Square Eddie returns

[gm10]

Very fond of this horse. Hope O'Neil doesn't work too much of his magic on him.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Square Eddie, winner of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity in 2008 but a horse plagued by injuries and setbacks for the last two years, comes out of retirement after an 11-month layoff in an optional claimer over 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Friday.

http://drf.com/news/square-eddie-returns-retirement-injury-santa-anita

[joanied]

Maybe someone honest will claim him!!

[picojim]

its actually Alw 59000n2x
and no one can be claimed in the race

[toussaud]

has approx -5% chance in that race. moonlark is a buzzsaw.


What I don't get is, he won a grade 1 going 2 turns, finished 3rd in the breeders cup going 2 turns, and ever since, all they want to do is run him 1 turn. That never made sense. If he is going to do anything IMHO it's going to be going 2 turns, probably on the grass.

[cj]

has approx -5% chance in that race. moonlark is a buzzsaw.


What I don't get is, he won a grade 1 going 2 turns, finished 3rd in the breeders cup going 2 turns, and ever since, all they want to do is run him 1 turn. That never made sense. If he is going to do anything IMHO it's going to be going 2 turns, probably on the grass.

Going two turns at 2 really isn't the same thing as doing it later. He never expended his energy like a true router.

What makes you think Moonlark will like dirt?

[Cardus]

its actually Alw 59000n2x
and no one can be claimed in the race

Surely, Joanied could not be wrong about this, and "newbies" should heed what she posts, and "newbies" should enjoy racing more because of posts like hers.

Great way to grow the game.

[Market Mover]

Very fond of this horse. Hope O'Neil doesn't work too much of his magic on him.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Square Eddie, winner of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity in 2008 but a horse plagued by injuries and setbacks for the last two years, comes out of retirement after an 11-month layoff in an optional claimer over 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Friday.

http://drf.com/news/square-eddie-returns-retirement-injury-santa-anita


Go White-Faced wonder! Speaking of balds...can anyone mention or post pics of some good-lookin' bald-faced horses? And define the true bald-faced...

[Tom]

Surely, Joanied could not be wrong about this, and "newbies" should heed what she posts, and "newbies" should enjoy racing more because of posts like hers.

Great way to grow the game.

Unless they meet you at the track. :rolleyes:

[OTM Al]

Hate to say this but this looks like an accident waiting to happen.

[toussaud]

Going two turns at 2 really isn't the same thing as doing it later. He never expended his energy like a true router.

What makes you think Moonlark will like dirt?
best race of his life was at HP which transfers very well over to dirt, and there is nothing in his pedigree that tells me he won't like dirt. He just so happened to be trained on a circuit where there wasn't dirt. I don't hold that against him.


He's going to get hammered I doubt I play, but still, horse is a standout in this race and I would be shocked if He didn't' win by open lengths.

[cj]

best race of his life was at HP which transfers very well over to dirt, and there is nothing in his pedigree that tells me he won't like dirt. He just so happened to be trained on a circuit where there wasn't dirt. I don't hold that against him.


He's going to get hammered I doubt I play, but still, horse is a standout in this race and I would be shocked if He didn't' win by open lengths.

I get that, but I also see that he improved when moved from dirt. It isn't like he hasn't run on it before. Maybe some of it was the trainer change as well, we'll see.

[toussaud]

Yes he came from the lukas barn if I am not mistaken. That that has alot to do with it as well.

[cj]

Yes he came from the lukas barn if I am not mistaken. That that has alot to do with it as well.

What do you think about the routing at 2 comment being different than doing it when a horse is older?

[joanied]

its actually Alw 59000n2x
and no one can be claimed in the race

Oh:blush: ...thanks, guess I should have looked it up:bang:

Do hope he runs well, but maybe if he doesn't, they'll go ahead and really retire him, before something bad happens...he's had so many problems, I think they are taking a big chance racing him again...but of course, if you can squeeze a little more purse money out of him, why not:rolleyes: :mad:

[joanied]

Go White-Faced wonder! Speaking of balds...can anyone mention or post pics of some good-lookin' bald-faced horses? And define the true bald-faced...

Piebald - Definition

This article is about the animal coloration. For the musical group, see Piebald (band) (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Piebald_%28band%29). A piebald horse


A piebald horse (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Horse) is a horse with large grey and black patches. The colour of the horse's skin underneath its coat may vary between black or pink.

Similar to the skewbald (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Skewbald) and oddbald (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Oddbald), these colours are now no longer in common use in the UK and are more correctly referred to as Coloured. However, the term is still in common parlance in Ireland (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ireland) where piebald horses are popular amongst Irish Travellers (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Irish_Traveller). In the US, the more common term for this colouring is paint (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/American_Paint_Horse).

Piebald is also used to refer to dogs (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Dog) with the same coloration.


A pie bald face is just a white 'blaze' that covers most of the face, even around the eyes.
I don't care for that type of face coloration on horses, and for the horse, it's not good either because they get sunburn very easily. Below, it's the top right picture.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/HorseFaceMarkings2.png/250px-HorseFaceMarkings2.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HorseFaceMarkings2.png) http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HorseFaceMarkings2.png)
Facial markings. Top row, L-R: Blaze, Stripe, Stripe (or thin blaze) and snip, Irregular blaze, Interrupted stripe, bald face. Bottom row, L-R: Faint star, Star, Star and strip, irregular star, snip, lip marking



This is a photo of Phantom On Tour...he has a pie bald face.
http://www.derbymuseum.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_3485-200x300.jpg

[toussaud]

Didn't the green money have a face like that?

[joanied]

Didn't the green money have a face like that?


The Green Monkey (you left out the 'k':) )
http://www.bloodhorse.com/images/content/TheGreenMonkeySD298.jpg

[Tom]

Square Eddy 8-5 15 minutes out......

[joanied]

I'm waiting for the results...can't watch it on TV because hubby is watching something...

[toussaud]

damn.. shut me up lol

[Tom]

I'm waiting for the results...can't watch it on TV because hubby is watching something...

Won drawing away at 5-2.

[toussaud]

seems all he needed was a real real good vacation

[joanied]

:jump: This is great...gotta catch the reply later on...I do wish he was in another barn, though.

Way to win, Square Eddie:ThmbUp:

[rubicon55]

Very fond of this horse. Hope O'Neil doesn't work too much of his magic on him.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Square Eddie, winner of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity in 2008 but a horse plagued by injuries and setbacks for the last two years, comes out of retirement after an 11-month layoff in an optional claimer over 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on Friday.

http://drf.com/news/square-eddie-returns-retirement-injury-santa-anita

Won the 7th race at SA easily.

[cj]

I get that, but I also see that he improved when moved from dirt. It isn't like he hasn't run on it before. Maybe some of it was the trainer change as well, we'll see.

Just sayin....bad fave.

[toussaud]

Just sayin....bad fave.
nice e-pat on the back :ThmbUp:


Don't think he was a bad fav. i did not wager on the race (i mostly play only turf races) but if I did, I mean what more do you want? he just got beat lol. dont' think he got the trip he wanted either, benearjo has a tendency to get too cute from time to time,and I think this was one of those cases.