I laughed.

After seeing the results of these stars this weekend.. is anyone else more optimistic?

Another big one from Mega Star Kip Keno. Steve, have you check the nominations for the Mike Lee? Maybe we , your public, can latch onto Ziptronic? I hear Ms. Rice has this one primed and dappled out..

This group reminds me of when you are at the supermarket and you here over the Loudspeaker.."Vinny with a mop to eisle 3, Vinny"

Wow! Byk put some hex on this group.

Was Einstein's third the best they could muster?

Yeah...Commentator was hex-proof.

NT

Asiatic Boy got a 2nd!

Legitimately funny Freddy..

Freddy has stepped up his game.

If these are the stars as Kasept says they are, this sport is in even worse shape than I thought.

Steve is a half full guy..half full of water and half full of sh.t..Either way we love him..Even if he is the Will Robinson of TB Racing.. What show was he from??? There was a Robot and a Dr. Smith and Byk's "doomed" stars I just can't think of the show.. Lost in the Fog?

"danger, Will Robinson"

You are surely not suggesting that our esteemed host is lost in space?

better performance enhancing drugs

Save for Commentator who had a paid public workout, it was not a good showing for any of these horses. Einstein had a legit excuse but he probably wasnt going to win anyways. The other 3 looked absolutely abysmal.

Could Kip Deville possibly have had a better trip?

I'm amused by the reactions to the loses by Indian Blessing and Kip Deville particularly. Big name horses have been caught flat-footed in return races for as long as they've run races... Those prepping for events have to return somewhere.

The showings of any of the horses that were in the headlines last week is immaterial to the topic at hand, which was there are plenty of star power name horses on the track to interest fans/players. Many under-performed over the weekend. So what? That doesn't diminish their appeal and resonance with people interested in continuity/familiarity of star runners.

I'm sorry, but are we so NY-centric around here that when someone refers to "Cabrera" - you know, Miguel Cabrera, the best hitter in baseball in the non-Albert Pujols category - folks automatically think we're talking about motherf-ing Melky Cabrera? Come on out from under the rock, people!

Was that Kip Deville's prep for the BC Mile? Or is he planning on running once more before late October? What kills me is I was on the wrong horse to beat him (Oper Red Dawn) and I selected the only horse that Kip could beat.

If I were an Indian Blessing fan I would be nervous, she was physically tired half way around the turn chasing a mild stakes winning mare. I know the track makes a good cover but to me HP is the most dirt like, much more then SA were IB ran terrific so that seems contrived to get blasted like that because of the surface. I say its about 1 in 5 she can ever be close to the same horse again.

I think Einstein is a star...His versatility is great and he has Precious Passion like determination.

Isn't it possible that she could have needed that race? She's also never really been that good on synthetics.

NT