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![]() Was that Belmont good enough for you? Or was it just RUINED because those poor sports kept their Derby winner home.
Just wait Todd...you are the good guys now but just wait until you dont run the filly in the Travers or BC Classic....then you will be a bad guy too! And racing will once again be destroyed. |
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![]() Thought I heard Tabor say Alabama then BC Classic.
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see, i'd rather keep her against three year olds now, and then run in the distaff....but that's just me.
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![]() the writers always know whats best for the sport, that's a fact.
They even know which owners are sporting and which are not sporting. |
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![]() Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention, but I don't remember hearing that many people criticize Nafzger for not running. What I DID hear, and wrote myself, was that it was too bad that Street Sense's connections didn't think he could run in the Belmont and still win the Travers. From my standpoint, that decision said more about the breed, and Street Sense himself, than the connections.
But, again, maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention to the writers. |
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of course many of them wont write about horseracing until next May |
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And really, how much need is there for good writers to cover horse racing? The real fan base is so small... The more people get into a sport, the more likely we are going to find writers who cant get away with not knowing the sport. These guys dont know history, dont know training, dont know betting, so many things... Racing is a fairly complex sport. Something like baseball. Its hard to pay attention full-time. I think this is where the internet can play a very large role. So your next article on handicapping trainers is due Wed. I guess Belmont, Churchill, and Hollywood would cover it. |
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![]() Gotta love Tabor's comment about one of the reasons they ran her was because he thought that's what the public would want....don't know how sincere it was, but it sure sounded good....
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Put a face, a story, a personality on the athletes, the trainers. Good writers nowadays feed you the "being there" emotions as the writers and newsreels of old did. It sweeps you up and captures your imagination.
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts |
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |
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http://www.speakupforhorses.org/ Last edited by sumitas : 06-11-2007 at 12:52 PM. |