Churchill ups Foster purse to $1 million

[ateamstupid]

OK. You win. Tell Steve to cancel the first segment of his show tomorrow so he can properly address the AP calling Casino Drive "Japanese-bred."

[justindew]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

OK. You win. Tell Steve to cancel the first segment of his show tomorrow so he can properly address the AP calling Casino Drive "Japanese-bred."

Or I could just post it here. Which is what I did.

Idiot.

Originally Posted by justindew

Idiot.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by justindew

Or I could just post it here. Which is what I did.

Idiot.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by justindew

Or I could just post it here. Which is what I did.

Idiot.

Do you purposely try to act like a jackass to alienate yourself in everything you do, or just here?

[justindew]

Originally Posted by philcski

Do you purposely try to act like a jackass to alienate yourself in everything you do, or just here?

Give me one example of a time I have gotten confrontational first.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

So let's see, Churchill has cut purses by 20% this meet but they came up with the brilliant idea to add $250k to the purse of the Foster as an incentive to get Curlin to run there. Now, to be fair, the money is not coming out of the horsemen's purse account but rather, it's coming from a marketing account set aside for special circumstances. As I said, it's a brilliant move on Churchill's part to secure the presence of the reigning HOY and pry him away from the other race that they were considering for him on June 14th. Oh wait.......

According to the DRF article, the race has been rewritten to require that a grade one winner start in order for the extra money to be made. If that's the case, if Curlin skips the race and Brass Hat runs, it's still a $1 million race. This will indeed "guarantee a top-notch field that will take the status of this important race to an even higher level."

Figured I'd put this here and consolidate the threads. I was actually debating on another forum with someone that said this move would help the Foster undercard. Seriously. Another said that this would help draw more horses and strengthen the Foster. Now, I could understand if Curlin's connections were debating between this race and the Suburban and Churchill did this to sway them. That would make sense. Or if they had announced it a few weeks ago and were somehow able to lure Heatseeker or Tiago over. Then it would be a great move. But to spend $250k to lure a horse that was already coming there makes no sense to me. While the poor are getting poorer, let's throw some more money to the rich. Unless of course they are thinking that this extra money will maybe lure Great Hunter or Fairbanks. Yeah, then it's worth it. One person even told me this money will help restore the Foster's reputation. Seriously.

[hockey2315]

Great Hunter or Fairbanks?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by justindew

Give me one example of a time I have gotten confrontational first.

First? What is this, elementary school- "he hit me first, principal!"

[justindew]

Originally Posted by philcski

First? What is this, elementary school- "he hit me first, principal!"

So by defending myself, I am in the wrong? I'm not trying to tick anyone off.

Look, I get ripped on all the time here because people assume that since I write for the Derby site, that I think I am the world's greatest handicapper or racing writer. I have claimed neither, because obviously neither is true. And when this becomes clear in my posts, people feel it's their job to "put me in my place." And that's fine. I don't care at all. The day I get upset about what some douche who has never met me says about me is the day I put a bullet in my head. But at the same time, I'm going to defend myself when people get unfairly personal.

The best way to spot people who take themselves too seriously is to see how they respond to people who DON'T take themselves seriously at all. And on this board, there are about 5 people who know there stuff (I'm not one of them) and a whole lot of people who know about 1/5th of what they think they know, and who take themselves and their opinions way, way too seriously.

I just hate how corporations put bloggers on their websites. It's a sign of the internet apocalypse.

You're working for free or for very little pay and you're taking a job away from a real journalist and/or handicapper.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by justindew

So by defending myself, I am in the wrong? I'm not trying to tick anyone off.

Look, I get ripped on all the time here because people assume that since I write for the Derby site, that I think I am the world's greatest handicapper or racing writer. I have claimed neither, because obviously neither is true. And when this becomes clear in my posts, people feel it's their job to "put me in my place." And that's fine. I don't care at all. The day I get upset about what some douche who has never met me says about me is the day I put a bullet in my head. But at the same time, I'm going to defend myself when people get unfairly personal.

The best way to spot people who take themselves too seriously is to see how they respond to people who DON'T take themselves seriously at all. And on this board, there are about 5 people who know there stuff (I'm not one of them) and a whole lot of people who know about 1/5th of what they think they know, and who take themselves and their opinions way, way too seriously.

Nah dude, I don't care who you are or what you do for a living, and most people on here probably don't either- just like they don't care what I do for a living. We're here to talk about racing- not about the economy, or typos, or other bullsh*t like that. You can do that on the CNN website if you want. We already know that most mainstream writers and editors couldn't tell you what a furlong is, let alone get ownership and birth locations correct.

The part I bolded in your response is clearly in conflict with what you said above- if you didn't care, you wouldn't respond/defend yourself.

By the way, the best racing writer owns the DRF, and anybody else is a distant second. Don't think you'll disagree with me there.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by justindew

So by defending myself, I am in the wrong? I'm not trying to tick anyone off.

Look, I get ripped on all the time here because people assume that since I write for the Derby site, that I think I am the world's greatest handicapper or racing writer. I have claimed neither, because obviously neither is true. And when this becomes clear in my posts, people feel it's their job to "put me in my place." And that's fine. I don't care at all. The day I get upset about what some douche who has never met me says about me is the day I put a bullet in my head. But at the same time, I'm going to defend myself when people get unfairly personal.

The best way to spot people who take themselves too seriously is to see how they respond to people who DON'T take themselves seriously at all. And on this board, there are about 5 people who know there stuff (I'm not one of them) and a whole lot of people who know about 1/5th of what they think they know, and who take themselves and their opinions way, way too seriously.

Call the ****in' whaambulance, bro!

It's impossible to argue with someone like you, because you ignore valid points and arguments, and almost immediately resort to calling names.

I don't take myself, nor you seriously, hence me not comprising long-winded posts and resorting to name calling with you. Seems to me that the dude who writes paragraph after paragraph and is constantly calling people idiots or morons is more likely to be the one taking things too seriously.

You annoy me a lot of times, but I don't hate you or anything.