Scratch of Uncle Mo made official

Travis Stone · #1 05-06-2011, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by philcski

Pletcher now saying "critics of Repole for entering and excluding Sway Away should take it up with Churchill or the Kentucky Racing Commission, not Team Mo." LOL. I'd love to know why people flock to give this guy horses. He's Teflon, deflecting everything. I suppose Life At Ten wasn't his fault, either.

I had this same conversation this morning with a friend...

It's a fine line, right? He didn't break any rules, and he effectively eliminated one more horse his other horse has to beat (not that it helps, but you know what I'm saying). On the other hand, there is the sportsmanship component and the "for the good of the game" ... but in black/white, they did nothing wrong.

It's sort of like when the golfers in the US Open fired their drives over another hole to hit the green in one. That night, tournament officials planted a tree off the tee so they couldn't do it, and forced them to use the dogleg/fairway.

Part of me has a hard time pointing fingers at someone who does everything within the rules, the other part of me thinks Sway Away deserves a chance, and the final part of me realizes the handle significance of the move. The answer is somewhere in the middle.

randallscott35 · #2 05-06-2011, 09:56 AM

Danthebluegrassman was the same **** by the way.

slotdirt · #3 05-06-2011, 09:57 AM

It's not like they pulled a Danthebluegrassman. They had an exceptionally talented colt and waited until the day before the race to declare him from the race. If this were any other race at any other time of the year, nobody would care.

joeydb · #4 05-06-2011, 10:06 AM

This sucks. Wanted him in, along with his huge pool of money. I do not want him hurt of course.

Dahoss · #5 05-06-2011, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

It's not like they pulled a Danthebluegrassman. They had an exceptionally talented colt and waited until the day before the race to declare him from the race. If this were any other race at any other time of the year, nobody would care.

Now you're just trolling.

slotdirt · #6 05-06-2011, 10:14 AM

I take offense to that.

randallscott35 · #7 05-06-2011, 10:17 AM

I don't feed trolls. They starve.

Dahoss · #8 05-06-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I take offense to that.

What else could it be?

pointman · #9 05-06-2011, 10:32 AM

Does anyone know if they move the 1-17 horses out one stall or do 19 and 20 move in? If they move 1-17 out one stall, the scratch could be huge for Archarcharch's chances from the 1 hole.

Clip-Clop · #10 05-06-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by pointman

Does anyone know if they move the 1-17 horses out one stall or do 19 and 20 move in? If they move 1-17 out one stall, the scratch could be huge for Archarcharch's chances from the 1 hole.

In, he is still buried.

Patrick333 · #11 05-06-2011, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pointman

Does anyone know if they move the 1-17 horses out one stall or do 19 and 20 move in? If they move 1-17 out one stall, the scratch could be huge for Archarcharch's chances from the 1 hole.

He stays in the one. They move the horses outside of Mo down one position.

slotdirt · #12 05-06-2011, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

What else could it be?

An opinion?

Dahoss · #13 05-06-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

An opinion?

You're defending him for the sake of defending him. So far your defense is Pletcher is bad too (although he's the one that told him he shouldn't run) and at least he isn't Danthebluegrassman.

It's okay to admit he acted like a douche all week.

Nascar1966 · #14 05-06-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I had this same conversation this morning with a friend...

It's a fine line, right? He didn't break any rules, and he effectively eliminated one more horse his other horse has to beat (not that it helps, but you know what I'm saying). On the other hand, there is the sportsmanship component and the "for the good of the game" ... but in black/white, they did nothing wrong.

It's sort of like when the golfers in the US Open fired their drives over another hole to hit the green in one. That night, tournament officials planted a tree off the tee so they couldn't do it, and forced them to use the dogleg/fairway.

Part of me has a hard time pointing fingers at someone who does everything within the rules, the other part of me thinks Sway Away deserves a chance, and the final part of me realizes the handle significance of the move. The answer is somewhere in the middle.

I think your're talking about Fuzzy Zoeller years ago he did that at the US Open.