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Old 04-18-2009, 02:23 PM
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WOW! there goes any chance of getting any sort of a price on Rachel...
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:34 PM
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. "She hasn't been quite acting like herself lately, and we felt it was in her best interests to give her a little time off. We will bring her back later this year."

Like I said. Give her some time off and sort out what is bothering her.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:34 PM
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crap. I was hoping she would burn some money on Oaks day.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:34 PM
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She's retired. I'll just make that official for the Oompa Loompa.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:36 PM
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I guess we might now never find out if she's as good on dirt as Largah is.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:36 PM
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http://www.kentuckyoaks.com/2009/new...bound-out-oaks

WOW! there goes any chance of getting any sort of a price on Rachel...
Agreed. Not that I expected to any kind of a price on Rachel anyway.

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Old 04-18-2009, 02:36 PM
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. "She hasn't been quite acting like herself lately, and we felt it was in her best interests to give her a little time off. We will bring her back later this year."

Like I said. Give her some time off and let her grow up.

it won't matter. her best is behind her. she had a break between the bc fillies and her three races thus far this year-that didn't do her much good, and this won't either. i'd be surprised if she ever ran again honestly.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:41 PM
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Karma is a b itch isnt it?
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:44 PM
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I doubt there's anything wrong with her
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:59 PM
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Another date for Big Brown this year.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:05 PM
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. "She hasn't been quite acting like herself lately, and we felt it was in her best interests to give her a little time off. We will bring her back later this year."

Like I said. Give her some time off and sort out what is bothering her.
translation; "we want NO parts of Rachel Alexandra"
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:07 PM
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She had absolutely no shot at beating Justwhistledixie either.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:16 PM
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Damn you Mike Smith, this is your fault too!
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:37 PM
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"She hasn't been quite acting like herself lately, and we felt it was in her best interests to give her a little time off. We will bring her back later this year."

Like I said. Give her some time off and sort out what is bothering her.
She's acting like herself... I wouldn't be too confident that the time off is going to cure her mediocrity. She ran exactly 1. count it 1, fast race in her career. There are maybe 15 sophomore fillies faster than her. And it's April. She was good at the right time to be juvy filly champ. And hats off to Chris Paasch and the late Charlie Cono for capitalizing on it.

As for a topic more important than IEAH's disappointment, people wishing to show their appreciation for Mr. Cono should consider gifts to the 2 charities with which he was closely associated and to which he gave and left millions... They both are involved in difficult work.

FRESH START.

Fresh Start Surgical Gifts provides free reconstructive plastic surgery and related medical services to disadvantaged children and young people with physical deformities. I believe Chris Paasch told me Cono founded this organization.

http://www.freshstart.org/

TERI.

TERI (Training, Education & Research Institute) is a private, non-profit agency serving the needs of children and adults with autism and other developmental and learning disabilities, and their families.

http://www.teriinc.org/
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:42 PM
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Lucky Rachel. Talk about backing into a win.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:43 PM
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Lucky Rachel. Talk about backing into a win.

i laughed.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:47 PM
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i laughed.
Good. I was only being half serious. I would have picked SB to win but Rachel is a serious racehorse. She'd really be my pick in the Derby if she were going.
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Old 04-18-2009, 04:12 PM
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Good. I was only being half serious. I would have picked SB to win but Rachel is a serious racehorse. She'd really be my pick in the Derby if she were going.
So if I deduced this all correctly... you would pick RA to win the Derby, but you think SB is better than RA, which would mean you STILL would like SB to win the Derby?
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Old 04-18-2009, 04:18 PM
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So if I deduced this all correctly... you would pick RA to win the Derby, but you think SB is better than RA, which would mean you STILL would like SB to win the Derby?
i think he means that since he picked SB way back when, he doesn't want to come off her now. but stubborn hardheadedness isn't keeping him from admitting that deep down he knows rachel is the better horse. right king??
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Old 04-18-2009, 04:58 PM
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Yeah it's definately a career ending injury..We won't know it officially for a few weeks but clearly she is thru!!!
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