[Echo Farm]

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?

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..........................