7/16 (DEL): Delaware H. (G2), Carpenter Jr. Mem. S., Sussex S.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Dude,
Blind Luck was the winner the whole way and would have won spotting her 5 lbs.

Sh!t take, the margin was like a nose - and weight being an overrated factor or not in terms of betting - every pound certainly does help and matter.

A 7lbs weight reversal at 10fs is more significant than you think.

On to something you might know something about ...

Is it true that Jews are buried standing up? And if so, is the reason really so no change will fall out of their pockets?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Sh!t take, the margin was like a nose - and weight being an overrated factor or not in terms of betting - every pound certainly does help and matter.

A 7lbs weight reversal at 10fs is more significant than you think.

On to something you might know something about ...

Is it true that Jews are buried standing up? And if so, is the reason really so no change will fall out of their pockets?

Like I said, Blind Luck was the winner the whole way around and would have won, regardless of the weight (within reason). Don't forget, it's Blind Luck we're talking about. She lives to make races close. My thoughts upon seeing the race was that Blind Luck was much better than her nose victory looked.

Yes, all Jews are buried standing up. They are propped up with a large crucifex.

And no, it's not to prevent change from falling out of their pockets, as the family members and Jewish mortuary will have already taken all of that out.

You'd feel right at home at a Jewish funeral!

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Don't forget, it's Blind Luck we're talking about. She lives to make races close.

Bullsh!t.

Here she is winning a Grade 1 race by 7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMU4MgAUVnc


But yeah, when her main competition is evenly matched - or when the pace is snail enough - she lives to make races close and or she gets beat.

[Calzone Lord]

I think Vic blew his load after she crossed the 1/16th pole in that race.

Wonder what he was aiming at?

Zenyatta pic: -120
Azeri pic: +100
Field: +10,000

[Kasept]

106 Beyers for the top pair..

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Bullsh!t.

Here she is winning a Grade 1 race by 7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMU4MgAUVnc


But yeah, when her main competition is evenly matched - or when the pace is snail enough - she lives to make races close and or she gets beat.

That's just it, she did nothing different in that race than she does every other time, most of the time it works out, sometimes it doesn't, sure fun to watch though.

[TouchOfGrey]

Now THAT was a horse race!

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Bullsh!t.

Here she is winning a Grade 1 race by 7:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMU4MgAUVnc


But yeah, when her main competition is evenly matched - or when the pace is snail enough - she lives to make races close and or she gets beat.

First of all, she was a precocious two year old and badly overmatched most of that field.

More importantly, that was a fast pace in a 2yo race, where the speed all collapsed.

Did at any point in yesterdays race did you think HDG was going to win?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

First of all, she was a precocious two year old and badly overmatched most of that field.

More importantly, that was a fast pace in a 2yo race, where the speed all collapsed.

Did at any point in yesterdays race did you think HDG was going to win?

Are you still on a crusade to prove that Blind Luck really isn't that good and is no better than Octave?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Are you still on a crusade to prove that Blind Luck really isn't that good and is no better than Octave?

Crusade?

That's a bit of a stretch for you to say.

My point all along has been that people are now overrating her, nothing more, nothing less.

I still don't see that big a gap between her and Octave though. Sure, Blind Luck has won more G1s, but most likely against lesser competition.

I am 100% certain Blind Luck doesn't win the Kentucky Oaks the year Octave ran 2nd in it.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Crusade?

That's a bit of a stretch for you to say.

My point all along has been that people are now overrating her, nothing more, nothing less.

I still don't see that big a gap between her and Octave though. Sure, Blind Luck has won more G1s, but most likely against lesser competition.

I am 100% certain Blind Luck doesn't win the Kentucky Oaks the year Octave ran 2nd in it.

Seriously, stop with the Octave stuff. Blind Luck is considerably better than Octave, has stretched out her top performances for longer, has many, many more GI wins, has run against better competition on multiple occasions, has won on multiple surfaces all across America. There's really no comparison between the two of them.

Blind Luck has always been a product of the current era in thoroughbred racing. Tell me who the last horse was to be campaigned for two full years straight without a stop that routinely competed at the upper levels? That's what she's done and has run a number of very good races along the way. When it looked like she was tailing off her connections were undeterred and she's come back with two of the best races of her career. People like Blind Luck because her connections have never backed down from a challenge, they've danced every dance, and they've allowed her to be a racehorse.