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[GPK]

Originally Posted by GPK

Borel think he had it won? Looked like he quit for a bit.

DrugS was right....SS got by the winner...and hung. Even Calvin admitted the horse hung.

[GenuineRisk]

Well, there's always next year.

What a finish, though! Very exciting.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

great race..toxicoligty report pending..lol.. bo rell blew it..imo

That was a hell of a race.
About as good as it gets.

Curlin did it the hard way.
No crying, no nothing, the right animal won.

[pmayjr]

SS's connections made no excuses. They had a clean trip, just weren't good enough today. Hopefully these 2 can stick around long enough to build a rivalry... and I'm not talking about in the breeding shed.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

SS's connections made no excuses. They had a clean trip, just weren't good enough today.

That's BS. This had nothing to do with Street Sense's quality. Just say his own bad habits beat him but don't go trying to say he didn't have enough talent to win. And clean trip? He had a little issue earlier in the race or did you miss that? Not a huge problem but momentum wasn't unimpeded. As far as the stretch and Curlin, both of them hung but when they hung is what mattered. Curlin did but had time to rebreak when Street Sense went by. SS hung and Curlin didn't go by til it was too late for SS to go again. Not to say Curlin's not a fantastic horse but SS beat himself. Blast.

[randallscott35]

They both ran terrific. End of story. It was a head bob. They are the 2 best 3yr olds. Let's hope they are around for their 5 year old season. A great race to watch.

[MaTH716]

Great run by Curlin, especially after stumbling after the start. I personally thought he was a toss this race. I give him all the credit in the world. I look foward to watching him race in the future. As far as SS, you can not take anything away from him. He ran very well again. Missed going to Belmont by a nose. Was he moved early? Not sure, but he was beat by a very good horse.

[pmayjr]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

That's BS. This had nothing to do with Street Sense's quality. Just say his own bad habits beat him but don't go trying to say he didn't have enough talent to win. And clean trip? He had a little issue earlier in the race or did you miss that? Not a huge problem but momentum wasn't unimpeded. As far as the stretch and Curlin, both of them hung but when they hung is what mattered. Curlin did but had time to rebreak when Street Sense went by. SS hung and Curlin didn't go by til it was too late for SS to go again. Not to say Curlin's not a fantastic horse but SS beat himself. Blast.

First Merlinsky,
You're talkin like a bridge-jumper. Sorry you singled SS on top.

I was just sayin SS wasn't good enough TODAY (go back and read it, it's clearly what it says). 2nd, both Nafzger and Borel in interviews after the races said they had no excuses. 3rd, comin around the final turn neither were blocked and neither were extremely wide. They had clean runs going into the stretch (and down the stretch). Whether SS got lazy or not, he got beat TODAY.

I'm not branding one better than the other for the rest of their careers. Hopefully they both go to Belmont, or run later in the summer for many many re-matches to come. Let's hope greedy ownership doesn't send them to the shed before the BC. Just gimme that for both please...

[todko]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

That's BS. This had nothing to do with Street Sense's quality. Just say his own bad habits beat him but don't go trying to say he didn't have enough talent to win. And clean trip? He had a little issue earlier in the race or did you miss that? Not a huge problem but momentum wasn't unimpeded. As far as the stretch and Curlin, both of them hung but when they hung is what mattered. Curlin did but had time to rebreak when Street Sense went by. SS hung and Curlin didn't go by til it was too late for SS to go again. Not to say Curlin's not a fantastic horse but SS beat himself. Blast.

SS got lucky in the Derby. He had a dream trip while Curlin had a nightmare ride.

Street Sense had nothing left.

Curlin didn't hang -- he motored by and tied the Preakness record. A better jock and he would have been the Derby champ too.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

great race..toxicoligty report pending..lol.. bo rell blew it..imo

i think this is a silly statement, street sense had another perfect trip, you cant blame anyone for that...........now what the hell was Pino moving so early for?

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

i think this is a silly statement, street sense had another perfect trip, you cant blame anyone for that...........now what the hell was Pino moving so early for?

why the hell didnt cp west pass hard spun so I would have had a nice tri... oh well still had a good day! Go Curlin and SS!

[GPK]

Calvin never quitting asking...horse hung...plain and simple.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

yep

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

i think this is a silly statement, street sense had another perfect trip, you cant blame anyone for that...........now what the hell was Pino moving so early for?

My question too! What the phuck was he thinking?!!!

[saucon17]

Great win by Curlin. I feel really bad for Helen Pitts who developed this great colt

[PPerfectfan]

Originally Posted by GPK

DrugS was right....SS got by the winner...and hung. Even Calvin admitted the horse hung.

Boy your right, DrugS couldnt have had it more right unless he had written his post AFTER the race!! I mean dead on. Unfortunately. I wanted Street to win. But what a race huh?

[King Glorious]

Maybe hung is not the best description. But there is definitely something going on that's sort of a pattern. There may be valid excuses of why a horse seems to let up a little once he gets the lead. Maybe it's the result of thinking the race is over. Or it could be for the reason u gave today, that the strong move he put in earlier took away some of his late punch. Whatever the reason, valid or not, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's happened to him on a number of occassions. The racing form comments for those two races last year were "no winning bid" and "weakened". I don't know what it will be for today's race but he had the race won and then he didn't. It reminded me of Perfect Drift in the Whitney against Roses in May. Perhaps today was just getting outrun by a very good horse. No disgrace or shame in that. Could the key be to wait even longer with him than they usually do? Maybe he's the kind of horse that u want to time his move to where he didn't the front till the wire. Maybe they need to bring Eddie Delahoussaye out of retirement to ride him. I don't know what the answers are or what the reasons are but I would wonder if it might not be kind of disturbing to his people that he's had a problem finishing some races off. In nine career starts, he's given it up late in at least a third of them.