Big Brown WOW!!!!

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Red Rocks and Better Talk Now are BC Turf champions. What has Proudinsky done? win a couple of G2s?

Good thing Red Rocks and Better talk now wasn't there they would have been up the track somewhere with that pace.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

Good thing Red Rocks and Better talk now wasn't there they would have been up the track somewhere with that pace.

Time for a tune up.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

Good thing Red Rocks and Better talk now wasn't there they would have been up the track somewhere with that pace.

Are you serious?? You really didn't just make this statement, did you?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by GPK

Are you serious?? You really didn't just make this statement, did you?

Yes, he did. He is to racing commentary what Timmigirvan is to politics.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Yes, he did. He is to racing commentary what Timmigirvan is to politics.

I'm sure he made some $$ on BB today, but in the long run, anytime someone with that thought process wants to keep feeding the mutual pools, Im all for it.

Did the Fatman see how Get Serious tried to herd
horses around the first turn?
Too bad there were no horses to herd.

Where be the outrage.
Where be the fat...

[blackthroatedwind]

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

...for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

The horse is special to those not fixated on figures. He's special because he's able to run at a reasonably high level on at least 2 surfaces. And when he handles Poly reasonably well, he'll be all the more special for it. Of course, he just won't be fast enough for some. Because, let's face it, horse racing really is about DIRT RACING and all the biases that come with it.

All week I'm reading how this supposed strong field is going to kick his butt. He takes the worst of it in terms of setup and he still holds off Proudinsky under, essentially, tap urging and a loose rein by the jock. He changed leads like a 1st time starter and also drifted a bit in the lane, YET Proudinsky couldn't get by. So, either he's okay or Proudinsky is a plug. Probably a little of both.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

Well said....... BB ran a 105 Beyer.

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

"He's a very good horse. We all knew that." I would challenge you to read many of the posts prior to this race about Big Brown and see how few actually say he's a very good horse.

[ELA]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

Well said.

Eric

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Big Brown did run well today and considering the overall quality of the US turf horses he would probably be reasonably competitive in many of our turf races, at least at 1 1/8 or less. However, that really doesn't mean a great deal, and for a horse many have heralded as a special horse, today's effort in some ways devalues his supposed abilities.

He's a very good horse. We all knew that. However, today's race did nothing to disprove the notion that he was simply born in the right year.

That sums it all up.