Perfect Drift

Originally Posted by chupster2

Buffy, you can't say you like PD and not get a chorus shouting you down. It's just how it is. It's clear to ME that PD tends to run to the level of horses around him. I think he is not alpha, as someone said. But, as horse of course pointed out, he will slug it out if the horse is with him. If he is such a mediocre horse, I'm sorry he wouldn't have gotten up for 3rd in last years Classic at 6. I'm sick of hearing words like "cheater" and "hanger" when that is not the case, but just as we won't back down that he is a nice horse and deserves what he earns, they will never admit the same. All they want is a Ghostzapper who runs 6 times in his life to cheer over for some odd reason. You and I, we like the campaigner who *always shows up*. If he doesn't win, so be it, but I see folks leaving him out of their tri's all the time, and if that isn't the *dumbest* handicapping move you can make, I don't know what is. It is awful fun, I guess, to come beat the crap out of him on boards. I wouldn't know. I love this horse, and always will.

Chup anyone who hasn't been keying this horse 2nd and 3rd in tris is an imbecile, first class. Its just so unusual to see a horse who loves to compete like he does constantly losing the close ones.

[chupster2]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Chup anyone who hasn't been keying this horse 2nd and 3rd in tris is an imbecile, first class. Its just so unusual to see a horse who loves to compete like he does constantly losing the close ones.

Well, just go back through various internet boards and look at the picks for the Foster and see just how many imbeciles are out there. They don't even pick him for there superfectas. IMO, it's because they believe the trash talk about PD and how every race is worse than the last.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by chupster2

Well, just go back through various internet boards and look at the picks for the Foster and see just how many imbeciles are out there. They don't even pick him for there superfectas. IMO, it's because they believe the trash talk about PD and how every race is worse than the last.

i think a lot of people are put off by his form on turf--they evidently haven't paid much attention to him career wise. they always run him a couple times on turf, and he usually runs well on his first race on dirt after. murray always hoped this guy would do well on turf, as he feels (no doubt correctly) that a horse can have a longer career running on the grass. shame PD is one of the dynaformers who doesn't like turf.