Badge Of Silver--Mile bound

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Is this any crazier than when Da Hoss was entered into the BC Mile in 1998?

i had a similar thought--i wonder how many thought THAT was crazy???? of course if frankel and silver win, bobby's a genius. if he runs up the track, ramsey will get vilified.

[Sightseek]

I think the reasons are obvious like Cunningham Racing said, but I can't think of a trainer who would have a better shot with a layoff and horse like this than Frankel. Doesn't happen very often that you get a Frankel trainee on the turf with good odds.

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i had a similar thought--i wonder how many thought THAT was crazy???? of course if frankel and silver win, bobby's a genius. if he runs up the track, ramsey will get vilified.

The Breeders Cup is in the owner's backyard, at a place where he has been leading owner a zillion times and holds the record for most wins at a meet by an owner.
The owner also lost with 3 horses, one heavily favored, in the 2004 BC at Lone Star.
The horse has posessed a high degree of talent for years, but has been as fragile as an egg.
So the owner says, we never know how many races we can get out of this horse off the layoff, may as well try and fire a shot in the mile. By the way, I doubt that the objective of the NYRA Mile has changed. I assume they figure that a grass "prep' (as funny as this sounds seeing how the race is a BC race) will set him up nicely for the NYRA Mile.
I know how the guy thinks, and I can gurantee that this is EXACTLY what you will read when he is eventually interviewed.
He will say hes highly talented but fragile so we figured we as may as well take a shot in my own backyard, and that it should also move him forward for the NYRA mile.
I don't think its a federal case.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by oracle80

The Breeders Cup is in the owner's backyard, at a place where he has been leading owner a zillion times and holds the record for most wins at a meet by an owner.
The owner also lost with 3 horses, one heavily favored, in the 2004 BC at Lone Star.
The horse has posessed a high degree of talent for years, but has been as fragile as an egg.
So the owner says, we never know how many races we can get out of this horse off the layoff, may as well try and fire a shot in the mile. By the way, I doubt that the objective of the NYRA Mile has changed. I assume they figure that a grass "prep' (as funny as this sounds seeing how the race is a BC race) will set him up nicely for the NYRA Mile.
I know how the guy thinks, and I can gurantee that this is EXACTLY what you will read when he is eventually interviewed.
He will say hes highly talented but fragile so we figured we as may as well take a shot in my own backyard, and that it should also move him forward for the NYRA mile.
I don't think its a federal case.

i don't think it's a federal case either...just seems ramsey gets a lot more grief than a lot of other owners. he needs better pr i guess!

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i don't think it's a federal case either...just seems ramsey gets a lot more grief than a lot of other owners. he needs better pr i guess!

Yeah, I agree. I hear he split with the guy who had the idea to apologize for his misdeed with the Nun at the Eclipse Award and wrote his speech. I thought that guy did a pretty good job with pr based on what he had to work with.

Originally Posted by Dixie Porter

It ain't no federal case. He AIN"T runnin..............

Publicity stunt yet AGAIN? I believe you, trust me I believe you.