Uncle Mo Retired From Racing

[trackrat59]

Originally Posted by Linny

Not like we didn't see this coming...

If he won by 5 it would be "See he's proven himself and has nothing more to accomplish." Since he lost badly, it's bad to liver enzymes.

I agree with you Linny. I'm not a TP fan and I wonder how long Mo would have lasted in another barn. Perhaps there would have been no difference and the liver problem would have still surfaced, but I just wonder.

Good luck to Mo as he takes on new adventures.

[Thunder Gulch]

I don't think Mo was overrated. His BC Juvenile last year was the absolute best I've seen. I can't imagine there have been many better 2yo's in recent memory.
This year he was pampered, sick, placed in the wrong races and distances, yet he still managed to flash massive talent in the Kelso score. I don't know if he was ever going to get 10f, but you can't say much about it other than he was never ready to win at that distance. I feel quite certain that he could have been an exceptional one at a mile on dirt.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by trackrat59

I agree with you Linny. I'm not a TP fan and I wonder how long Mo would have lasted in another barn. Perhaps there would have been no difference and the liver problem would have still surfaced, but I just wonder.

Good luck to Mo as he takes on new adventures.

If he would have been in Phipp's barn he would be running in an over night turf race just missing for 2nd. in Mott's barn he would have been a Champion miler. In Juan Carlos's barn he would have won for 15k and then he would have crushed them for 7500 4 weeks later.

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by freddymo

If he would have been in Phipp's barn he would be running in an over night turf race just missing for 2nd. in Mott's barn he would have been a Champion miler. In Juan Carlos's barn he would have won for 15k and then he would have crushed them for 7500 4 weeks later.

while we are at it here are a few others, id love to hear

Christophe Clement

Old man Jerkens

D Wayne

Bob Baffert

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

while we are at it here are a few others, id love to hear

Christophe Clement

Old man Jerkens

D Wayne

Bob Baffert

I don't pick on French guys I figure its hard enough being challenged

The Chief would have put him over at 30/1

D Wayne circa 1985 would have won 2 legs of the TC

Baffert would have drawn the rail in the Derby and claimed him to be the greatest horse Gary Stevens ever could had rode

[pmayjr]

The article doesn't say where he'll stand at stud? Is that known yet, or is Repole getting so aggressive with his horse racing ventures that maybe he's gonna start an in-house breeding operation too?

I honestly thought since Mo didn't do much in the Classic, that he'd run next year. We'd maybe not see him again until the Met Mile, but I legitimately thought we'd see him. Liver issues must be serious enough.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

The article doesn't say where he'll stand at stud? Is that known yet, or is Repole getting so aggressive with his horse racing ventures that maybe he's gonna start an in-house breeding operation too?

I honestly thought since Mo didn't do much in the Classic, that he'd run next year. We'd maybe not see him again until the Met Mile, but I legitimately thought we'd see him. Liver issues must be serious enough.

repole had already cut a deal with ashford stud.

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

D Wayne

I'm your Huckleberry.

DWL's 3-year-old campaign with Uncle Mo.


Race 1: He comes back off a 3 month layoff and 2 workouts to get dusted in some mediocre stakes race at 6f.

Race 2: Not sure what allowance he could get into at Oaklawn, but he loses that one at a mile at Oaklawn 3 weeks later at 2-5.

Race 3: 2 weeks after his last allowance loss, he loses another one at 1 1/16 miles after looking like a million $$ at the quarter pole, then folding like a cheap suit to 4th.

Race 4: He wins the Rebel at 13-1.

Race 5: He runs at Keeneland in the Blue Grass even though the horse has no prior form on poly, and no reason to start now, but Lukas likes to talk and be seen. Mo goes to the lead and is ahead by 6 after a half mile, but steadily fades to last by 19 lengths.

Race 6: Horse wins the Lexington in dominating fashion at 9-1. DWL won't shut up afterward about how HE now has the horse just right.

Race 7: Finishes 19th in the Kentucky Derby at 7-2.

Race 8: Convinced the horse just needed the race, he goes to Pimlico and gets destroyed again.

Race 9: After a freshening and 1 workout, Uncle Mo runs in some random turf race at Saratoga. He goes to the lead and looks like a complete runoff...then finishes like one...7th place.

Race 10: Uncle Mo wins the Jim Dandy by 6 lengths at 18-1.

Race 11: Uncle Mo goes off favored and sits a beautiful trip in the Travers, laying 3rd off an average pace, then spits the bit on the turn.

Race 12: Entered in the BC Turf Mile for some reason, as well as the Classic, DWL decides Mo is going to the classic. The horse runs a great race and finishes 3rd at 55-1.

Race 13: Uncle Mo runs DFL in the Cigar Mile.

[GenuineRisk]

Mike Repole compares Uncle Mo to Gale Sayers:

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/hor.../name/uncle-mo