I Heart Questing!

[Calzone Lord]

I don't know -- it's hard to say without doing a thorough statistical study.

But those high profile horses make him seem like a human anchor of some kind.

I'm sure a lot of it is just bad luck -- but I was never a fan of Leparoux and never understood why he was quickly made and anointed as a great jockey.

[asudevil]

He couldn't phucking dig in deep in the phucking BC Mile on Turallure?? Let that old hag Court Vision with Jailhouse Robbie beat him? That nose hair cost me what would have been my greatest pick 4 score by far. I'll never be the same after that.....NEVAH!!

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by asudevil

He couldn't phucking dig in deep in the phucking BC Mile on Turallure?? Let that old hag Court Vision with Jailhouse Robbie beat him? That nose hair cost me what would have been my greatest pick 4 score by far. I'll never be the same after that.....NEVAH!!

I think everyone on the board needed Turallure. I still get sick thinking about that beat.

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I think everyone on the board needed Turallure. I still get sick thinking about that beat.

Agida revisited:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_JY35JjPt8

[ateamstupid]

The fact that he pumped his fist after the wire makes it worse.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I think everyone on the board needed Turallure. I still get sick thinking about that beat.

We were just talking about that the other day. Like many, I had Turallure well covered. I watched the race from my phone at a gas station and remember just laughing at the result. I wouldn't have bet that winner even if you told me the results before the race.

[asudevil]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

We were just talking about that the other day. Like many, I had Turallure well covered. I watched the race from my phone at a gas station and remember just laughing at the result. I wouldn't have bet that winner even if you told me the results before the race.

I watched it on the phone at my 8 year old son's soccer game. Can you understand why all of the other Mom's think I'm insane? That's right Joey...I saw the fist pump and did a little jig....Then I saw the tote board/photo.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I don't know -- it's hard to say without doing a thorough statistical study.

But those high profile horses make him seem like a human anchor of some kind.

I'm sure a lot of it is just bad luck -- but I was never a fan of Leparoux and never understood why he was quickly made and anointed as a great jockey.

The French accent? Maybe they think it sounds fancy.

Who were his first big rides when he got here? I feel like he made a splash with something and just sort of took off. Can't remember who the first horse or horses was/were.

[Calzone Lord]

He had a great couple of Breeders Cup days at Santa Anita.

That Pro-Ride at Santa Anita suited his style perfectly -- good horses could go a 51 flat half mile -- and deep closers would blow by them in the stretch. That surface was a joke. Good thing SA got rid of it...but still hard to believe they allowed such major races to take part on it.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

The French accent? Maybe they think it sounds fancy.

Who were his first big rides when he got here? I feel like he made a splash with something and just sort of took off. Can't remember who the first horse or horses was/were.

He rode Biancone's coattails into other quality mounts when he was still an elite trainer, pre-Cobra venom.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

He rode Biancone's coattails into other quality mounts when he was still an elite trainer, pre-Cobra venom.

Right. Gorella helped him quite a bit as well.