New Joe Drape column in NY Times

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I didn't think it was such a negative article. Didn't it more or less say, hey I know Big Brown had some negativity around him, but his foals and legacy may be on the upswing?

I get that the stuff about Dutrow and steroids was nonsense, and perhaps misleading, but that stuff is old hat, and it's not as though the uninformed weren't already confused by that. I also get that there might be other, more recent, stories to cover. But, overall, I didn't find this a negative piece.

Maybe I am willing to cut him some slack because he wrote a ton of great stuff from Saratoga this Summer. However, I think if you really look at this piece, it's not a negative article.

It isn't as bad as it could be but of course we are reading from the context of a person who is knowledgeable about the topic. A person who isn't might take this a bit more negatively. I guess I was hoping that the horse racing writer of one of the biggest papers in the country would be writing about the "championship" event that is looming less than a week away.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It isn't as bad as it could be but of course we are reading from the context of a person who is knowledgeable about the topic. A person who isn't might take this a bit more negatively. I guess I was hoping that the horse racing writer of one of the biggest papers in the country would be writing about the "championship" event that is looming less than a week away.

At least they're talking about horse racing, and let's be honest, this isn't the most compelling of years.

[asudevil]

He's a yutz! He throws us a few "nice" pieces now and then, but the complete body of work is generally shitty.