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Old 06-05-2010, 05:43 PM
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That was very....uh....D'tara-ish...


if they can downgrade stakes taken off the grass, they should downgrade this one for overall sucktatude.
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Old 06-05-2010, 05:44 PM
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Oink, oink!
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Old 06-05-2010, 05:49 PM
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That was a very commendable race.

With a capital C.
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Old 06-05-2010, 05:54 PM
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That was very....uh....D'tara-ish...


if they can downgrade stakes taken off the grass, they should downgrade this one for overall sucktatude.
How Da' Tara-ish was it? He didn't steal the race, and he's by Distorted Humor out of Golden Ballet so as pedigrees go a G1 is not out of nowhere. He was a horse folks thought would get it together before now and has dicey feet which could explain some of his trouble. First Dude is the one that slowed that sucker down to a snail crawl.

Now as for overall sucktatude, that time was kinda crap. I could've won it in 2:31 and change. Underwhelming field, but good result for Winstar and Mott.
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Old 06-05-2010, 05:58 PM
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How D'Tara-ish was it? He didn't steal the race, and he's by Distorted Humor out of Golden Ballet so as pedigrees go a G1 is not out of nowhere. He was a horse folks thought would get it together before now and has dicey feet which could explain some of his trouble. First Dude is the one that slowed that sucker down to a snail crawl.

Now as for overall sucktatude, that time was kinda crap. I could've won it in 2:31 and change.
That was like watching the two last place teams in the WNBA play out the string...


There should be an asteriek (*) attached to this entire Triple Crown Series.

Winstar is now doomed to stand two triple crown race winning plugs...
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That was like watching the two last place teams in the WNBA play out the string...


There should be an asteriek (*) attached to this entire Triple Crown Series.

Winstar is now doomed to stand two triple crown race winning plugs...

The Governor of New York is getting armchair award presentation grief for referring to Drosselmeyer as "horse #7."

Trust me, I'm no fan of the current Governor of New York.

But I did realize as he was doing a pretty good general job of thanks......that he certainly works without a teleprompter or cue cards.
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Old 06-05-2010, 06:08 PM
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The Governor of New York is getting armchair award presentation grief for referring to Drosselmeyer as "horse #7."

Trust me, I'm no fan of the current Governor of New York.

But I did realize as he was doing a pretty good general job of thanks......that he certainly works without a teleprompter or cue cards.
He has a braile DRF
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The Governor of New York is getting armchair award presentation grief for referring to Drosselmeyer as "horse #7."

Trust me, I'm no fan of the current Governor of New York.

But I did realize as he was doing a pretty good general job of thanks......that he certainly works without a teleprompter or cue cards.
LOL


What a horrid race.
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Old 06-05-2010, 06:08 PM
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That was like watching the two last place teams in the WNBA play out the string...


There should be an asteriek (*) attached to this entire Triple Crown Series.

Winstar is now doomed to stand two triple crown race winning plugs...
Should we appeal to have Eskendereya declared the TC winner in absentia?
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Should we appeal to have Eskendereya declared the TC winner in absentia?
We should just have the tapes erased and the records sealed like they do in court
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Over/under on the Beyer the Belmont gets?
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Nice score, though, for those who used the ridiculous horse name angle
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Old 06-05-2010, 06:50 PM
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We should just have the tapes erased and the records sealed like they do in court
'Show me on the Form why the bad man picked you...'
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Well done, Drosselmeyer. Clearly he liked the distance. And I'm very happy for Mike Smith. Above all else, everyone appears to have finished the race in good shape. Except Nick Zito . . .
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From the land of the bizarre... Uptowncharlybrown was DQ'd from 5th to last due to losing the 8 lb. lead weight pad on the backstretch.

Given that he was 3 clear of 6th, the difference didn't mean anything to even the staunchest of weight proponents.
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