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Old 05-10-2011, 09:26 AM
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I'm ashamed to say I had a small bet on Saratoga Red in that race. **** Lukas
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Old 05-10-2011, 10:35 AM
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I'm ashamed to say I had a small bet on Saratoga Red in that race. **** Lukas
Saratoga Red was training lights out up until that race. I had him and Fusa Code on my P4/DBL and P3... My first of many heartbreaks on Derby day.
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Old 05-10-2011, 02:48 PM
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Ken McPeek has come forth with intentions to enter Casper's Touch in the Preakness.
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Old 05-10-2011, 03:07 PM
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Ken McPeek has come forth with intentions to enter Casper's Touch in the Preakness.
I guess with Frankel opting for the St. James Palace instead of the Derby he had to go to Plan B.
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Old 05-10-2011, 03:19 PM
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I guess with Frankel opting for the St. James Palace instead of the Derby he had to go to Plan B.
I love when Ken McPeek makes an announcement of any kind now.
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Old 05-12-2011, 12:59 PM
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Nehro is back to possible for the Preakness

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/postti...uTNUd58NChAHkP
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Nehro is back to possible for the Preakness

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/postti...uTNUd58NChAHkP
Zayat will fly to Louisville to watch Nehro work Monday morning and then decide whether to ship to Baltimore.

Oy vey. Hey Ahmed, here's a wacky, nutty idea... How about you leave that up to Asmussen and Blasi?
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Old 05-12-2011, 03:17 PM
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Casper's Touch dropped from consideration for the Preakness by the McPeek barn today.
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Old 05-12-2011, 03:56 PM
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Casper's Touch dropped from consideration for the Preakness by the McPeek barn today.
Harlan's Hello too.
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Old 05-12-2011, 06:02 PM
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Harlan's Hello too.
Is he going to the St. James Palace as well?
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Old 05-13-2011, 03:19 PM
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Harlan's Hello too.
Just won the 7th at Belmont and paid $43.

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Old 05-12-2011, 07:46 PM
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Zayat will fly to Louisville to watch Nehro work Monday morning and then decide whether to ship to Baltimore.

Oy vey. Hey Ahmed, here's a wacky, nutty idea... How about you leave that up to Asmussen and Blasi?
Tough to feel important at home
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Old 05-13-2011, 03:27 AM
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Zayat will fly to Louisville to watch Nehro work Monday morning and then decide whether to ship to Baltimore.

Oy vey. Hey Ahmed, here's a wacky, nutty idea... How about you leave that up to Asmussen and Blasi?
There's no need to be the Jerry Jones of horse racing, and sometimes I think it's hard to tell which owner's gonna win the Eclipse for Outstanding Trainer in Their Own Mind. If you don't trust your trainer to do the job you want, get a different trainer. I've heard that Barclay Tagg would sooner tell an owner to go jump than put up with that behavior for very long. I think it was some book or article on Funny Cide where he admitted to telling some owner that they'd be better off using a different trainer.

Well, it could be worse. Zayat could be micromanaging Asmussen & Blasi over a horse named Z Nehro, expressing concern about Pimlico's turns vs. Churchill's. (I haven't heard anybody say Pim's turns are tighter yet. It doesn't feel like Preakness time til someone starts swearing up and down that they are.)

I can understand if it's really just an effort to feel useful rather than acting as a silent partner of sorts. The less you're around the horse, the less fun you might feel you're having. Show up, give the horse a snack and pat on the neck (unless your horse is Midnight Interlude, in which case stay a safe distance away), talk to the trainer in person after the work instead of on the phone, then go home. Maybe throw in some thoughts on types of races you'd like to run in so the trainer knows you're more interested in as far as your overall operation's concerned, but you're paying the trainer to condition and point to races, so let them do it. Ask for options where you make the final call if you want, but let them pick the options.
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Old 05-13-2011, 04:13 AM
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There's no need to be the Jerry Jones of horse racing, and sometimes I think it's hard to tell which owner's gonna win the Eclipse for Outstanding Trainer in Their Own Mind. If you don't trust your trainer to do the job you want, get a different trainer. I've heard that Barclay Tagg would sooner tell an owner to go jump than put up with that behavior for very long. I think it was some book or article on Funny Cide where he admitted to telling some owner that they'd be better off using a different trainer.

Well, it could be worse. Zayat could be micromanaging Asmussen & Blasi over a horse named Z Nehro, expressing concern about Pimlico's turns vs. Churchill's. (I haven't heard anybody say Pim's turns are tighter yet. It doesn't feel like Preakness time til someone starts swearing up and down that they are.)

I can understand if it's really just an effort to feel useful rather than acting as a silent partner of sorts. The less you're around the horse, the less fun you might feel you're having. Show up, give the horse a snack and pat on the neck (unless your horse is Midnight Interlude, in which case stay a safe distance away), talk to the trainer in person after the work instead of on the phone, then go home. Maybe throw in some thoughts on types of races you'd like to run in so the trainer knows you're more interested in as far as your overall operation's concerned, but you're paying the trainer to condition and point to races, so let them do it. Ask for options where you make the final call if you want, but let them pick the options.
When you are the one signing the checks, you do whatever f*ck you want...
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Old 05-13-2011, 06:46 AM
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When you are the one signing the checks, you do whatever f*ck you want...
That worked out well with JP's Gusto
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Old 05-13-2011, 09:47 AM
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When you are the one signing the checks, you do whatever f*ck you want...
Another fine example of a litmus test poster.
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Old 05-13-2011, 02:23 PM
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I preferred Merlinsky's stance.
It's just a knee-jerk reaction of his after blindly defending the Mosses all of last year.
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