Henny Hughes

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Fair points, all of them regarding the race.

I respect and admire your racing knowledge. But a bit of humility would go a long way when making your points rather than baseless jabs at the misguided rabble that post their thoughts here. It just sounds like bitter sour grapes to cite all that you've given with no personal gain. That may be true but does that really entitle you here any differently than anyone else?

Didn't want to make some big thing, but to me it seems like being one of the more respected board members you would keep that stuff in check.
But I now know your position, "don't like it, tough". Nice.

First of all, by pointing out what really happened in the King's Bishop this thread ended up containing some information that just might be helpful to people who want to learn from the game. Instead of the usual internet goo-goo crap it's just possible that someone might have gleaned something of value.

Baseless jabs? I think not. The simple fact is that for people to talk about the race in question and completely leave out Mach Ride, something that would undoubtably have continued to happen had I not butted in, demonstrates an almost surprising lack of awareness.

Believe me, I keep a LOT " in check ". Frankly, and I don't mean to be nasty as I don't get any feeling that you were trying to be unfair, your suggestion that I should show some humility is WAY out of line. I will leave it at that.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

First of all, by pointing out what really happened in the King's Bishop this thread ended up containing some information that just might be helpful to people who want to learn from the game. Instead of the usual internet goo-goo crap it's just possible that someone might have gleaned something of value.

Baseless jabs? I think not. The simple fact is that for people to talk about the race in question and completely leave out Mach Ride, something that would undoubtably have continued to happen had I not butted in, demonstrates an almost surprising lack of awareness.

Believe me, I keep a LOT " in check ". Frankly, and I don't mean to be nasty as I don't get any feeling that you were trying to be unfair, your suggestion that I should show some humility is WAY out of line. I will leave it at that.

but he wasn't left out, tycharles mentions him early on, while everyone was still discussing the payoffs. sorry that we didn't get to the rest of the horses in the race quickly enough to suit you. page one wasn't even full yet. obviously the winner will be attended to first.
besides, that's what pp's are for. in machs next, no doubt his last would have be taken into account.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

First of all, by pointing out what really happened in the King's Bishop this thread ended up containing some information that just might be helpful to people who want to learn from the game. Instead of the usual internet goo-goo crap it's just possible that someone might have gleaned something of value.

Baseless jabs? I think not. The simple fact is that for people to talk about the race in question and completely leave out Mach Ride, something that would undoubtably have continued to happen had I not butted in, demonstrates an almost surprising lack of awareness.

Believe me, I keep a LOT " in check ". Frankly, and I don't mean to be nasty as I don't get any feeling that you were trying to be unfair, your suggestion that I should show some humility is WAY out of line. I will leave it at that.

You thought that was way out of line? Try this….
The misguided goo-goos that you refer to that had been posting on this thread had the race exactly right. They got what REALLY happened in the Kings Bishop without your assistance, and that is that Henny Hughes affirmed himself as perhaps the best sprinter going right now. Mach Ride was not the subject of what REALLY happened because while he may have lost a few lengths due to his travails, it did not affect the outcome. Your butting in served to draw attention to your sad plight, having selected Mach Ride to beat Henny, but not much else.

Next time, you might want to leave the bitter emotion of a stinging loss at the door before descending from on high to butt in and tell us all what really happened. Or perhaps you might want to read and learn from some of the many threads around here where people such as myself had been saying for weeks to line up to play Henny in the Kings Bishop. Mach Ride was over-matched.

The way I see it if I hadn’t butted in here with my opinion, other people might read this thread and think from your comments that Mach Ride was a wise play against HH and that somehow the trip cost him a victory. What a wonderful thing I’ve done for you people. (lol)

Also people might glean from your comment regarding final time that High Finance would have beaten both Henny Hughes and Mach Ride due to his time being .01 seconds faster. This is the type of simplistic mistaken analysis that a rookie would make, not something one would expect from someone who has put as much time into the game as you have. It was not helpful to those who want to really glean something from the race.

[Gander]

Any time there is money and gambling involved, you can be sure there are going to be plenty of people who want to rain on people that win's parade.
I saw what happened to Mach Ride and while it was a rough start and trip, its a huge strecth to think it would have changed the outcome of the race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

You thought that was way out of line? Try this….
The misguided goo-goos that you refer to that had been posting on this thread had the race exactly right. They got what REALLY happened in the Kings Bishop without your assistance, and that is that Henny Hughes affirmed himself as perhaps the best sprinter going right now. Mach Ride was not the subject of what REALLY happened because while he may have lost a few lengths due to his travails, it did not affect the outcome. Your butting in served to draw attention to your sad plight, having selected Mach Ride to beat Henny, but not much else.

Next time, you might want to leave the bitter emotion of a stinging loss at the door before descending from on high to butt in and tell us all what really happened. Or perhaps you might want to read and learn from some of the many threads around here where people such as myself had been saying for weeks to line up to play Henny in the Kings Bishop. Mach Ride was over-matched.

The way I see it if I hadn’t butted in here with my opinion, other people might read this thread and think from your comments that Mach Ride was a wise play against HH and that somehow the trip cost him a victory. What a wonderful thing I’ve done for you people. (lol)

Also people might glean from your comment regarding final time that High Finance would have beaten both Henny Hughes and Mach Ride due to his time being .01 seconds faster. This is the type of simplistic mistaken analysis that a rookie would make, not something one would expect from someone who has put as much time into the game as you have. It was not helpful to those who want to really glean something from the race.

As much as I appreciate it, it really wasn't necessary to embarrass yourself this much.

Thanks anyway.