Orb Work this A.M.

Calzone Lord · #1 05-14-2013, 09:58 AM

By the way...can someone please send that Charles Ramsey character from Cleveland over to Rupert Pupkin's house.

I think KyRim has been chained up there for the last few years.

And speaking of Charles Ramsey ... I don't want to get the govt conspiracy theorists crazies all riled up... but he sure looks a lot like the Katrina Looter guy:

Kasept · #2 05-14-2013, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcRU0Op5P4

OldDog · #3 05-15-2013, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kasept

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcRU0Op5P4

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

Only here can a thread about Orb's AM workout go this way.

Cajungator26 · #4 05-15-2013, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

By the way...can someone please send that Charles Ramsey character from Cleveland over to Rupert Pupkin's house.

I think KyRim has been chained up there for the last few years.

And speaking of Charles Ramsey ... I don't want to get the govt conspiracy theorists crazies all riled up... but he sure looks a lot like the Katrina Looter guy:

LMFAO, Doug!!! OMG!!! I just spit out my wine. You now owe me a new bottle.

Danzig · #5 05-15-2013, 08:21 PM

just to clarify... i was a size 14, and got down to a 4. by no means was i jabba the hut or a biggest loser candidate. things tend to creep up on you when you have a child, then two, then three, and then quit smoking-that was the killer.
at any rate, that was about 12 years ago, much healthier and happier now.

tabs · #6 05-15-2013, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

just to clarify... i was a size 14, and got down to a 4. by no means was i jabba the hut or a biggest loser candidate. things tend to creep up on you when you have a child, then two, then three, and then quit smoking-that was the killer.
at any rate, that was about 12 years ago, much healthier and happier now.

Feel better now!

Cannon Shell · #7 05-16-2013, 06:35 AM

Speaking of weight has any horse ever carried as much dead wood as Orb is going to have to? Virtually every clueless idiot in racing has already declared him the next Triple Crown winner. That is a lot to overcome.

blackthroatedwind · #8 05-16-2013, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Speaking of weight has any horse ever carried as much dead wood as Orb is going to have to? Virtually every clueless idiot in racing has already declared him the next Triple Crown winner. That is a lot to overcome.

Fortunately, at least for my personal interests, the weight frequently seems to become an anchor in the Belmont.

The Derby winner always gets way over rated coming out of that race. Orb is really no different.

Danzig · #9 05-16-2013, 11:03 AM

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Fortunately, at least for my personal interests, the weight frequently seems to become an anchor in the Belmont.

The Derby winner always gets way over rated coming out of that race. Orb is really no different.

i disagree about them always being way overrated. some have been felt to be fluke winners who couldn't follow up their derby victory. i think a lot of people think that odds of it happening are increasing because it's been so long-but that has nothing to do with it, just like flipping a head or a tail will be 50-50 no matter how many times heads came up in previous flips.

i think the winning a tc goal is overrated. some of our greatest horses didn't do it-and some of the tc winners aren't great. they did something that few have done but they aren't necessarily great as a result.
when one looks at horses like the bid, native dancer, etc, you look at some modern horses and go yikes, they surely can't do it.
last year with i'll have another, everyone pretty much awarded him the prize leading in to the belmont. his opponents looked weak, he looked a shoo-in. but i told my husband, something will stop him. didn't expect it to be an injury and retirement, but i just felt that the jinx or gremlin or what have you would prevent him winning.

Calzone Lord · #10 05-16-2013, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Speaking of weight has any horse ever carried as much dead wood as Orb is going to have to? Virtually every clueless idiot in racing has already declared him the next Triple Crown winner. That is a lot to overcome.

I think the dice have been rolling awfully cruel over the course of this drought.

Imagine if Spectacular Bid or Easy Goer had been foaled in the Sea Hero crop with El Bakan taking a 3rd for Robert Perez in that years Preakness.

Real Quiet coming a bad nose bob short, Mine That Bird, of all horses, taking a serious swing at it, and Afleet Alex was merely a more patient ride away from beating the mighty Giacomo (50/1) and Closing Argument (70/1) ... he was a close 3rd.

Hardiness, health, lack of quality opposition within the crop, and lack of terrible ride are four big factors to pulling this sweep off.

Being able to beat Golden Soul home, this field on Saturday with Titletown Five in it, and win the Belmont doesn't feel like it's asking much at all...but the dice element hasn't been kind for triple crown hopefuls over this drought.

JJP · #11 05-16-2013, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think the dice have been rolling awfully cruel over the course of this drought.

Imagine if Spectacular Bid or Easy Goer had been foaled in the Sea Hero crop with El Bakan taking a 3rd for Robert Perez in that years Preakness.

Real Quiet coming a bad nose bob short, Mine That Bird, of all horses, taking a serious swing at it, and Afleet Alex was merely a more patient ride away from beating the mighty Giacomo (50/1) and Closing Argument (70/1) ... he was a close 3rd.

Hardiness, health, lack of quality opposition within the crop, and lack of terrible ride are four big factors to pulling this sweep off.

Being able to beat Golden Soul home, this field on Saturday with Titletown Five in it, and win the Belmont doesn't feel like it's asking much at all...but the dice element hasn't been kind for triple crown hopefuls over this drought.

Don't forget Risen Star, who was a horrifically wide trip (and beaten only 1 1/2 lengths) in the Derby away from a Triple Crown.

Rudeboyelvis · #12 05-16-2013, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think the dice have been rolling awfully cruel over the course of this drought.

Imagine if Spectacular Bid or Easy Goer had been foaled in the Sea Hero crop with El Bakan taking a 3rd for Robert Perez in that years Preakness.

Real Quiet coming a bad nose bob short, Mine That Bird, of all horses, taking a serious swing at it, and Afleet Alex was merely a more patient ride away from beating the mighty Giacomo (50/1) and Closing Argument (70/1) ... he was a close 3rd.

Hardiness, health, lack of quality opposition within the crop, and lack of terrible ride are four big factors to pulling this sweep off.

Being able to beat Golden Soul home, this field on Saturday with Titletown Five in it, and win the Belmont doesn't feel like it's asking much at all...but the dice element hasn't been kind for triple crown hopefuls over this drought.

While I'll be rooting for Orb, I'll certainly enjoy watching the frantic Churchill Downs reaction when a fresh IL Derby winner, fresh only because he was excluded from the KY Derby based on their rules, passes the tiring KY Derby winner in the stretch.

Clip-Clop · #13 05-16-2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think the dice have been rolling awfully cruel over the course of this drought.

Imagine if Spectacular Bid or Easy Goer had been foaled in the Sea Hero crop with El Bakan taking a 3rd for Robert Perez in that years Preakness.

Real Quiet coming a bad nose bob short, Mine That Bird, of all horses, taking a serious swing at it, and Afleet Alex was merely a more patient ride away from beating the mighty Giacomo (50/1) and Closing Argument (70/1) ... he was a close 3rd.

Hardiness, health, lack of quality opposition within the crop, and lack of terrible ride are four big factors to pulling this sweep off.

Being able to beat Golden Soul home, this field on Saturday with Titletown Five in it, and win the Belmont doesn't feel like it's asking much at all...but the dice element hasn't been kind for triple crown hopefuls over this drought.

I know Orb has won on a fast track but who was the last to come out of a sloppy Derby and win the Preakness? Smarty?

Sightseek · #14 05-16-2013, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think the dice have been rolling awfully cruel over the course of this drought.

Imagine if Spectacular Bid or Easy Goer had been foaled in the Sea Hero crop with El Bakan taking a 3rd for Robert Perez in that years Preakness.

Real Quiet coming a bad nose bob short, Mine That Bird, of all horses, taking a serious swing at it, and Afleet Alex was merely a more patient ride away from beating the mighty Giacomo (50/1) and Closing Argument (70/1) ... he was a close 3rd.

Hardiness, health, lack of quality opposition within the crop, and lack of terrible ride are four big factors to pulling this sweep off.

Being able to beat Golden Soul home, this field on Saturday with Titletown Five in it, and win the Belmont doesn't feel like it's asking much at all...but the dice element hasn't been kind for triple crown hopefuls over this drought.

If Smarty couldn't do it...no horse will ever again.

jms62 · #15 05-16-2013, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Speaking of weight has any horse ever carried as much dead wood as Orb is going to have to? Virtually every clueless idiot in racing has already declared him the next Triple Crown winner. That is a lot to overcome.

And he is doing it out of the dreaded 1 hole.

pointman · #16 05-16-2013, 10:42 AM

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And he is doing it out of the dreaded 1 hole.

I don't think the 1 hole is a big issue for Orb on Saturday. He has won from the 1 before and with all the speed in this field it should allow Rosario to put him in a good position behind the speed and to save ground.