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46zilzal
01-17-2005, 10:51 PM
Get a kick out of the folks who feverently discuss the racing game while IGNORANT (Unaware, not stupid) of the great nags of the past of which they are TOTALLY UNAWARE.
JustRalph
01-18-2005, 07:19 AM
Now this is "Trolling"
cj
01-18-2005, 08:03 AM
What a dumb statement! I know a lot about the "great nags" of the past, but it doesn't help me one iota when it comes to picking a few winners on today's card. I'd just as soon talk modern handicapping any day of the week than talk about stuff that is irrelevant to today and the gambling aspect of the sport.

Without betting, who really cares about horse racing? Its nice enough to watch, but how many Saturday's would you spend at your local track for the pure entertainment of watching a few horses you didn't own race to the wire?
cj
01-18-2005, 08:17 AM
By the way, my favorite horse of all time --- the 2
Pace Cap'n
01-18-2005, 08:56 AM
Your 2 never saw the day it could beat my 4.
hurrikane
01-18-2005, 09:41 AM
come on guys. your always going for the longshots.

the 3 takes it w2w. ask anyone. far outclasses the field
Pace Cap'n
01-18-2005, 10:06 AM
I heard that your 3 couldn't even beat the takeout.
hurrikane
01-18-2005, 10:17 AM
oh, Joe is talking down the 3 again damnit!!!!!
46zilzal
01-18-2005, 01:24 PM
insight is lost here
PaceAdvantage
01-18-2005, 01:39 PM
Maybe if you would take the first step (especially when you are the initiator), things would turn out differently.
46zilzal
01-18-2005, 01:51 PM
REPEAT themselves and it behooves people to be aware of those lessons.

I keep a journal of races which taught a lesson and review them..i
DerbyTrail
01-18-2005, 02:28 PM
If it helps advance this thread, I'll offer up that Round Table, Gallorette, Twilight Tear, Gen. Duke, Damascus, Mr. Nickerson and Go For Wand are my favorite "great nags of the past"... And my awareness of them is indeed, "fervent". :p
kenwoodallpromos
01-18-2005, 10:58 PM
I did not know "nags" could be great. I'll take Winning Colors.
TOOZ
01-19-2005, 06:55 AM
When I got married, I checked my wife's bloodlines, fervently looking for great nags of the past.
toetoe
01-19-2005, 08:35 AM
Tooz,
You stole my line! You're evil, and I blame that Theodore Hendricks boy, your former playmate. Now I must fall back on (not my sword, no such luck) this chestnut: I traded my wife in on a brand new golf bag.
TOOZ
01-19-2005, 09:18 AM
Curiously, how did "nag" come about to be a synonym for horse? Was there a nag horse? I really would like to know. All I could find was that nag derived from to "gnaw" or "nibble", so maybe horses were known as nag horses somewhere along the line.
DerbyTrail
01-19-2005, 10:47 AM
Curiously, how did "nag" come about to be a synonym for horse? Was there a nag horse? I really would like to know. All I could find was that nag derived from to "gnaw" or "nibble", so maybe horses were known as nag horses somewhere along the line.


The term originated most probably from the Old Norse word "gnaga" which describes an old horse that has outlived its usefulness...