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Old 06-07-2008, 10:04 PM
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I could totally be one of those guys that stands behind a champion fighter.....
Yes you could
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:05 PM
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You don't have a pair of sandals?
I'm feeling a yearling name coming on
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:06 PM
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When they grab a quarter, that can take some time to heal too. We had a filly that grabbed a quarter a couple of years ago and she needed a few weeks off. And when you miss a few weeks of training that means you're not going to be able to run for a couple of months. We had actually been invited to run in the $750,000 Grade I American Oaks and we had to skip the race because of the grabbed quarter. I don't think the filly's feet were ever really the same after that. She always seemed to have little problmes with her feet after that. It was a shame because she had never had foot problems before she stumbled and grabbed the quarter.
Thanks for the info Rupert, now I am left guessing who that horse was? BTW I don't know if you feel comfortable talking about this on a public forum but why did Stronach separate himself from Hoffmans after they had a pretty good year. A Plate, A Lexington and a Belmont is not too shabby.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:10 PM
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Mens feet ewww

Sandalfetish
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:11 PM
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Mens feet ewww

Sandalfetish
Love it! Way to go Scav!!
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:11 PM
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Thanks for the info Rupert, now I am left guessing who that horse was? BTW I don't know if you feel comfortable talking about this on a public forum but why did Stronach separate himself from Hoffmans after they had a pretty good year. A Plate, A Lexington and a Belmont is not too shabby.
I don't know anything about the Hofmans/Stronach split.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:11 PM
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I could totally be one of those guys that stands behind a champion fighter.....
I never liked the guys that stood behind me in a fight....because I absorbed all of the punches.... 8-)
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:12 PM
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Mens feet ewww

Sandalfetish
badfeetnosandal

flipoffflipflop (good luck Trevor)

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Old 06-07-2008, 10:13 PM
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I never liked the guys that stood behind me in a fight....because I absorbed all of the punches.... 8-)
Why do you think I want to be that guy, and not the boxer? NO THANK YOU!!
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:13 PM
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flipoffflipflop (good luck Trevor)

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That last one is CLASSIC and I bet that they wouldn't catch it either....
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:16 PM
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That last one is CLASSIC and I bet that they wouldn't catch it either....
we won't be finding out
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:17 PM
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the 2008 Belmont was Liston vs. Ali.



With no Ali.


no Liston.

no sports illustrated.

No "phantom punch". All we got were some club fighters, and the mob.

It was Liston & Ali muzak.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:17 PM
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we won't be finding out
It could become a cult classic like 'Thong or Panties"

Damn horse won again today
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:22 PM
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I don't know anything about the Hofmans/Stronach split.
That's a shame. Seems like a pattern with Frank.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:39 PM
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Hofmans was the trainer of Touch Gold. He would have no reason to lie to my trainer in a private conversation. Hofmans said that the horse grabbed a quarter in the Preakness.

Chuck could do a 100x better job than me explaining the difference between grabbing a quarter vs. a quarter crack.

Cannon, Could you please explain the difference between the two.
grabbing a quarter is when a horse basically trips himself up, usually one of his back feet hitting one of his front, and possibly taking off a piece of hoof, or the shoe, in the process.
war admiraly famously grabbed a quarter in the belmont, came back to the winners circle with blood all over his underside. the injury was serious enough that they almost retired him. luckily (or else seasbiscuit might not be quite so famous) he was able to return to racing.
a quarter crack is a flaw in the hoof wall, which of course everyone probably saw on big brown-it's like a hangnail in a human, only in this case, a horse is putting about two hundred and fifty pounds on the hoof. it can get pretty serious-and a horse can lose time letting one grow out. a horses hoof is actually made of the same tissue as a fingernail-he basically stands on an evolved toe nail--horses used to have toes, now they stand on tiptoe on the one toe they have left.
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Old 06-07-2008, 10:52 PM
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Old 06-07-2008, 11:01 PM
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Yeah thats a good write up. They got what they had coming
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Old 06-07-2008, 11:26 PM
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Yeah thats a good write up. They got what they had coming
It was a great day to watch racing, and Big Brown was a nice story in at least a few ways.

Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Citation and the other Triple Crown Winners before them, would agree.
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Old 06-07-2008, 11:28 PM
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It was a great day to watch racing, and Big Brown was a nice story in at least a few ways.

Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Citation and the other Triple Crown Winners before them, would agree.

And, Jim McKay's work as narrator capsulizing "The Jewels of The Triple Crown," remains a complete work tonight.....
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Old 06-07-2008, 11:29 PM
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It was a great day to watch racing, and Big Brown was a nice story in at least a few ways.

Affirmed, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Citation and the other Triple Crown Winners before them, would agree.
I wonder if they are toasting with champagne like the '72 Dolphins..
they should be
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