Rags!!!!!!!!!!!!

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

At what point in the stretch did the gambling dollars leave your mind and the fan in you kick-in? That was awesome, what a horse race.

I was a fan from the start cause I didn't bet but I was rooting for the filly from the top of the stretch!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

At what point in the stretch did the gambling dollars leave your mind and the fan in you kick-in? That was awesome, what a horse race.

i didn't even have a clue where anyone else was at that point, when those two hooked up, a tornado could have come thru, i was focused ONLY on the race. man, that was tremendous!!!

[Antitrust32]

the roar from the crowd was amazing. I was listening from tv but the only roar i recall hearing like that (I've been to the last 10) was when smarty was opening up on the turn a few years ago (and then it went so silent i've never heard it so quiet).

what a classy lady!!!!

That will quickly go into my best list of races that have occured since I started following horse racing.

Awesome.

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

At what point in the stretch did the gambling dollars leave your mind and the fan in you kick-in? That was awesome, what a horse race.

At the top of the stretch! My daughter and I started screaming for the filly! Excellent race by both her and Curlin.

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

At what point in the stretch did the gambling dollars leave your mind and the fan in you kick-in? That was awesome, what a horse race.

What an excellent point.

Personally, I wanted to see that filly win because Tabor and his boys specifcally stated earlier in the week and again after the race, that one of the reasons they did it was because they felt it was something the fans wanted to see. He was right. The day need an injection of something special, as did the game in general.

Alot of people have said that horse racing's fate would change if/when a horse completed and won the Triple Crown. It's just not true, because we know as soon as that horse won, he would be gone in a flash to a breeding shed. The last five weeks have been exactly what horse racing needs. An amazing basically last to first run by Street Sense and Borel to win the Derby, a neck and neck duel between Curlin and Street Sense in Baltimore, going to Curlin by a shade, in only his 5th race. Of course today, another rousing stretch duel, this time by Curlin and Rags to Riches and then having the filly be ABSOLUTLEY tough as nails, spitting in the wind and beating the boys.

In the end, the Triple Crown has given the game 4 or 5 legitimate draws that people will want to see race for the rest of 2007. Street Sense, Curlin, Hard Spun and Rags to Riches are bonified stars in the eyes of racing's fans. For the rest of the summer they will be the center of the game in anticipation that *maybe* they all meet on the track together before they all ride off.
What a day that would be.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

At what point in the stretch did the gambling dollars leave your mind and the fan in you kick-in? That was awesome, what a horse race.

Great point, for me it was about midstretch when I realized she was going to do this thing and the crowd started going crazy!!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by philcski

Great point, for me it was about midstretch when I realized she was going to do this thing and the crowd started going crazy!!

It was certainly a very exciting race.

However, it's the fan in me that makes me want to hang around here now and try to convince people from getting carried away at considering her an all-time great filly...off the basis of winning a race that her past form and pedigree suggested she was more than capable of winning.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It was certainly a very exciting race.

However, it's the fan in me that makes me want to hang around here now and try to convince people from getting carried away at considering her an all-time great filly...off the basis of winning a race that her past form and pedigree suggested she was more than capable of winning.

i think right now everyone is enjoying having seen a great race.
not so sure that anyone really knows where she fits in historically at this point! too much racing left to do.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Perhaps you're right.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It was certainly a very exciting race.

However, it's the fan in me that makes me want to hang around here now and try to convince people from getting carried away at considering her an all-time great filly...off the basis of winning a race that her past form and pedigree suggested she was more than capable of winning.

I don't know if she's an all time great filly, but it's a damned impressive feat for a filly to win the Belmont. That much I know...

And I was NOT a believer before the Oaks. Having witnessed both performances in person, she's the real deal.

[Danzig]

Pletcher sad the filly may race against the boys this summer, in either the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park of the Travers at Saratoga. He also mentioned two top filly races as possibilities, the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Alabama.

"It's way too premature to make a decision right this second," he said. "We have to let this settle. And first and foremost, we have to see how the filly comes out."

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by philcski

Great point, for me it was about midstretch when I realized she was going to do this thing and the crowd started going crazy!!

What a beautiful thing to see...

[Merlinsky]

Check it out folks, she got the NY Times all warm and fuzzy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/sp...=1&oref=slogin