Dubai criminals doing their usual fine job of Derby prepping

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by tector

If I gave Bob Baffert 1/10th of the money these thieves have hopelessly squandered on their Derby quest in the past dozen years or more, he would have won at least 5 of the past 10 Derbies. And I put the over under on Pletcher and Zito at two--that's how hopelessly inept Dubai Inc. is. Their Derby ROI would embarrass Bernie Madoff.

And if you still don't understand how these characters are arch-criminals by now, rehashing the issue, again, is not going to faze you. There is no cure for willful obliviousness.

How are these guys criminals again? They stole somebody's horse(s)? They paid good money for the horses they bought (you can argue that they paid more than they should). The previous owners of these horses could have said no and not sold thier horse to dubai and give it to Baffert to train but the dollar sign speaks volume. If they want to "squander" thier money then its thier choice and thier money thats being squandered -NOT YOURS or MINE. Why must you put your two cents in commentary about thier financial decisions?

If they could not produce derby contenders then they must work on it. Other than 3yo derby prospects, you can say they earned thier due in Europe, Asia, N. America etc. in all other G1 races.

[slotdirt]

I still miss West Side Bernie.

[PatCummings]

I can think of thousands of people in Kentucky who have a much different view of Godolphin, and specifically, Sheikh Mohammed...and the word criminal is quite possibly the exact opposite...more like, oh, savior.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I can think of thousands of people in Kentucky who have a much different view of Godolphin, and specifically, Sheikh Mohammed...and the word criminal is quite possibly the exact opposite...more like, oh, savior.

State birds of note:

USA. Bald Eagle
Dubai Pigeon

[tector]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

I can think of thousands of people in Kentucky who have a much different view of Godolphin, and specifically, Sheikh Mohammed...and the word criminal is quite possibly the exact opposite...more like, oh, savior.

Yeah, you can buy respectability, no problem, in this country.

You should have been in Miami in the 80s (I was)--bags of cash showing up everywhere: banks, car dealerships, realtors, you name it. It was all respectable. Everybody smiled and was happy.

I don't mind whores so much, so long as they are not hypocrites.

Dubai Inc. serves as the banker and money launderer to some of the worst scum of the earth, just as the "respectable" Swiss were during WWII (and, really, pretty much all of the modern era).

But since they take a fraction of their profits and dribble it down to a bunch of inbreds in Kentucky, who, in less than 50 years, have managed to breed the thoroughbred into a fragile, stamina-lacking animal that bears little resemblance to its noble ancestors, everything is just "great".

Hooray, time to waive the flag. We love you, saviors.

Wipe your lips when you get off your knees.