D'OH! No Queen's Plate for Rocker..

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I don't have the PP's for the Plate Trial handy, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't dirt horses he was running against at Woodbine. By your line of thinking, shouldn't Big Brown have won the Belmont?

I believe BB would of won the Belmont if it hadnt been for the crack. You can't interrupt training for 3 days and pussyfoot around with the horse after that. He had to be at the top of his game the entire time and he wasnt. He came up short on training. And regardless who HR he raced against at Woodbine, it serves the connections right for going up there and trying to steal a couple of races all the while ducking BB. Now look instead of being defeated by BB he runs out of the money against nobody.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by kgar311

And regardless who HR he raced against at Woodbine, it serves the connections right for going up there and trying to steal a couple of races all the while ducking BB. Now look instead of being defeated by BB he runs out of the money against nobody.

Don't mean to be condescending, but this is an utterly indefensible comment...

The 'connections trying to steal a couple of races'..? What are you talking about? They were trying to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest stake in North America, Canadian Breeders' most important race, and one of the world's most prestigious events.

Stronach, who manages to offset his inept track operations by making few mistakes on the racing/breeding side, has a nice Ontario-bred and had every right to try and point for the QP. And given that the Plate was the goal, skipping a potential gutting in the Preakness to get a feel for the polytrack at Woodbine made some sense. (Though Pletcher wanted to run at Baltimore).

It didn't work out and they'll reboot his campaign on main tracks stateside, but to belittle Harlem Rocker and the connections for hoping to win a race like the Queen's Plate is just ridiculous.

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Don't mean to be condescending, but this is an utterly indefensible comment...

The 'connections trying to steal a couple of races'..? What are you talking about? They were trying to win the Queen's Plate, the oldest stake in North America, Canadian Breeders' most important race, and one of the world's most prestigious events.

Stronach, who manages to offset his inept track operations by making few mistakes on the racing/breeding side, has a nice Ontario-bred and had every right to try and point for the QP. And given that the Plate was the goal, skipping a potential gutting in the Preakness to get a feel for the polytrack at Woodbine made some sense. (Though Pletcher wanted to run at Baltimore).

It didn't work out and they'll reboot his campaign on main tracks stateside, but to belittle Harlem Rocker and the connections for hoping to win a race like the Queen's Plate is just ridiculous.

Canadian horse racing is irrevelant. And I think actually you just proved my point a little bit more. Not only did he get "rocked" in Canada but by Canadian bred horses also? How many Champions from Canada come down to the US and get handled regularly.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by kgar311

Canadian horse racing is irrevelant. And I think actually you just proved my point a little bit more. Not only did he get "rocked" in Canada but by Canadian bred horses also? How many Champions from Canada come down to the US and get handled regularly.

You have to stop. You're killing me.

Have you ever heard of Awesome Again?

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You have to stop. You're killing me.

Have you ever heard of Awesome Again?

Thats one. How many people can name 3 out of the last 5 HOY's out of Canada and name the last triple crown winner up there. You have 1 minute to answer, we all now how to use google here.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by kgar311

Thats one. How many people can name 3 out of the last 5 HOY's out of Canada and name the last triple crown winner up there. You have 1 minute to answer, we all now how to use google here.

You got us there! You were right....Canadian racing and Canadian horses are irrelevent.

Quick....name the five posters here less knowledgable than you. Feel free to use google.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by kgar311

Canadian horse racing is irrevelant. And I think actually you just proved my point a little bit more. Not only did he get "rocked" in Canada but by Canadian bred horses also? How many Champions from Canada come down to the US and get handled regularly.

It's irrevelant? That's funny.. You just made any time spent trying to explain anything to you pointless.

[blackthroatedwind]

Then there's that bum Northern Dancer. He was clearly irrelevent.

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Then there's that bum Northern Dancer. He was clearly irrelevent.

Oh yea I remember watching northern dancer race as a child. Brings back fond memories. Wait, didnt he race in the 60s, that just a little before my time. We all know there are a select few but for the most part they dont do much here in the states.

[slotdirt]

Wild Desert could run a little.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by kgar311

Oh yea I remember watching northern dancer race as a child. Brings back fond memories. Wait, didnt he race in the 60s, that just a little before my time. We all know there are a select few but for the most part they dont do much here in the states.

i've deliberately stayed away from the retarded icons just so when i finally used them they'd have more of an impact.



you seriously don't even know what you don't know.

hi mort.

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Irrelevant to who? How many champions win the Derby and preakness and then run last in the Belmont? Answer: only one, Big Brown.

Only the ones that have their training compromised and have about a weeks time to make up for it.