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Old 05-01-2009, 06:39 PM
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That was electric...

Calvin must have been clucking like crazy.
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Old 05-01-2009, 06:42 PM
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Two points: 1) Other than a shot against Zenyatta, this horse should race against the boys or retire. Anything otherwise would be pointless. 2) If Barry Abrams is her trainer, she might have won the Oaks and the Derby.
If Barry Abrams was her trainer than she would run and lost in the Oaks, then run and lost in the derby, then run her next weekend in a turf race. Run her 15 more times then retire her and then breed her to Unusual Heat.
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Old 05-01-2009, 06:52 PM
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That was electric...

Calvin must jave been clucking like crazy.
He spent several seconds pointing to the stable connections and smiling, patting the horse, giving the thumbs up to the crowd.

Then he got to the sixteenth pole and had to ride out "pretty" for the win pic
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:06 PM
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If Barry Abrams was her trainer than she would run and lost in the Oaks, then run and lost in the derby, then run her next weekend in a turf race. Run her 15 more times then retire her and then breed her to Unusual Heat.
I was being sarcastic, but you are being very acurate
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:15 PM
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Does this become the female version of SECRETARIAT'S Belmont?
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:18 PM
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Does this become the female version of SECRETARIAT'S Belmont?
Thats all i could think about was Secretariat as she was opening up down the lane. Another good question is did smoeone take a similar picture of her from inside the rail showing the other horses far back.
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:21 PM
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Does this become the female version of SECRETARIAT'S Belmont?

interesting question i guess. altho some would call it blasphemous. fact is tho-today's victory margin was the largest since 1910--and that's the earliest they have records on the Oaks....
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:39 PM
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He spent several seconds pointing to the stable connections and smiling, patting the horse, giving the thumbs up to the crowd.

Then he got to the sixteenth pole and had to ride out "pretty" for the win pic
Borel is absolutely bush league with all those antics. It draws away from the filly. Thank god the guy can ride because he would be a Wendy's drive through specialist otherwise.
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:56 PM
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Just watched it on NTRA. Breathtaking!! How tall is she? I thought I had read that she is a giant. She sure looked like one helluva big girl!
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:57 PM
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Borel is absolutely bush league with all those antics. It draws away from the filly. Thank god the guy can ride because he would be a Wendy's drive through specialist otherwise.

Well tomorrow Borel will have to put up his #1 finger 20 times when he eases MINE THAT BIRD last to the wire.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:02 PM
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Borel is absolutely bush league with all those antics. It draws away from the filly. Thank god the guy can ride because he would be a Wendy's drive through specialist otherwise.
Hey now, he's a nice guy. Nobody gets between me and my Calvin.
http://redriverautographs.files.word...vin-klein1.jpg
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:03 PM
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Hey now, he's a nice guy. Nobody gets between me and my Calvin.
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He is really nice.
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Hey now, he's a nice guy. Nobody gets between me and my Calvin.
http://redriverautographs.files.word...vin-klein1.jpg
As silly as I thought the Bravo coverage of the Oaks was overall, I got a bit weepy watching Borel holding the little Rachel in the winner's circle (a Make a Wish child who, I assume, wanted to meet the equine Rachel). Very sweet of him and the rest of the connections to do.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:24 PM
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Wow.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:25 PM
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Does this become the female version of SECRETARIAT'S Belmont?
It was a tremendous performance, but let's not carried away.
Part of what made Sec's Belmont so great was that Sham was a very good horse. The horses she destroyed today are nowhere close to being as good as Sham.
Still, she is darn good. No question about that.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:35 PM
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http://www.stonewallstallions.com/ Check out the homepage for the Medaglia D'Oro folks. I'm gonna guess they didn't start prepping this graphic in the last four hours, but we'll give em credit for at least some degree of modesty. Congratulations guys, I hope you throw a big party. She's something special.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:37 PM
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Listen, I'm not trying to take anything away from this filly....she is very talented, and very good.
But if you look at the times from the Louisville Distaff, doesn't her race look a little less impressive than it did when you simply watch her demolish the opponents she faced today?

Louisville Distaff: 1:36.68 (mile) - Last half furlong in 6.07
Kentucky Oaks: 1:36.71 (mile) - Last furlong in 12.16


For those that are good at calculating these things, any idea what the difference in speed figures will be for Miss Isella and One Caroline compared to RA?
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:40 PM
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I'll just say WOW. I know she didn't beat much of anything at all, and the fact that nobody was going on flattered the stretch from visually....but still, wow. She does it so easily and all by herself.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:47 PM
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Borel is absolutely bush league with all those antics. It draws away from the filly. Thank god the guy can ride because he would be a Wendy's drive through specialist otherwise.
I kinda took it just the opposite.
Like saying I just have to sit up here
and act like a monkey, this machine drives
itself.
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Old 05-01-2009, 08:54 PM
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Listen, I'm not trying to take anything away from this filly....she is very talented, and very good.
But if you look at the times from the Louisville Distaff, doesn't her race look a little less impressive than it did when you simply watch her demolish the opponents she faced today?

Louisville Distaff: 1:36.68 (mile) - Last half furlong in 6.07
Kentucky Oaks: 1:36.71 (mile) - Last furlong in 12.16


For those that are good at calculating these things, any idea what the difference in speed figures will be for Miss Isella and One Caroline compared to RA?
I think the big difference between the two was in the distaff those horses were all out, RA was breezing effortlessly. There was no need for RA to go any faster
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