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09-08-2012, 01:06 PM
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Ahmed Zayat: Must Hear Amazing ESPN Interview
http://espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2012/
Ahmed Zayat gave an interview to ESPN and wow! It is a must hear! He is very candid and open about Paynter and his condition! He is just raw and it made me an even bigger fan of his. In the interview he even reveals that Baffert "Believes that [Paynter] is as good as Point Given." Check the 8 minute mark! I am an even bigger fan of Ahmed Zayat's after hearing this interview and I believe anyone who hears this will feel the same way. 
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#102
09-08-2012, 03:23 PM
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baffert saying paynter's as good as point given really doesn't matter much. the horse didn't prove it, and probably won't ever get the chance. i don't recall a horse ever returning to racing after a bout with laminitis.
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09-08-2012, 05:29 PM
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#104
09-08-2012, 08:22 PM
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Ill be thrilled if paynter makes it, so will zayat. But i just dont see a chance in hell of the horse running again. Im just amazed at this point it would even get a second thought. Speaks to the fortitude of paynter.
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#105
09-08-2012, 08:30 PM
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"@jazz3162 Paynter update: Doing well. Protein stable. Feet comfortable. Temp 101.3. We are stopping the iv antibiotic and will monitor fevers. He is stable and comfortable. He has a long way to go but this is a step in the right direction. He's fighting hard."
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#106
09-08-2012, 08:38 PM
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Point Given dominated the Preakness, won the Belmont with devastating ease -- and swept the Haskell and Travers in a bar shoe...running outstanding figures for a 3yo router in three of the four races. Curtis Paynter was 1-for-4 lifetime in stakes races. Off the board in the SA Derby, beaten in the Derby Trial, blew an uncontested lead through easy fractions in the Belmont, and finally won a weak edition of the Haskell over Nonios and Steelcase. The nonsense with Paynter has been going on before he ever raced. At least Baffert didn't say Silver Charm, who was even better than Point Given. It was at Archwarrior levels. He was a very nice racehorse, but he wasn't even the best 3yo from his stable -- and had horses like Fed Biz and Secret Circle stayed healthy, I don't think he would have been the second best 3yo either. Tom Brady was so impressive in workouts -- he got drafted in the 6th round 199th overall ahead of Spergon Wynn.
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09-08-2012, 10:49 PM
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09-08-2012, 11:41 PM
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#110
09-09-2012, 01:28 AM
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It's hard to think they'd have taken a Triple Crown winner down had Real Quiet gotten his nose in front of Victory Gallop (kind of like leaving up Goldikova when she clearly caused a mess). Talk about letting the air out of the balloon. The place would've exploded with enthusiasm and then turned into a mass of confusion. A real mess. He would've deserved the take down though. Maybe the best for everybody that it ended that way rather than have the controversy?
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#111
09-09-2012, 04:38 AM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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#112
09-09-2012, 07:24 AM
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 Sadly, the truth usually gets in the way of a good story.
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09-09-2012, 08:44 AM
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Had Touch Gold had a proper trip in the Preakness, Touch Gold would have won two thirds of the triple crown.
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#114
09-09-2012, 08:56 AM
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They were so dismissal of that initial illness. It was unreal that they just blew it off like that. And paynter may pay a higher price then he already has for that.
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#115
09-09-2012, 09:41 AM
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Maybe things will get better for Mr. Twitter if he cuts the daily capping from $1,000,000 a day to $500,000
 Sorry can't help it.
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#116
09-09-2012, 10:08 AM
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hey at least he never painted the horses tail and had the bark to go on the air for 20 minutes and answer some tough questions
in a game about money and fame can you blame an owner for pushing to the top? the horse is on death's door a wee bit bit of ability rhetoric is deserving of some poetic license
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#117
09-09-2012, 12:28 PM
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Lots of good conversation here. I hope though that you guys have gotten a chance to hear the interview. I am sure you will like it.
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#118
09-09-2012, 12:36 PM
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What is troubling is that the horse was put in jeopardy by an intrusive owner who lied openly about the health status of the horse and its' whereabouts during the first illness and susbsequently is taking bows for 'doing right by the horse' now. In fact, he did 100% wrong by the horse.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. Last edited by Kasept : 09-10-2012 at 05:22 AM.
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#119
09-09-2012, 12:45 PM
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He is finacially desperate?
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