Linny said he was in the box with the connections.

Boomer..

DrugS' Sun King fan smear directed at just 1 Sun King fan specifically... All other Sun King fans get reprieve...

I can only imagine where Doug can take these newly accomplished Microsoft Paint skills.

I do love the information though, KEEP IT UP

He is counting on all of us to love it

Challenge

Well, that makes me feel a little better......:D

I will sit down and drink a cold one with the 1 he is bustin' on.......

I can confirm that Linny was indeed with Zito/LaPenta.. I should also clarify for sumitas that Linny is NOT a 'he', but in fact a 'she'.

LOL, if you can confirm that then I have no reason to doubt.

I'll drink a cold one to Sun King. I liked him. If he was a bum he was one of the richest bums I ever saw -- $2,097,018 career earnings.

And thanks for the interesting thread.

Linny is a "she" and we were not in a box, but standing by the rail near the "upstairs" winners circle on Saturday. Nick was disappointed but after he saw the 1/4 time go up, he knew he was in trouble. (Nick and I were not talking during the race, but I was listening to him as I was standing shoulder to shoulder with him.) Mr. LaPenta was encouraged and he was trying to cheer Nick up as they walked onto the track to get the colt when he came back. Nick just kept shaking his head, saying "oh man, oh man..." but I honestly thought that he felt he was hurt by the early face, which IMO he was. All throught the lane, Nick thought he could or would win. In that sense he wasn't "deflated." He was only upset when he was passed.
Nick takes his horses very personally. He puts alot into his operation and when things don't work his way it bothers him. Some trainers kick trash cans, some pound the seat in front of them with a rolled of DRF. Nick wears his emotions on his sleeve. I felt bad for him. He almost won a $750k G1. He was pleased however that the horse "ran his race."

They were running into the wind coming home on Sat so part of that early pace was also against the wind. That means WP worked even harder to put away Inner Light. He won the battle and lost the war.

Drugs,

Very nice job once again. You must live in a blimp.

Based on everything you've seen, give me your top two Derby candidates...and why.

Thanks,

Spyder from SC

I agree. I am reading, watching, and learning, and don't claim any expertise. But these photo posts are fascinating and educational. Helps me to better appreciate some of the strategy decisions that trainers and jocks have to make.

Thanks for putting in the effort, and please keep it up.

Interesting info, thanks for posting these threads.

But the Sun King shot? :mad:

Signed,

Sun King's biggest fan

As always, nice work DrugSy.

Freddy,

Just when I thought you were learning something you go and ruin it. The effort by War pass on Saturday was exactly what he did last year. The difference is he had to go a little farther, and at least one of the horses was better and more mature than at 2.

He was third or fourth best in his crop, so I'd have a hard time with that label.

FTFY.

Leave him alone.....just because you dont spend 3 hours drawing pretty pictures that really dont amount to much....jeez.


Take basic computer graphics 101 at Computerworld Freddy. Don't be so jealous.

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speaking of Fernando Jara, what happened to him?