4/16 (OP): Arkansas Derby (G1), Northern Spur S., Instant Racing S.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

I guess it's messed up then because it worked for me. Maybe it is something with your state not allowing it...that sucks.

Yeah, the reservation gets a Harrah's, but the rest of us have to get our jollies from the MegaMillions and Powerball. I get that they decide they have to protect us from the big bad wagering monster, but for the love of pete, can we not see the racing feeds from gambling websites? Lead us not unto temptation, I guess. They'd sooner allow you to buy alcohol all day on Sunday. I hate to point out the obvious, but some people get it on a Saturday night and--the nerve--drink it during church hours no matter what laws you pass on the time they can buy it.

[ateamstupid]

Archarcharch holds off Nehro by a head for those who couldn't watch. The Factor a non-factor.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Archarcharch holds off Nehro by a head for those who couldn't watch. The Factor a non-factor.

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by jms62

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

That was a disgrace. If you can't call the Arkansas Derby without several 5-second pauses, what the hell are you doing announcing at Oaklawn?

[TitanSooner]

Originally Posted by jms62

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

he's bad enough with colored saddle cloths.. without them, he sounds like a drunk bumbling idiot

[Port Conway Lane]

In the backstretch...."The factor's been taken to the outside in third.......and now moving up between horses...........that's JW Blue"....JW Blue was near the rear of the pack when he made that call.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

In the backstretch...."The factor's been taken to the outside in third.......and now moving up between horses...........that's JW Blue"....JW Blue was near the rear of the pack when he made that call.

They need Vic

[Scav]

Originally Posted by jms62

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

i think he has eye issues, always on the backside and then he can't regain his train of thought.

guessing this is his last year.....

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Scav

i think he has eye issues, always on the backside and then he can't regain his train of thought.

guessing this is his last year.....

There were several periods of dead air in that race when he said nothing at all.

[NTamm1215]

I don't have a tremendous amount of racecalling experience, but you don't look at saddle cloths. Ever. The call was disgraceful.

Now The Factor can go back to sprinting and the 3YOs are further proving that they're horrible.

[randallscott35]

UNCLE MO!!!!!!!!!! the new fave

[outofthebox]

Real happy for Jon Court and Jinks Fires...Living the dream. That said, how in the world do you handicap this years Derby. Will the favorite be under 5-1? I was cringing during the race listening to Wallace.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by jms62

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

Just brutal.

[somerfrost]

Top two looked pretty good, I do like Archarcharch a bit but he was all out to win.

[mbahadur]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Top two looked pretty good, I do like Archarcharch a bit but he was all out to win.

Although he got a nice pace setup (and the Derby will probably have a similar pace), I liked how well Nehro was closing at the end for the second race in a row. He should relish the extra furlong. The time of 1:49:34 was not bad and is about the same as what Line of David ran last year (beating Super Saver by a neck). Nehro did run once as a 2-year old.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by mbahadur

Although he got a nice pace setup (and the Derby will probably have a similar pace), I liked how well Nehro was closing at the end for the second race in a row. He should relish the extra furlong. The time of 1:49:34 was not bad and is about the same as what Line of David ran last year (beating Super Saver by a neck). Nehro did run once as a 2-year old.

He's easily as good a horse as Dialed In and should be a larger price.

[outofthebox]

Originally Posted by jms62

And Terry Wallace gets the nod for Worst call in the history of horse racing.

And for his swan song, he gets to call a 1 3/4 race to end the meet...

[bare it all]

Luckily he'll only call about a mile's worth.

[Merlinsky]

Congratulations to Jon Court. A sentimental favorite, whatever the final odds of Archarcharch.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by outofthebox

And for his swan song, he gets to call a 1 3/4 race to end the meet...

And he really knocked it out of the park. As they turn for home, he says of the tiring pacesetter: "Toby the Coal Man is still trying to hang on there in third."

Just saying....