Championship Day at Belmont

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

He is OK at best, beating shitty horses.

I don't think either the place or show horses in the Secretariat are all that "shitty."

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I don't think either the place or show horses in the Secretariat are all that "shitty."

They're not and Workin for Hops came back to run a nice race on Saturday losing to a horse that one of the "shitty" horses Paddy beat had previously beaten.

Having a conversation about whether Paddy O' Prado is a good horse and whether he's a Breeders' Cup Turf horse are somewhat mutually exclusive. He might be the best American turf horse heading into the BC and might get completely decimated given the relative lack of quality in this country in that division.

NT

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

They're not and Workin for Hops came back to run a nice race on Saturday losing to a horse that one of the "shitty" horses Paddy beat had previously beaten.

Having a conversation about whether Paddy O' Prado is a good horse and whether he's a Breeders' Cup Turf horse are somewhat mutually exclusive. He might be the best American turf horse heading into the BC and might get completely decimated given the relative lack of quality in this country in that division.

NT

Decimated means " to reduce by 10%. "

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Decimated means " to reduce by 10%. "

Would obliterated capture it better?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Would obliterated capture it better?

That's fine.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Decimated means " to reduce by 10%. "

Maybe his Beyer might be decimated.

If you pretended to not know what 'crossed the rubicon' meant - how can you be such a stickler with decimated.

Decimated sounds violent. It's a good sounding word in my book.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Maybe his Beyer might be decimated.

If you pretended to not know what 'crossed the rubicon' meant - how can you be such a stickler with decimated.

Decimated sounds violent. It's a good sounding word in my book.

For what it's worth, the obsolete definition of decimated is to reduce by 10%. The first result when you look is: to destroy a great number or proportion of.

NT

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

For what it's worth, the obsolete definition of decimated is to reduce by 10%. The first result when you look is: to destroy a great number or proportion of.

NT

It was an old school military tactic. I liked to read about Julius Caesar when I was a boy. I loved the way 'Art of War' was written. Huge fan of Hannibal and Atilla the Hun. Loved the story of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae before Hollywood gay'd it up with that horrid movie. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was my favorite video game series.

I can imagine no place in history that would have been more fun to be than in winning gear right after one of those ancient wars - all set to rape and pillage. I can imagine no place more miserable in history than to be fighting on either side before or during the war.

Something tells me that if I was around in those days, I'd figure out a super sneaky way to jump in with the winning side right as they cross the wire.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It was an old school military tactic. I liked to read about Julius Caesar when I was a boy. I loved the way 'Art of War' was written. Huge fan of Hannibal and Atilla the Hun. Loved the story of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae before Hollywood gay'd it up with that horrid movie. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was my favorite video game series.

I can imagine no place in history that would have been more fun to be than in winning gear right after one of those ancient wars - all set to rape and pillage. I can imagine no place more miserable in history than to be fighting on either side before or during the war.

Something tells me that if I was around in those days, I'd figure out a super sneaky way to jump in with the winning side right as they cross the wire.

What in the h*ll is wrong with you?!?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It was an old school military tactic. I liked to read about Julius Caesar when I was a boy. I loved the way 'Art of War' was written. Huge fan of Hannibal and Atilla the Hun. Loved the story of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae before Hollywood gay'd it up with that horrid movie. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was my favorite video game series.

I can imagine no place in history that would have been more fun to be than in winning gear right after one of those ancient wars - all set to rape and pillage. I can imagine no place more miserable in history than to be fighting on either side before or during the war.

Something tells me that if I was around in those days, I'd figure out a super sneaky way to jump in with the winning side right as they cross the wire.

Yeah.

Guadacanal and Okinawa seemed pretty miserable to me though.

110 to 115 degrees, 100% humidity and thousands upon thousands of rotting bodies. No supplies to keep you fed and hydrated too.