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Old 10-15-2008, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
With all due respect to Haskin, I've never been a fan of his writing. Puff pieces aren't really my thing, but this one was god awful.

This is a portion of what made me projectile vomit on my screen.

"He would stop while walking the shed to pose for photographers, and was aware of everything around him. "
and

"One time, after being led out to be washed, he looked up and intently eyed a pigeon on the roof for several minutes."

Come on....
Well I agree on the fluffy stuff like that but I am talking about what he detailed regarding the field Big Brown faced, his accomplishments, and take on speeds that have been a fair degree of negativity by the Big Brown detractors. I could copy and paste but you've read it and I think there are some compelling points.
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