![]() |
Quote:
that's what is happening. comparing his fractions to GZ as tho it fastens credibility onto the horse. he freaked in the slop. maybe someday he'll get lucky and have another sloppy track and freak again. i don't care how fast he ran at sunland, or that he was the 2 yo champ in canada-big deal. no one picked it up before saturday, so why is it a big deal now. some things are unexplainable-like julia robers marrying lyle lovett. sometimes stuff happens for no damn reason. now, if he wins again. on a fast track. vs horses that also run...then maybe there's more to the story. |
First, he wasn't part of the pace in the Sunland Derby. Watch the race. The two horses in that race who led through the first half finished 11th and 12th, respectively. He was no more a part of the pace as Kelly Leak was.
Secondly, I don't even know where to begin on this idea that just because a horse may have run a 45-ish 4f at an entirely different part of a completely different race that the horse can just automatically take that half mile number and just magically apply it to a the stretch run of the motherf-ing Kentucky Derby. Seriously, dude, stop looking for the answers to the Derby in the PP's. They're not there. Honestly. Everybody else is just as fooled as you are. |
Danzig, I'm not trying to give the horse credibility, but I am pointing out just how insanely quick that last half mile is for a Derby winner, regardless of the track conditions. Remember how great Barbaro looked back in 2006? Mine(d) that Bird beat his last half by something like a full second.
|
The bottom line is that, barring injury, this colts legacy will play out over time and most of all of us can agree this race will not define his career. It could be the icing on the cake or just a fluke, however the result of this race was simply explainable in that the horse never had a decent jock on his back in the past and extreme tactics were used that were not used before with the horse. Regardless, MTB did do the running and won the race.
|
slot - what happens in the Preakness , if he can pair up like 3 yrs old do , someone is going to have to jump up to beat him no?
|
Quote:
Sure, his Canadian form made him a cool little horse, but trying to say that it somehow validates what happened Saturday is ludicrous. |
Quote:
i know it doesnt qualify him as a derby winner... but at the end of the day, that 10,000 starter allow horse did wind up in the Arlington Million winners circle. |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
I want to punch myself in the nads for continuing to post on this thread, but I'm not talking about figures or anything else, I am just discussing the insanity that was Mine that Bird's closing speed on Saturday.
|
Quote:
well what can you attribute it to? surely it has to be something? it just can't be one of those unexplained events |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
I don't know that it was the second fastest in KD history. That might be extrapolating.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
Shirley you have to know that. |
Quote:
yes - he didn't get into him until the last 4f's or so no? |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:38 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.