Camarero

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Kincsem's one win in England - came as the longest shot in a field of 3 - against two horses who weren't exactly thought of as stars. The strong favorite pointing for that race got sidelined.

An old DRF article I read a while ago from the 1910's talked about how the win 'was considered no big accomplishment by latter-day European turf writers'

Imagine if they had the internet and message boards back then.. would we be calling Kincsem's supporters Kin-Tards?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

Imagine if they had the internet and message boards back then.. would we be calling Kincsem's supporters Kin-Tards?

No.

That doesn't flow as nicely as Zenyattard.

How about, instead, Kinscum?

That is, Kin-scum, not the other thing.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

Imagine if they had the internet and message boards back then.. would we be calling Kincsem's supporters Kin-Tards?

There would probably be more message board posters than actual horses who raced during Kincsem's time.

I have no idea how good horses like Camaero or Kincsem were. There are always freaks who can greatly outrun very weak pedigrees - and certainly a good horse can come from anywhere.

People are always going to like undefeated horses with big win streaks. To quote a great old time racing writer ...



Certainly horses like Camaero and Kincsem never came even remotely close to passing that test.

[freddymo]

I can't wait for when Pedigee Ann chimes in with her history lesson on South American horses of yester year.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Freddy - you've already jinxed Boys at Tosconova to affliction ... now they're posting videos of Uncle Mo working out on youtube. Whatever was ailing him - and he's certainly got a lot of fragility in his pedigree - it seems like you've jinxed him back to relative soundness.