Johnny V: Innocent victim of Maragh payback?

Originally Posted by randallscott35

How about Bailey using Eddington like a piece of meat in the Belmont? Jerry is just a bad guy. Shame no one realized it.

Stewart Elliot was dumb enough to take his bait and go with him. Smarty Jones was on the lead and the inexperienced Stewart Elliot played into the fast pace. Eddington did finish 4th and not dead last as you may have played the race in your head.

[Merlinsky]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...r-belmont-ride

I kinda hope he does appeal it, just so he gets stuck with 10 days. I agreed with Rich Migliore's take. His analysis of the situation was very well done.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

Stewart Elliot was dumb enough to take his bait and go with him. Smarty Jones was on the lead and the inexperienced Stewart Elliot played into the fast pace. Eddington did finish 4th and not dead last as you may have played the race in your head.

"Inexperienced"? Elliott had won probably 3,700 races in maybe 20,000 rides by the time Smarty Jones came along... very inexperienced. The decision Elliot made was dictated by the horse. Riders will explain that you're always better off giving the mount leeway in that situation than trying to continue to restrain them. The energy they expend fighting the rider will have a greater negative impact then giving them their head and letting them go as far as they can.

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

Stewart Elliot was dumb enough to take his bait and go with him. Smarty Jones was on the lead and the inexperienced Stewart Elliot played into the fast pace. Eddington did finish 4th and not dead last as you may have played the race in your head.

Finished fourth by what, like 20 lengths? Because finishing last by 20 or 4th by 20 really makes a big difference.

[MaTH716]

Maragh gets days.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...r-belmont-ride

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Maragh gets days.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...r-belmont-ride

I feel like there's an echo in here.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I feel like there's an echo in here.

My bad, I have been trying to selectively read some of the posts in the thread and I accidently must have skipped yours.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

My bad, I have been trying to selectively read some of the posts in the thread and I accidently must have skipped yours.

lol that was a diplomatic way of putting that. No worries, I often do the same thing when threads get lengthy and whatever issue is ongoing like this one. It's not that I don't want to read what people have written, I just know that sometimes there's a fair amount of snarking back and forth on emotionally charged issues, or old/out-dated info, and sometimes you just want the latest on the situation.

Then there's the fun part where you post one link, they update it at Bloodhorse or DRF, and people get testy about something you said that is now irrelevant but wasn't when you posted the link originally. Good times.