Kentucky Derby Thread
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You know I asked the question if Animal Rights groups like this kind of thing to my roommate and he just stared back at me almost like it was a stupid question. I guess it wasn't.
TransporterBeam
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It is a shame about Eight Belles. They couldn't save the Horse and use it for stud ?
Re: On to Preakness!
Bumping this for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Big Brown's not facing anywhere near the class he faced in the Derby; if he runs his race and comes through sound, he should have this one in the bag and we may have a chance at the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. He's going off at 1-2 to win it. Only one other Derby horse, 17th place Gayego, will be in the race today at 8-1.
Latest news: Behindatthebar has been scratched, leaving a 12-horse field, with Big Brown starting from the 7 (6) post. Trivia: the 6th post has produced the most Preakness Stakes winners in the 133-year history of the race.
Other horses I'll be watching are Icabad Crane, becasue that's one awesome name, and Riley Tucker, becasue he's carrying Edgar Prado. Kentucky Bear has been training at Pimlico for over a week, so he should be the most comfortable on the track.
My guess is that if Big Brown wins today, we'll see an even lower level of competition at Belmont, given the racing industry's desperation for a Triple Crown winner to offset the recent tragedies in the sport.
Here's the line-up:
Post, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds
1 Macho Again, Leparoux, D.Stewart, 20-1
2 Tres Borrachos, Baze, C.Greely, 30-1
3 Icabad Crane, Rose, H.Motion, 30-1
4 Yankee Bravo, Solis, P.Gallagher, 15-1
5 Behindatthebar, Flores, T.Pletcher, 10-1
6 Racecar Rhapsody, Albarado, K.McPeek, 30-1
7 Big Brown, Desormeaux, R.Dutrow, Jr., 1-2
8 Kentucky Bear, Theriot, R.Baker, 15-1
9 Stevil, Velazquez, N.Zito, 30-1
10 Riley Tucker, Prado, W.Mott, 30-1
11 Giant Moon, Dominguez, R.Schosberg, 30-1
12 Gayego, Smith, P.Lobo, 8-1
13 Hey Byrn, Lopez, E.Plesa, Jr., 20-1
An quick and dirty analysis of the field.
Baltimore Sun live blog of Preakness day.
Bumping this for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Big Brown's not facing anywhere near the class he faced in the Derby; if he runs his race and comes through sound, he should have this one in the bag and we may have a chance at the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. He's going off at 1-2 to win it. Only one other Derby horse, 17th place Gayego, will be in the race today at 8-1.
Latest news: Behindatthebar has been scratched, leaving a 12-horse field, with Big Brown starting from the 7 (6) post. Trivia: the 6th post has produced the most Preakness Stakes winners in the 133-year history of the race.
Other horses I'll be watching are Icabad Crane, becasue that's one awesome name, and Riley Tucker, becasue he's carrying Edgar Prado. Kentucky Bear has been training at Pimlico for over a week, so he should be the most comfortable on the track.
My guess is that if Big Brown wins today, we'll see an even lower level of competition at Belmont, given the racing industry's desperation for a Triple Crown winner to offset the recent tragedies in the sport.
Here's the line-up:
Post, Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Odds
1 Macho Again, Leparoux, D.Stewart, 20-1
2 Tres Borrachos, Baze, C.Greely, 30-1
3 Icabad Crane, Rose, H.Motion, 30-1
4 Yankee Bravo, Solis, P.Gallagher, 15-1
5 Behindatthebar, Flores, T.Pletcher, 10-1
6 Racecar Rhapsody, Albarado, K.McPeek, 30-1
7 Big Brown, Desormeaux, R.Dutrow, Jr., 1-2
8 Kentucky Bear, Theriot, R.Baker, 15-1
9 Stevil, Velazquez, N.Zito, 30-1
10 Riley Tucker, Prado, W.Mott, 30-1
11 Giant Moon, Dominguez, R.Schosberg, 30-1
12 Gayego, Smith, P.Lobo, 8-1
13 Hey Byrn, Lopez, E.Plesa, Jr., 20-1
An quick and dirty analysis of the field.
Baltimore Sun live blog of Preakness day.
Go Big Brown!!!!
I'd love to see another Triple Crown winner in my lifetime! Go Big Brown.
I just hope this race isn't as depressing as the last one was. Hopefully all the horses survive. That, and go Big Brown.
I watched Secretariat when I was a kid and those three races are indelibly burned in my brain. This horse is the next Secretariat and I never thought I would see his like again. I am so excited.
I was thinking the same thing after this race. I actually started this years triple crown by watching the Secretariat races on Youtube, and there is a lot about Big Brown that reminds me of that horse. I hope he can get it done at the Belmont.
^I've watched those races online, and the way he almost always came from dead last with a move in the first turn to win it was frankly amazing.
Derby
Preakness
Belmont (this is the one he finally ran Sham, a great horse in his own right, out by running with him from the beginning...)
Big Brown is more of a stalker, breaks better and sits back a few horses until the last turn. Unfortunately, we'll probably never get to see him run after Belmont, as he's been sold to stud already. I was really hoping to see him race Curlin who also likes to stalk and has a wicked stretch run...
And just for fun...Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral in the Pimlico Special
Derby
Preakness
Belmont (this is the one he finally ran Sham, a great horse in his own right, out by running with him from the beginning...)
Big Brown is more of a stalker, breaks better and sits back a few horses until the last turn. Unfortunately, we'll probably never get to see him run after Belmont, as he's been sold to stud already. I was really hoping to see him race Curlin who also likes to stalk and has a wicked stretch run...
And just for fun...Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral in the Pimlico Special
And, Secretariat is still the holder of the fastest time in the Kentucky Derby. No other horse has run it as fast, to this day. BTW: Secretariat's nickname was Big Red. - - Around the last turn the jockey must have just given Big Brown his head. There was a point there that he took. off. like. a. rocket.
^I've watched those races online, and the way he almost always came from dead last with a move in the first turn to win it was frankly amazing.
Derby
Preakness
Belmont (this is the one he finally ran Sham, a great horse in his own right, out by running with him from the beginning...)
Big Brown is more of a stalker, breaks better and sits back a few horses until the last turn. Unfortunately, we'll probably never get to see him run after Belmont, as he's been sold to stud already. I was really hoping to see him race Curlin who also likes to stalk and has a wicked stretch run...
And just for fun...Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral in the Pimlico Special
Sportscentury did a documentary on Secretariat which part of it was on Youtube. I watched the races and then that documentary piece and I was in tears. No sport has brought me to tears as much as that horse and horse racing has.
As Liberal said this is what usually happens. That's what made Secretariat so special and spectacular. My daughter watched Secretariat's Belmont Stakes and her words were,"He totally OWNED."
All three races in record time, and the Belmont win by some thirty lengths, I guess so.
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