Forde and the Ragozin guys weigh in on changing the Triple Crown

[hockey2315]

"It has been years since we had older gelding stars like Kelso, Forego and John Henry who raced year after year and developed tremendous public followings because they were not thrown to the wolves in their early years."

Really? What about Lava Man, The Tin Man, Evening Attire, Better Talk Now, etc.? (Minus the "tremendous public followings," of course, since that's impossible in this era).

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

"It has been years since we had older gelding stars like Kelso, Forego and John Henry who raced year after year and developed tremendous public followings because they were not thrown to the wolves in their early years."

Really? What about Lava Man, The Tin Man, Evening Attire, Better Talk Now, etc.? (Minus the "tremendous public followings," of course, since that's impossible in this era).

good call, different class of horses but your point is valid.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

"It has been years since we had older gelding stars like Kelso, Forego and John Henry who raced year after year and developed tremendous public followings because they were not thrown to the wolves in their early years."

Really? What about Lava Man, The Tin Man, Evening Attire, Better Talk Now, etc.? (Minus the "tremendous public followings," of course, since that's impossible in this era).

forego ran third in the ky derby behind secretariat and sham. i'm not quite sure what they mean by being 'thrown to the wolves' since i believe kelso ran at two, as did henry.
hell, i hope a horse hurries up and wins the tc so that this bs can stop.