Lava Man Is The NUTS

[randallscott35]

Have to disagree with Mike here. Good Reward is much better than people think. His race a few back got a similar figure to English Channel with massive ground loss taken into account. That being said his dirt form was hidden and while he isn't the East's best, he beat some good freakin horses today. And he sure looked like a washed out mess going into the gate to do it. Plus the track played slower than usual today. The figure won't be huge, but it won't be nearly as bad as you make it out to be.

[skippy3481]

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The point of racing is to win races and to make money. The two sort of go hand in hand. Who cares where hes raced, who cares who he races against, who cares who is better, who cares about anything when it comes to Lava Man. Lava Man is a gelding so it doesnt matter. All that matters is the horse wins when he goes to the gate. He makes money for the connections. Who cares if he gets beat by an East Coast horse or from a horse in Europe. Point is that the horse wins and makes money. Enough said.

This is clearly and East coast west Coast thing. Lava Man may not ship well, his owner may have nothing to do with it. Some horses just dont do well being moved around the country or world. Thats just a fact. There are plenty of Euros that do not come over here even if the purse money is big because the horses dont even change countries well in Europe. And they are very good horses.

And all these Invasor, Bernadini will beat him... from the same folks that gave us Flower Alley. I did not see his name come up. Its spitefulness and jealousy.

Lava man did not look comfortable to me the first part of the race at all. Way too much tugging. I thought for sure he had it. Then he settled down around the first turn and began to run comfortably on the back stretch. Then he had some trouble again on the turn home and still won the friggin race. Watch the race again. I thought some of you guys were experts at watching races. Tell me Im wrong. It was not an easy run for the horse and he won easily. Fck the times. Damn fine animal. Gets the job done even when he is not in perfect form.