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Old 05-06-2011, 09:11 AM
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Thanks Steve. I agree, it's a piss poor move by all of the connections. I can now understand why people are not a fan of Repole. It appears he has tried and succeeded to a point, to make Derby Week about him.
I tried to tell you after the Wood. It's all about him.
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:24 AM
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But how wil Repole make him the favorite now?
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:30 AM
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But how wil Repole make him the favorite now?
He will make Stay Thirsty the favorite??
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Find me a bazillionaire without an ego, particularly one involved in competitive enterprises.
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:32 AM
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Find me a bazillionaire without an ego, particularly one involved in competitive enterprises.
Not all horse owners are that rich. And many rich people are not assholes.
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:35 AM
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The whole Uncle Mo Derby leadup has obviously been a fiasco, but it wasn't like Repole was acting alone in this situation. Pletcher has to be assigned some blame as well, no?

And I still think Repole is good for the sport, and hope he sticks around for a long while and spends his money on lots of pretty ponies.
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Find me a bazillionaire without an ego, particularly one involved in competitive enterprises.
He thinks he's above the game. Didn't this week prove that? What's endearing about that?
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Old 05-06-2011, 09:45 AM
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"His absence reduces the field for the 137th Derby to 19 horses. Dialed In is the 4-2 early favorite. In 2009, favorite I Want Revenge was scratched on the morning of the Derby with a career-ending leg injury."

From CBS Sports. Does any portion of the media do even a minute of homework/fact checking before they release something?
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Old 05-06-2011, 01:06 PM
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You have to be close to a billion by now. I know you are ego-less.
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Are people left that remember that the Derby didn't always have a 20 horse field? That actually having a chance to win meant something, at least to established trainers and owners? That making the field doesn't actually "qualify" you for the race?

I have little sympathy for the connections of the horses that don't get in. It is the same as the bubble in the NCAA tourney. It may be a nice story but those teams/horses really have no chance anyway.
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Should be 14.
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Old 05-06-2011, 01:18 PM
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Are people left that remember that the Derby didn't always have a 20 horse field? That actually having a chance to win meant something, at least to established trainers and owners? That making the field doesn't actually "qualify" you for the race?

I have little sympathy for the connections of the horses that don't get in. It is the same as the bubble in the NCAA tourney. It may be a nice story but those teams/horses really have no chance anyway.
Becareful Chuck Hopefully one day you have one and you get in when someone is gracious an scratches..
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He will make Stay Thirsty the favorite??
....we can only hope.
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....we can only hope.
That might just empty the coffers.
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I tried to tell you after the Wood. It's all about him.
You say this like it's not like that with every owner in the sport.
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You say this like it's not like that with every owner in the sport.
B/c its not
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You say this like it's not like that with every owner in the sport.
You can't defend him after this charade. No way. Take the blinkers off.
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