Arlington Million winner 2009

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Not pointed at anyone in particular, just an opinionated person voicing an opinion. Though, for conversation's sake, I don't think Acoma is a much more likely winner of the Bev than Better Talk Now is of the Million.

NT

Based on style on the Arlington turf course, I would think she is.

Originally Posted by Scav

You have to understand Brian, he has favorites and would die for some of them.

His girl Inez is 10 losses in a row away from hitting that 10% mark, and that is with Douglas being gone for a month

This is true, guilty as charged. But that line of reasoning only works for horses who are actually my "favorites." Horses like Rhododendron, Courthouse, Happiness Is, Tidal Pool, etc.

The number of threads on all of Derby Trail in which I have typed the word "Acoma" is exactly one.

She is hardly one of my heart-based favorites. So the flip-side of that is that yes, I am capable of rational racing conversation outside of my "favorites."

You're just still mad that it turns out Peyote Patty totally could've won that dreadful Isaac Murphy, aren't you?

[Scav]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Based on style on the Arlington turf course, I would think she is.



This is true, guilty as charged. But that line of reasoning only works for horses who are actually my "favorites." Horses like Rhododendron, Courthouse, Happiness Is, Tidal Pool, etc.

The number of threads on all of Derby Trail in which I have typed the word "Acoma" is exactly one.

She is hardly one of my heart-based favorites. So the flip-side of that is that yes, I am capable of rational racing conversation outside of my "favorites."

You're just still mad that it turns out Peyote Patty totally could've won that dreadful Isaac Murphy, aren't you?

Stop it with Peyote Patty. While I agree I overlooked her, and she needed to be included, she wasn't beating Nicks, and you know that.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Scav

Stop it with Peyote Patty. While I agree I overlooked her, and she needed to be included, she wasn't beating Nicks, and you know that.

I sort of believed you before the race was run and was mostly giving you a hard time then.

After the race was run, and seeing how pitiful it was and how much of a crapshoot it was in the lane, I realized just how right I was that she would have won if she brought her "A" race.

Any decent allowance horse could have won that race on that day. Not saying she's better than Nicks or Secret Kin or Magnetic Miss, but she or any runner like her could have scored in that spot, based on how dreadful it turned out.