06-09-2008, 06:00 PM
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Just read it and was thinking what Scav just posted. It can't be that the horse was tired, it was hot, etc...Has to be a reason to point the finger of blame.

Wonder who'll be on BB in The Travers now
Not that it matters if he's a "push button horse"
Sounds like a poll question to me!
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Old 06-09-2008, 06:03 PM
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No one has really brought up the point/question, but BB was a horse with what 6 career starts and racing for the third time in 5 weeks. Add that to the tempertaure and a little adversity (rail, catching a little dirt) which he has never had. The loss in training time due to the foot. Plus racing against fresher (not neccesarly better) horses. Maybe it was just a recipe for disaster. I just don't think Kent did anything wrong.
i had the exact same thinking before the race leading me to believe that a bad effort was not inconcievable. you had:
-3rd start in five weeks for a horse that they said needs time between races.
-the quartercrack and loss of training time.
-questionable to be at his best for the distance -at least in my mind.
-a declining pattern since the Florida derby.
-possible problem with the heat
-no recent winstrol

there were some trouble signs.
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Old 06-09-2008, 07:21 PM
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I probably missed it elsewhere, but assuming he does run again (big if) Kent seems to think they will run twice, Travers then Breeders Cup. I sure was hoping to see him try olders on dirt, but that ain't happening.
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Old 06-09-2008, 11:50 PM
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the horse just bounced.... not like it's been done before... nor will be done after.

due to that, there's nothing that Kent could have done to prevented it.... nor anyone else.

He'll bouce back the next out, just like any other horse would... let alone a proven champion like Big Brown.

It wasn't the horses's fault, nor the jock's.... it's just something that happens in racing. And a proven champion like Big Brown and Kent will come back as the champions that they are.
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Old 06-10-2008, 01:05 AM
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He didn't "bounce."
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Old 06-10-2008, 05:47 AM
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He didn't "bounce."
Agree. Somehow BB avoided bouncing in the Florida Derby, the Ky Derby and the Preakness. But now he bounced. Yeah, right.

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Old 06-10-2008, 07:06 AM
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This is what happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7UP2...eature=related
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