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Johnny V: Innocent victim of Maragh payback?
<<<Further, Velazquez said he thinks Maragh may have deliberately taken a left-hand turn aboard Isn’t He Perfect to impede Mucho Macho Man, a horse Maragh had been taken off after riding him in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Mucho Macho Man, under Ramon Dominguez, broke from post 10, in between Animal Kingdom and Isn’t He Perfect.
“That’s what I think,’’ Velazquez said in a conference call with reporters Sunday morning. “That’s why I was so frustrated. Things happen in a race. If it would have happened right out of the gate I wouldn’t have been so frustrated because things happen right from the start. But this happened three or four jumps after the start so that’s why I was frustrated. It shouldn’t happen. He should not be playing something like that in a race like this. It’s stupidity and it shouldn’t happen.’’>>> http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-stak...w-rider-maragh |
DaTruth.
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It's a plausible theory. Obviousy Maragh will not admit it even if it was true. We will never know for sure.
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Johnny was just emotional at the time. The Rajiv I know would never do such a thing but would surely middle move wide into any pace scenario and come up wanting late.
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I want to say there's no way on earth he or any professional would do such a thing, take a risk like that, potentially endanger other jockeys or horses but I'm suddenly trying to figure out if I'm being naive in thinking this way.
In my heart of hearts though no. No way. |
Velazquez is completely unprofessional to make such an accusation in public. The stewards will sort it out Wednesday. If Johnny still has a problem after that, he can physically fight Rajiv in the hall outside the stewards room, so we can read about that.
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And you say that's a weird opinion? :D |
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And just think she's allowed to treat animals. No wonder why this country is in the toilet.
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Enough of the stuff about how guys need to hold back what they want to say because they need to maintain some high standard. It is ironic, however, that you think it would be better if Johnny punched him. Professionalism over civility, eh? |
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yeah the feds need to regulate the industry. Get Obama on the case.
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As far as detecting sarcasm, you didn't write what I referenced in a sarcastic tone. |
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You think that's a "soap box", good for you. |
I think if you watch the head on, what Velazquez is suggesting is certainly plausible.
Unless you're a racing fan, you probably have no idea about all of this, so the fake outrage over protecting the sport is just that....fake. |
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If he isn't happy with what happens there, then he can bitch and moan publicly. No, that's not "fake". |
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You think it's "lunacy" to me to call him unprofessional for publicly accusing another jock of purposely endangering the lives of the jocks and horses, you stick with that :tro: |
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The only people who are even aware of this are racing fans. It's not like the talk at the water coolers in offices across America was what Velazquez said. As racing fans we see worse than this all the time. I'm glad he said something. |
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I'm going to say something that's not witty but give myself a trophy smiley. :tro:
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Who is sweeping it under the rug? Not me. He's meeting with the stewards Wednesday. Yeah, he should have kept his mouth shut before that. |
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People, if they even hear about this, aren't going to change their mind about the sport because of this. And it's not like we're going to lose any potential new fans or bettors because of it. On the flip side, Hollywood Park let a horse run and eventually win a race the other day that he wasn't eligible for. That thread has gotten zero responses. I'd say something like that is far worse towards the public perception of the sport than something like this. |
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Johnny should be drug tested for that comment and all of you should as well for defending him.
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JV has every right to make a public statement when he believes that someone intentionally put his, and other jocks, lives in danger in a race. And no, I don't jump to wrong conclusions, though I believe that you delivered this insult in desperation since you have nothing of substance to state in your defense. Then again, you have proven that your logic is so twisted that it is difficult for anyone to make assumptions regarding any of the utter nonsense you continuously spew on this website daily. |
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