Injury Ends career of Pioneerof the Nile

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I'm not ashamed to admit that the horse turned out to be better than I thought he was.

Yeah, but POTN is small potatos compared to Munnings.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

You'd be surprised at some of the horses that sell really well who don't look like they can run a lick. There was a Speighstown colt at Fasig Tipton Calder that sold for around $1.7 million. I didn't like the horse at all. I wouldn't have paid $100,000 for that horse.

Barbaro, while sharply improving, was vastly overrated as a dirt horse anyway. He had narrow wins over Great Point and Sharp Humor .. and he hammered Bluegrass Cat and Steppenwolfer with a sweet stalking trip. I was more impressed with Barbaro the turf horse.