Fever spike knocks Alpha out of Belmont..

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

I haven't re-watched the race yet. I'm not conceding anything. You still haven't answered the question. How many lengths did Smarty win the Preakness over 3rd place Eddington? Oh. But Eddington was just getting warmed up right? He needed that race. A solid 4th in the Belmont. Solid.

Also notice that in the latter part of 04 and early 05 is when Eddington really did start winning, like I mentioned.

Dude, you claimed a GI winning $1 millionaire had "no shot" in a race, like it was preposterous that Eddington was even entered in the race, and since he was, it was a given that the horse was there to bother Smarty Jones. All of this while apparently forgetting Rock Hard Ten (or Purge for that matter) were even in the race.

And now your argument has changed to something regarding Eddington's performance in the Preakness? I don't think I could make up your line of reasoning if I tried. With all due respect.

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Dude, you claimed a GI winning $1 millionaire had "no shot" in a race, like it was preposterous that Eddington was even entered in the race, and since he was, it was a given that the horse was there to bother Smarty Jones. All of this while apparently forgetting Rock Hard Ten (or Purge for that matter) were even in the race.

And now your argument has changed to something regarding Eddington's performance in the Preakness? I don't think I could make up your line of reasoning if I tried. With all due respect.

Look at Eddington's race record going into the Belmont, and look at the result of the Preakness. No doubt Eddington later that year turned into a very good horse. I'm just saying that going into the Belmont he indeed had no chance on paper. But I thought no one on paper had a shot going into the Belmont.

[Revidere]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Dude, you claimed a GI winning $1 millionaire had "no shot" in a race, like it was preposterous that Eddington was even entered in the race, and since he was, it was a given that the horse was there to bother Smarty Jones. All of this while apparently forgetting Rock Hard Ten (or Purge for that matter) were even in the race.

And now your argument has changed to something regarding Eddington's performance in the Preakness? I don't think I could make up your line of reasoning if I tried. With all due respect.

Eddington's Grade 1 win in the Pimlico Special (his last race), was at 4. He also won the Gulfstream Pk Hdcp (Gr 2) that year. In his 3 yo season he was no closer than 3rd (Gotham, Wood, Preakness and Travers) against the likes of SJ, Birdstone and Tapit. He was 4th in the Jim Dandy and Belmont. Not an outrageous no hoper, I always thought that given his running style, was not helped by his Belmont ride. To Doug's point, he may have been closer to the lead in the 1st half mile simply because the pace was so slow, and not because he was being asked by JDB.

[slotdirt]

The day of that Pimlico Special, Ashado figured out a way to lose to Silmaril, which led to a woman sitting next to me in the sub-50 degree Baltimore weather that day to scream "come on, don't lose to that Maryland bred NAG!!!!"

[NTamm1215]

Bailey's ride gave Eddington no chance to win, but he (and every other jockey) are notorious for doing that on a regular basis. From the start, it seemed like Solis was desperate to just screw over Smarty Jones however he could with Rock Hard Ten.

[Perrault Robbed]

Did Solis ever ride Rock Hard Ten after that race? That was as bad a ride as we will ever see in a big race.

[alysheba4]

i am sure worse rides are right around the corner.