News flash to Calvin Borel...

[cakes44]

News flash to ELA...this is a horse racing message board and this is the kind of thing that goes on here. I'm sorry if I struck a nerve, but he was only riding for 3rd out of the gate with a major contender.

[ARyan]

Yeah, screw you Calvin, you took a contender who would have been closing from pretty far back, and gave him a great ground saving trip, kept him clear of trouble and beat everyone but the best horse in the race and an amazingly game filly.

How dare you give the best ride you could have given and only get the owners 3rd place purse money! What is wrong with you! You shouldn't ride again! You shouldn't be given a dime for that ride!

What is worse, is I bet you didn't even talk over what the game plan was with the trainer leading up to the Derby. Wow, you stink!

Cakes, great post!!!

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by cakes44

News flash to ELA...this is a horse racing message board and this is the kind of thing that goes on here. I'm sorry if I struck a nerve, but he was only riding for 3rd out of the gate with a major contender.

Ha HA HA HA HA HA

sorry, man

I'm sitting here, unwinding for the day, reading all the RIDICULOUS bs on this board

and this is just about the funniest one today

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Ha HA HA HA HA HA

sorry, man

I'm sitting here, unwinding for the day, reading all the RIDICULOUS bs on this board

and this is just about the funniest one today

Which part, riding for third or major contender? My guess...both.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Which part, riding for third or major contender? My guess...both.

There isn't adequate video for the race, so I'm only going by my chart here.

Only two horses in the race gained significantly over two calls (let alone at any point) in the race: Colonel John and Denis of Cork.

Smooth Air and Visionaire gained the 3rd qtr but couldn't sustain it the 4th.

And Colonel John backed up badly the last two calls while DoC gained in the stretch call and ran almost evenly from there to the wire.

Now, I never thought much of DoC before the race and also didn't think much of CJ before his LAST race (where he ran significantly better).

So, it might appear, given the results, that DoC ran a huge race and those who thought his last race was AWFUL are nuts.

But I wonder what happens if DoC is a bit closer to the pace early, and not loping along out of harms way, INSIDE, and at the rear of the field. My guess would be that he'd have folded like an accordion the 4th split; and probably much worse than CJ did.

Of course, another interpretation would be that he ran HUGE and the jock blew the race.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Bump

[Bigsmc]

Nice bump DrugSy.

[cakes44]

This is funny that you found this one. I still stand by my position that he was running for 3rd with that trip, on that horse, in that race,

[miraja2]

Sometimes there are areas and topics where reasonable people could disagree.

This isn't one of them.

Anybody who thinks that ride was bad might want to consider having his or her head (and eyesight) examined. If anything, that ride was extremely good, and was the main reason DoC was able to finish third.

My god, the triple crown season sure brings out some crazy nonsense around here.