Derek Ryan on Quality Road: "Look him in the eye and he's counterfeit"

You could say the same thing about his training career.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You could say the same thing about his training career.

[Danzig]

i agree with him tho on the part about 'QR should have won with those fractions'. but it is somewhat humorous that he comes out with this trash talk considering where musket man keeps finishing....

If I'm not mistaken he hasn't had a winner this summer. 6/18 was his last so if that is the case it's obvious he's under a lot of pressure and speaking purely out of bu.tthurt.

Sounds like something that Scat guy would write...

[Smooth Operator]

Can pretty much say the same thing about RA

Asmussen must've soiled his boxers when he saw speed merchant QR get caught last Saturday.

He'll probably try to get them to run those NYRA steamrollers over the strip before the PE.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

Can pretty much say the same thing about RA

Asmussen must've soiled his boxers when he saw speed merchant QR get caught last Saturday.

He'll probably try to get them to run those NYRA steamrollers over the strip before the PE.

you can say this about alot of them and the stayers always get underestimated and no respect. blame is the newest one. they keep breeding quality roads and rachels and bernardinis...when the real runners are invasor, zenyatta and now blame....i still remember how bernardini and discreet cat were going to "beat up" on invasor. he was like 6 to 7-1 in the classic and pissed all over bernardini......he did the same to discreet cat. yeah the flash of speed is exciting,winning by open lengths(when they can) the number freaks love them but in a true classic battle, they usually wilt.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You could say the same thing about his training career.

Yeah - the brilliant Derek Ryan is having a hell of a year. He's 23 for 180 with an ROI of $0.99

Last year he was 37 for 280 with a $1.24 ROI .. and who can forget him retiring Big Truck from racing after two god awful races only to break him down in his new role as a retired workout partner for Musket Man and Schoolyard Dreams.

[the_fat_man]

I love Pletcher's comments:

“It was still a very good effort. He got beat a nose by spotting an extremely good horse five pounds, and I don’t think the race set up ideally the way we wanted it to. Not taking anything away from Blame, but we look forward to trying him again at equal weights.”

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Yeah - I laughed at that.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I love Pletcher's comments:

“It was still a very good effort. He got beat a nose by spotting an extremely good horse five pounds, and I don’t think the race set up ideally the way we wanted it to. Not taking anything away from Blame, but we look forward to trying him again at equal weights.”

That's so damn ludicrous, I don't know what to say.

[the_fat_man]

Here's a comment from the Daily News version of the story:

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The Wizard

9:21:18 AM
Aug 9, 2010

Ryan is a crybaby. Musket Man now has had two chances to beat QR and has failed twice. MM is a very good horse, but is a cut below Blame and QR, no matter how the race unfolds. "

I wonder if this is Kipness.

[SOREHOOF]

QR is a speed horse who left his best weapon back at the barn. He runs hard out of the gate... he has the race. Slow pace doesn't help when the stalkers and closers are hanging at their own natural pace a lot closer to the pace than usual. I hate to say a horse is ridden wrong out of respect to the jockeys, and not wanting it to sound like sour grapes. I had a good win, exacta, and tri score. When QR goes off at 1/2 and Haynesfield breaks through the gate i want to cancel my bets and put it all on QR, 1/2 looks like a gift. Good thing I sat on that one.