Dick Jerardi's Wise Dan soapbox

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Ha. I was just told about this.

If anyone seriously thought that I didn't know Wise Dan was a gelding...

Well...

Teresa Genaro ‏@BklynBckstretch 30 Jun
"I think if we could win a Grade 1 on the dirt & keep him undefeated, he doesn’t necessarily to need to run in BC Classic" LoPresti in DRF

Pat Cummings ‏@DubaiRaceNight 30 Jun
@BklynBckstretch A G1 dirt win would definitely help his stud value.

Andy Robinson ‏@Andycapper24 30 Jun
@DubaiRaceNight @BklynBckstretch he's a gelding......and to put odds on him being hurt is only something a sick individual would do.

Pat Cummings ‏@DubaiRaceNight 30 Jun
@Andycapper24 @BklynBckstretch Wise Dan is a gelding?

Teresa Genaro ‏@BklynBckstretch 30 Jun
@DubaiRaceNight @Andycapper24 http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Res...682&registry=T …

Look, if you were being sarcastic, nobody else got it since at least two other people corrected you, and you never clarified it if you knew he was a gelding. Whatever. Claire Novak accidentally forgot Flat Out wasn't a gelding in the last month or so. It's an easy mistake to make with older horses since some stallions are racing later.

Originally Posted by PatCummings

This was too much of a gem to let slide...

"I don’t want to do anything to devalue him"

The gelding, Wise Dan...devaluing a gelding...I didn't say it, or think it...

http://www.drf.com/news/wise-dans-ow...icism-campaign

Wow, that's...an interesting reason to keep him undefeated this year. Mares or stallions trying not to lose, I may not like but I get. A gelding? Bizarre. He's not even undefeated, it's just this season we're talking about, and it's not like that's enough to get him HOY. Other people come to the dances and one of the viable HOY contenders wins the Classic, they get the big trophy.