New Zealand Racing, 2011-12

[my miss storm cat]

That SUCKS.

This is what it reminds me of...

It's from quite a few years ago but I will never forget it cause I loved Ace so much and thought the ride was terrible.

Fallon, on Ace...

"There were a couple in America as well. Ivan Denisovich was second in the Secretariat Stakes. Ad Valorem was third in the Woodbine Mile. Ace in the Arlington Million.”

“If you had been riding Ace,” I venture, “you might have gone close?”

“Well, I wouldn’t have been sitting out the back anyway,” he says. “You know what I mean? These guys don’t know the horses.”

“Is it a big deal to know the horse?”

“Bloody sure it is.”

http://donnmcclean.com/2006/10/14/kieren-fallon/

Ridiculous decision. Nothing against Bowman, of course, but...