Swale....Winning Two Legs of The Triple Crown

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I guess you slept through June 7th.

I was very much awake. He was pulled up, not out ran. He still lost the race but I haven't seen him lose yet where he entered the stretch.

I'm sure you want to slay me for that comment too.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

I was very much awake. He was pulled up, not out ran. He still lost the race but I haven't seen him lose yet where he entered the stretch.

I'm sure you want to slay me for that comment too.

you sound like les miles when he said the bayou bengals never lost in regulation last year.

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you sound like les miles when he said the bayou bengals never lost in regulation last year.

Well you even said yourself that you would have liked to see what he could have done if Kent just went through with the race and didn't ease him up.

I don't suggest undefeated, just undefeated in regulation

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Well you even said yourself that you would have liked to see what he could have done if Kent just went through with the race and didn't ease him up.

I don't suggest undefeated, just undefeated in regulation

He may have been a real good 7th...

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

He may have been a real good 7th...

Right before the stretch he was right there just like always.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Right before the stretch he was right there just like always.

yeah he looked great on the turn...

Maybe Desormeaux had a big bet on Da Tara???

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Well you even said yourself that you would have liked to see what he could have done if Kent just went through with the race and didn't ease him up.

I don't suggest undefeated, just undefeated in regulation

he'd have been lucky to hit the board, but he wouldn't have been a dnf. kents 'ride' that day was chickensh!t. reminded me of mike smith when he said he thought giacomom entrapped, and he did no such thing. there's not always an excuse, sometimes they just aren't where they need to be to win.

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

he'd have been lucky to hit the board, but he wouldn't have been a dnf. kents 'ride' that day was chickensh!t. reminded me of mike smith when he said he thought giacomom entrapped, and he did no such thing. there's not always an excuse, sometimes they just aren't where they need to be to win.

I agree. There have been two times that I've watched a race (during my brief history of following races), where I had a bad feeling about my favorite before the starting gate opened.

1. When Barbaro broke through the gate at the Preakness before the official start. Once that happened, you could just sense it wasn't the same Barbaro from two weeks prior. Not to go off topic but it does prompt another question. Has there been any discussion that Barbaro's false start could have led to breaking down? I'm guessing this is a rare occurance?

2. Obviously less tragic, but when Big Brown was coming out from the stable and through the crowd, both Kent D, and Michelle Nivens were putting their finger up to their mouth in hopes the crowd would not be noisy to further rattle Big Brown. His head was was all over the place.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RollerDoc

I agree. There have been two times that I've watched a race (during my brief history of following races), where I had a bad feeling about my favorite before the starting gate opened.

1. When Barbaro broke through the gate at the Preakness before the official start. Once that happened, you could just sense it wasn't the same Barbaro from two weeks prior. Not to go off topic but it does prompt another question. Has there been any discussion that Barbaro's false start could have led to breaking down? I'm guessing this is a rare occurance?

2. Obviously less tragic, but when Big Brown was coming out from the stable and through the crowd, both Kent D, and Michelle Nivens were putting their finger up to their mouth in hopes the crowd would not be noisy to further rattle Big Brown. His head was was all over the place.

A trend?

[RollerDoc]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A trend?

Sorry I didn't understand what you were asking from my post?