Behaving Badly
 

One of my favorites was the winner today in Belmont's 3rd. Swap Flip is another, so it was a tough race for me to bet, so I didn't.
Anyway, Way to go Behaving Badly! And good for Bob B.
http://www.barbaralivingston.com/gal.../BehavingBadly

DTS

Another one of those "inferior" NY breds DTS.

LOL...Big "O"!
Inferior nybreds...ha ha!
Between you and me, I guess that some of the nay sayers haven't even gone to nybreds.com and read about the incentives program...
maybe one of the best things for NY racing.
For someone that wanted to get into the "game", NY might be one of the best opportunities.

Anyway, NY breds just continue to prove themselves, not with words but with actions. They prove it on the dirt, and on the turf.

DTS

Here's the story, for those that missed it.
8 wins in 11 starts...speaks for itself.
http://www.nyra.com/belmont/news.asp?track=B&id=1953

I love it. Out of a $3,500 stallion with a C+ nick, spotting weight again, she wins. She's a credit to astute breeding and fine training.

While nick ratings can be useful it always pays to give a closer look at the ENTIRE pedigree. And she's bred beautifully.

Baffert is just the man. Hes won more money with moderately bred horses than any trainer I ever saw. And last year he said he had been given "expensive and perfect" yearlings during his "slump" and that they don't run any good. Said he was going back to what worked, picking out athletes and trying to keep them together. He trains em all like horses. Giving him zillion dollar horses is a waste of time and money, just give him rugged athletes and he will still win stakes races regardless of their pedigrees. ANyone who thinks that a horse is great because it costa lot of money is a fool anyway.

Sumitas,
Good to see you back!
Some posters were hit hard by the flooding. I know that where you live must have been messy.
DTS

We were spared except for the evacuation that forced us to take a helicopter out. Conklin was a small island, but we came out of it with no problem, tx. Lots of devastation all around however and the cleanup has just begun.

Oracle, I really liked Baffert when he first rose to stardom as a trainer for his picking and handling good solid horses at reasonable prices. I'm glad he's gone back to his roots.

[quote=sumitas]I love it. Out of a $3,500 stallion with a C+ nick, spotting weight again, she wins. She's a credit to astute breeding and fine training.

Sumitas,
Again you have shown your command of breeding.
I finally got a chance to have a look at Pioneering at Overbrook.
What is not to like about a son of Mr. Prospector/Terlingua?
In my humble opinion, he's a bargain!!!!
I did a hypo-mating with Darbay as she's open now. It came out pretty good.
My guess is that his fee will rise.
Good to see an overlooked (Overbrook) stallion gets some recognition.
He'll have a full book next year.

I also agree that "fine training" is key.
Behaving Badly is indeed beautifully bred.


DTS