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The year Touch Gold rolled by Bafferts Silver Charm to foil his first shot at the crown iy really taught me what stamia was. It was my 10th year in the game and I told by a nice old man at the track (as i sat there day after day watching my husband give away all of our money to the people on the other side of the windows) that we (the Americans) breed for speed at the dismay of the purists. And the horses are more fragile because of it. Well i didnt see it myself. No matter the distance it looked the same to me. A bunch of horses running around circle. But when my beautiful gray horse hit a wall that day in Elmont i got it. But most of the Belmont's since seem to have been dominated by front runners. Which I still dont understand. But as good as this big red horse is' I dont think he will rise anywhere near to the class of another big red horse that ran around the same circle some 36 years. Ive been let down by yhis game to many times to let myself get excited about it. Anyway it can burn you it will. When i over hear grown men crying about about a beat bad every 3rd friday of the month when my house fills with smoke and i can finally get to sleep at 5am, i laugh to myself and think they obviously dont play "the game". Cause ive witnessed some very peculiar sinking feeling in your gut beat bads over the years. This year? This one has heart obviously. The way that race was run most horses would have gave way. But he dug in. It had to of taken something out of him though. And with a rabbit entered and a big bullseye on the riders back and the extra distance? As Dana Carvey says "aint gonna happen" but it will be another let down cause my husband will probaly throw him right off the board and probaly come out with both barrels blazing in hopes of a huge score and leave him right off his super trifecta. Cause ive heard him say before betting a chalk in the 3 or 4 slot of a ticket would be akin to taking his shoes off and setting them on the kitchen table or flicking a cigarette butt onto thr couch. its just something you don"t do. My pick? 8-1-4-3-9
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