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philcski 02-04-2009 04:04 PM

CD renames La Troienne (And now renames the Louisville La Troienne!)
 
...to the Eight Belles. Good/bad/indifferent?

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/49067.htm

dagulla 02-04-2009 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski
...to the Eight Belles. Good/bad/indifferent?

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/49067.htm

Decent ?

ateamstupid 02-04-2009 04:12 PM

If you really want to pay tribute to Eight Belles, try not making your track a pived highway for every big day. Would make a lot more difference than naming a relatively irrelevant stakes race after a relatively irrelevant horse.

slotdirt 02-04-2009 04:12 PM

As useful as the MJC changing the Sir Barton to the Barbaro.

smuthg 02-04-2009 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt
As useful as the MJC changing the Sir Barton to the Barbaro.

I have no problem with one "Eight Belles" but hopefully, other tracks won't start renaming stakes after her also, as with Barbaro.

Antitrust32 02-04-2009 04:36 PM

They should rename the Jim Dandy to the Bernardini

Coach Pants 02-04-2009 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
If you really want to pay tribute to Eight Belles, try not making your track a pived highway for every big day. Would make a lot more difference than naming a relatively irrelevant stakes race after a relatively irrelevant horse.

Is that slang for Piven?

ateamstupid 02-04-2009 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
Is that slang for Piven?

Good catch. Paved.

hoovesupsideyourhead 02-04-2009 05:31 PM

too bad she would have won the oaks by a mile..and maybee not been hurt..i say no to naming a race after a accident..**** name a race after rags to riches..she did win something..

Riot 02-04-2009 05:36 PM

A shame they took La Troienne's name off a race, thus out of the public eye.

They should have thought of something else if they wanted to honor Eight Belles.

Kasept 02-04-2009 05:39 PM

There is little more annoying to me than the renaming of stakes races.

blackthroatedwind 02-04-2009 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasept
There is little more annoying to me than the renaming of stakes races.

Interesting. It's 43,568th on my list.

Kasept 02-04-2009 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Interesting. It's 43,568th on my list.

What's #43,567?

justindew 02-04-2009 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasept
What's #43,567?

A ringing phone when he's in the bathtub.

justindew 02-04-2009 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by justindew
A ringing phone when he's in the bathtub.

This was a lot funnier BEFORE I typed it.

Kasept 02-04-2009 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by justindew
This was a lot funnier BEFORE I typed it.

No. It wasn't.

justindew 02-04-2009 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasept
No. It wasn't.

Agreed.

Indian Charlie 02-04-2009 06:07 PM

I don't know what #43567 might be, but I think number one is when the anticipated joke from Justin Dew falls flat. I think he was expecting the real Justin to show up.

Echo Farm 02-04-2009 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philcski
...to the Eight Belles. Good/bad/indifferent?

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/49067.htm

Bad, in my opinion. La Troienne is now a lesser mare because Eight Belles had an unfortunate breakdown in May?
I lived through the renaming of anything that didn't walk after JFK took his fateful ride in 1963, only to have the name taken away after the emotionalism wore off.
Barbaro had 2 races changed due to overemotionalism. Barbaro was more important than our first "Triple Crown" winner or Leonard Richards? (I still don't know who Leonard Richards was/is, but if he was important enough to name a race after, the race probably shouldn't have been changed.)

Now, The Barbaro at DEL has been reduced from $300K to $150K. (The Dick was reduced from $300K to $200K). So barbaro was important enough to steal Leonard Richard's race from him, but not as important as Robert Dick?
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The Barbaro was reduced from $300,000 to $150,000. The Dick, formerly a $300,000 race, will now be worth $200,000.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/101343.html

Make a new race for Eight Belles, give Sir Barton his race back (he's the first TC Winner on my Kentucky Derby Glasses).

This renaming trend is idiotic. (I'm also still pissed about the Explosive Bid at FG)

perhaps, my rum is talking, but I think not..........................

citycat 02-04-2009 06:33 PM

Instead of re-naming a race why could CD just made a "new" race named the Eight Belles?

I do not think they should have taken "La Troienne" down.


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