4/27: Incident mars Derby Works..

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Go talk to a trainer about the impact that racing over hard tracks have on the horses (splints, etc.), and maybe you'll change your opinion.

The track cushion has been made deeper and deeper over the years ...

Have the horses become more sound as a result?

A lot of times when the track is very fast - it is wrongly viewed to be speed favoring by jocks and horseman - and the races tend to be a little more demandingly run.

I guess let's just run everything on poly track where the distance horses go 50 and change under holds and still fade through the stretch.

I'd hate to see a track like the one Gulfstream had on Sunshine Millions day.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The track cushion has been made deeper and deeper over the years ...

Have the horses become more sound as a result?

A lot of times when the track is very fast - it is wrongly viewed to be speed favoring by jocks and horseman - and the races tend to be a little more demandingly run.

I guess let's just run everything on poly track where the distance horses go 50 and change under holds and still fade through the stretch.

I'd hate to see a track like the one Gulfstream had on Sunshine Millions day.

Is your avatar a bet with John White that POTN finishes exactly 8th in the Derby?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I enjoy Jon White a lot for the most part.

If POTN wins the Derby - I will have an avatar of myself here for the rest of the year.

If POTN finishes ahead of IWR - I will have an avatar of myself till Preakness day.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I enjoy Jon White a lot for the most part.

If POTN wins the Derby - I will have an avatar of myself here for the rest of the year.

If POTN finishes ahead of IWR - I will have an avatar of myself till Preakness day.

Don't you already?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Don't you already?

Not quite.

And if POTN wins the triple crown ... naked photos.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Not quite.

And if POTN wins the triple crown ... naked photos.

Wouldn't that accomplishment be upsetting enough?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

And if POTN wins the triple crown ... naked photos.

Let's not make this one of those Kurt Paseka/El Senor situations.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Let's not make this one of those Kurt Paseka/El Senor situations.

I saw Kurt this weekend.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I guess let's just run everything on poly track where the distance horses go 50 and change under holds and still fade through the stretch.

How about 2 recent TURF against-the-PACE 'classics':

1) Winter View in the Bewitch

2) Madeo in the Ingelwood.

Surprisingly, even Vic knows enough to understand that it's all about WHEN you move and not the fractions.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

You are doing quite a number on my ankles.