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Absolutely. Sure wouldn't hurt the sport if CH somehow won the Preakness, but I will definitely try to make $$ beating him.
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Isn’t it virtually a lock that he won’t be the favorite?
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I keep reading a really narrow minded narrative from people that the DQ is going to deter new racing fans. Meanwhile we are lucky WoW was so agile or we would’ve had a PR nightmare that makes what happened at Santa Anita this winter look tame. |
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Regardless of what happened in the turn (and I still contend that it was the state of the track that caused the interference), all of the horses a few strides after the contact were back in stride and had every chance, if good enough, to go by Maximum Security. The simple fact is that they couldn't. They weren't fast enough. Races are run to determine who is the fastest. That's why the DQ was such an injustice. The fastest horse was not declared the winner. Additionally, whatever new interest in ownership and/or fan base (if any at all) was completely lost as a result of the DQ in the Derby. It's doubtful that the sport lost any of the "hardcore" fans/gamblers (which of course are a dying generation). It probably lost quite a few casual fans and absolutely discouraged any new blood from coming into the game. Classic case of maybe taking one step forward, then definately taking five steps backward. |
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Edit. Now it looks like Mott is leaning toward running Country House in the Preakness. Last edited by Rupert Pupkin : 05-06-2019 at 04:07 PM. |
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I also think you greatly underestimate how hard it is for horses who have already run 9 furlongs, to regain momentum after checking. It just doesn’t happen often if ever. That is unless they are trained by trainers whose horses routinely have multiple gears. |
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"New Video" thoughts
How are we all feeling now in light of the video posted on Horse Racing Nation with the descriptors? I'm not sure I am allowed to post links to other sites here, so I didn't. It's on the front page of the site.
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CH and Improbable are going. Improbable will be ridden by...
Who else? Mike Smith |
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It's from youtube. Who knows how real it is. I saw that sometime around midnight with a bunch of other doctored garbage.
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LOL.... New Angle? ****ing cherry picked pan shot. Horse Racing Nation is like a ****ing tabloid for even suggesting that this is a "New Angle". Anyone still arguing this after looking at Scott Carson's video from Twitter is simply defending their ticket and will never change..
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Here is a link from the Jockey Club showing the foal crop stats for the past 18 years: http://www.jockeyclub.com/default.asp?section=FB&area=2 . In the US it's down 51%, down 57% in Canada and down 67% in Puerto Rico. I'm sure if you were to check other countries, you would find similar numbers. I think that is an indication that new ownership is sparse and there is less and less interest in breeding and subsequently racing ownership, except by "old" money. I think you would also find that it is the 50+ yrs olds and older who are responsible for the majority each track's handle. Additionally, I talk to a lot of people in and out of racing (though have some interest) here in the US, Australia, and New Zealand and the sentiment from my conversations support what I stated about new fans coming into the game (Ownership or punting). Concerning fan base, I'm sure you could go to any track in the US and see that attendence figures are way down. Perhaps the exception here is the small fair meets that run for a couple of weekends a year. People have a day out to enjoy the excitment, so perhaps there is hope there. Of course overseas attendence is still good as many countries still see horse racing as a sport with entertainment value verses a mechanism for gambling. Every year we get this great platform in the Derby/TC and the BC where we get the spotlight and cannot build on it. Then we have the outcome in the Derby that many of the casual observers will see as unjust, will walk away thinking, what kind of a "clown show" is racing when the winner (fastest horse) in not declared the winner. Subsequently, they don't return or go to their local track (if there is one) to allow whatever interest they may have had in racing grow. As far as horses regaining their momentum, maybe/maybe not. I've seen 2 and 3 mile hurdle/steeplecase races (horses who have expended way more effort) and see horses regain/re-rally to win. Concerning the Derby, they still had 2 furlongs left to race and from my perspective, once they all straighten up at the top of the stretch, none of them had an excuse for not going by MS. Also, keep in mind that MS also lost momentum by not getting a hold of the track/the bump with the #1, but once all straighten up, it was "game on" and MS was easily the best. |
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It is a better visual but the 1 horse is not blameless in this equation.
At 2:05 #7 is in the 2 Path and #1 horse has his front legs inside of #7 horse back legs. This contributed to #7 veering out before returning back inside. In other words, #7 veers out AFTER #1 sticks his nose up his ass. So I'm giving #7 a only 50% blame. Thats my final decision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=j68rqh8UuQo
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I would miss not seeing the entire run down the backstretch because of tents, drunks and carnival rides on the infield which are way more important to see than the actual race.
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