Triple Crown Winner - a possibility?
 

OK, I'll say it: This could be the year.

Mine That Bird's sire is Birdstone, and we all remember how he defeated Smarty Jones in the Belmont in 2004. If MTB has his father's ability at a long distance, and it seemed that he had plenty left at 1+1/4 mile in the Derby, then it really will come down to the fact that the Preakness is in 2 weeks.

If many of the other Derby runners drop from the Preakness as they have in past years, Mine That Bird has a shot.

Actually looking forward to following the absolute toasting and hyjjinx that your post is going to be met with... These guys are brutal , quite imaginative and often hilarious in thier response to utterly absurd postings such as the one you just made.

It's a bit early for this is'nt it? :rolleyes:

He has a shot, though a slight one. I see this going 1 of 2 ways, either he runs up the track at Pimlico or he has truly improved from his Sunland races. If he runs up the track at Pimlico it wouldn't be a very attractive position since he is a gelding, he may be a derby winner that one day hits the claiming ranks. I'm going to wait to see what he does at Pimlico before casting judgement, he was the Canadian 2 yr old of the year so there is a base to atleast build from.

And people wonder why he'll go off as the favorite in the Preakness

I don't think Birdstone was the reason Smarty lost the Belmont....

Triple Crown? Will he hit the board in the Preakness a better question?

I'm looking forward to that too. I've had many laughs reading other posts like that.

Just thought I'd put something up when I saw that Birdstone was his pop, and he did win the Belmont. That's all. It is of course much more likely that it won't happen.

Bulls eye!
 

Couldn't have said it better myself! :tro:

Pretty sure this thread belongs in the Eso room under '"have you heard any good jokes lately"

if the preakness and belmont come up the same muddy mess, and everyone leaves the door open on the rail again-sure, it could happen. :rolleyes:

it could happen also that i turn out to be the illegitimate child of the queen of england and the pope. now, that would be something.

i doubt mine that bird can go where the likes of native dancer and spectacular bid could not.

At this point, Mine That Bird is the only one with a shot.

I don't know if the poster was being silly, but I took his question seriously. I know it is a very extreme position to take, but I am always open to ideas. Look no one thought this horse was in the race to win the derby and if someone had posted he was going to win by almost 7, the van probably would have been called to take them to the ward. Still it was a 7 length victory and again if he didn't get the inside trip he still probably would have won. Off track and a liking to CD may have also been factors. Wait and see approach here. Slug or for real...

To me , the horse can run so he'll be single digits in the Preakness and the probable fav . The Belmont , let's take it one race at a time .

A Triple CRown Winner, Are you serious? It will not happen, unless Pigs Fly

Well the horse did make a mockery out of the Derby, so whos to say that he couldn't turn the whole triple crown into a joke this year?

If anyone made it into a mockery, it was the rest of the field stinking it up. It's most likely a fluke, but don't hate the horse, he's the only one who lifted a hoof.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

some people said the same thing about one day having a black president, and now we have Obama............along with Swine Flu.

anything can happen in this sport. thats what makes it great. that being said, i would not draw any conclusions from that race in the slop. plus contenders were sidelined that might come back. people don't understand that many times this race is a "toss". he could run great at pimlico but there have been many that don't win again for awhile.