rokitman
05-06-2005, 01:06 PM
...on behalf of long-time trainer and current 83 year old buzzard, Warren Stute. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7738377/
It's happened before in recent history.
80 year old buzzard and long-time owner Paul Mellon along with 80 year old buzzard and long-time trainer Mack Miller, neither of whom had won the Derby, brought Sea Hero to the Derby in abysmal form in 1993. And he won. See form here http://www.drf.com/tc/trail/2004/derbywinners.pdf (no sign-in required). What's even more suspicious is that he only went off at 12.9:1 in the 19 horse Derby field after coming in 4th in the Blue Grass at 7.7:1 in a 9 horse field. Evidently, The Gods of Horseracing make bets. And, bizarrely, after returning to his abysmal form for the next 3 racing he rose from the dead again to win The Travers!!! And at only 6.7:1!!!!
You've been warned.
It's happened before in recent history.
80 year old buzzard and long-time owner Paul Mellon along with 80 year old buzzard and long-time trainer Mack Miller, neither of whom had won the Derby, brought Sea Hero to the Derby in abysmal form in 1993. And he won. See form here http://www.drf.com/tc/trail/2004/derbywinners.pdf (no sign-in required). What's even more suspicious is that he only went off at 12.9:1 in the 19 horse Derby field after coming in 4th in the Blue Grass at 7.7:1 in a 9 horse field. Evidently, The Gods of Horseracing make bets. And, bizarrely, after returning to his abysmal form for the next 3 racing he rose from the dead again to win The Travers!!! And at only 6.7:1!!!!
You've been warned.