DOWNS DAWN PATROL (4/23): Paddy O (:58.2) wows.. Ice Box (:46.2) sharp

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Post race Derby comments...

Paddy O'Prado ( 13th )....Desourmeaux " I really thought he was going to win on the backstretch but he got discouraged when Super Saver backed up in his face at the 5/8ths pole and just shut down. Romans " I guess despite working well on the dirt he's, not surprisingly, a turf horse. We'll regroup and point for the Secretariat this summer. I should have listened to Paseka and left him in the barn. "

You forgot to include Desormeaux saying that he's working on being the best horse he ever rode.

If Paddy O'Prado wins the Derby I'll kindly ask Andy's source to make me a super dunce cap (with an Italian flag decal) and wear it each day I'm at Saratoga.

NT

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

You forgot to include Desormeaux saying that he's working on being the best horse he ever rode.

If Paddy O'Prado wins the Derby I'll kindly ask Andy's source to make me a super dunce cap (with an Italian flag decal) and wear it each day I'm at Saratoga.

NT

Two weeks ago Desormeaux was telling us that Drosselmeyer would have been favored in the Derby if he hadn't been interfered with.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Two weeks ago Desormeaux was telling us that Drosselmeyer would have been favored in the Derby if he hadn't been interfered with.

so what? these guys get paid to ride and win. they are not PR people or public speakers, they are JOCKEYS for crying out loud. why would you listen to what most of them say? no one will ever accuse him of being a genius but not many win as much as he does either. all i know is when that guy is on the back of a horse you better pay attention.

[booner]

Thanks for the info on Icebox. Greatly appreciated!

[PatCummings]

For what its worth, and I didn't even bet the horse, nor did I think he would win, but Desormeaux's ride on Hold Me Back in the 2009 Derby was one of the worst in recent memory. He literally gave that horse no SHOT of doing anything with a mind-boggling move around the clubhouse turn.

Man amazes me.

[cakes44]

Take a peak at his ride on Sweetnorthernsaint in the KD. Another beaut.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Take a peak at his ride on Sweetnorthernsaint in the KD. Another beaut.

One of my personal favorites.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Take a peak at his ride on Sweetnorthernsaint in the KD. Another beaut.

His ride that day was really bad. I always thought that it never seemed to receive a ton of attention because it wasn't as downright hilarious as Mike Smith's effort on Flashy Bull in that same race.