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Old 06-05-2010, 08:17 PM
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From the land of the bizarre... Uptowncharlybrown was DQ'd from 5th to last due to losing the 8 lb. lead weight pad on the backstretch.

Given that he was 3 clear of 6th, the difference didn't mean anything to even the staunchest of weight proponents.
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Old 06-05-2010, 08:22 PM
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From the land of the bizarre... Uptowncharlybrown was DQ'd from 5th to last due to losing the 8 lb. lead weight pad on the backstretch.

Given that he was 3 clear of 6th, the difference didn't mean anything to even the staunchest of weight proponents.
$30k weight pad.
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From the land of the bizarre... Uptowncharlybrown was DQ'd from 5th to last due to losing the 8 lb. lead weight pad on the backstretch.

Given that he was 3 clear of 6th, the difference didn't mean anything to even the staunchest of weight proponents.
The winner also dropped some useless weight.......his previous jockey.
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The winner also dropped some useless weight.......his previous jockey.
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Old 06-05-2010, 08:33 PM
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Imagine if the horse had won... with the all the feel-good stories surrounding the horse no less.
Yeah no kidding... imagine trying to explain THAT to a bunch of people that don't normally watch racing.

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The winner also dropped some useless weight.......his previous jockey.
LOL

Random side note... I love Maragh's Jamaican accent when they interview him.
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From the land of the bizarre... Uptowncharlybrown was DQ'd from 5th to last due to losing the 8 lb. lead weight pad on the backstretch.

Given that he was 3 clear of 6th, the difference didn't mean anything to even the staunchest of weight proponents.
Imagine if the horse had won... with the all the feel-good stories surrounding the horse no less.
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Imagine if the horse had won... with the all the feel-good stories surrounding the horse no less.
Is it? I'm not so sure. Joe Tessitore also repeatedly referred to that whole business as a "fabulous story." Fabulous? The dude died. If anything it is a sad story. Perhaps it is a fabulous story for ESPN because they always want to have some 'pull at the heartstrings' angle, but that hardly makes it a "fabulous" story for anyone involved.

As for the race itself....it actually made me nostalgic for the Jazil-Bluegrass Cat-Sunriver race from a few years back....which is saying a lot.
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just glad first dude didn't win, knowing who was there to watch him run.
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just glad first dude didn't win, knowing who was there to watch him run.
Amen to that. They showed her on tv taking pictures and I threw up in my mouth a little.
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Amen to that. They showed her on tv taking pictures and I threw up in my mouth a little.
You easterners sure are a closed minded bunch.


Politics aside, I thought in her cap and sunglasses she was high on the "hot as Sandra Bullock" scale today.
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Old 06-06-2010, 08:42 AM
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You easterners sure are a closed minded bunch.


Politics aside, I thought in her cap and sunglasses she was high on the "hot as Sandra Bullock" scale today.
now i'm vomiting in my mouth.
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You know you want her.
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Mountebank.....just tell her you want it.
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Well....did he or didn't he?




And if he did, did you or didn't you.
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just glad first dude didn't win, knowing who was there to watch him run.
I did not watch the races, nor have I kept up to date on this stuff. Who are you referring to?
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I did not watch the races, nor have I kept up to date on this stuff. Who are you referring to?
Sarah Palin.
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