Nicanor

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Who would have thought a horse that lost a maiden by so many lengths would have five pages worth of discussion.

Anyone (even quasi-regularly) frequenting this forum?

[Travis Stone]

I understand how it came about, and those of us know siblings in horse racing don't necessarily emulate their elders too well.

But I think it speaks to a larger issue... there was a grade one race yesterday, and an unraced horse stole the show. Did an unraced horse ever steal the show from Forego, Secretariat, Man O War, Spectacular Bid etc... it's where racing is today.

[the_fat_man]

What interesting (actually, it's not, it's pathetic) is that there were so many threads (here and elsewhere) about This One For Phil, his performance and the juicing issue. And yesterday we have TRULY UNFAIR CONDITIONS, a track bias at GP, that impacted upon TWO of their major races YET

nobody gives a **** about THIS UNFAIRNESS. Only whether some INDIVIDUAL is juicing. You take the JUICE and I'll take the BIAS and we'll see who wins, EVERY TIME.

[letswastemoney]

I also agree that very few horses emulate their siblings. People are looking for Barbaro Part 2, and that's not going to happen.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

I also agree that very few horses emulate their siblings. People are looking for Barbaro Part 2, and that's not going to happen.

I think you're gonna get Holy Ground 2 judging by the connections' discussion of how he's more physically like that sibling than Barbaro. Could be worse. (And if the peanut gallery could keep it together after that last sentence...well I'll be stunned, what can I say.) Sounds like Lentenor's getting more buzz as the second coming and he's got some charisma from what I saw in the Bloodhorse video.