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Old 07-10-2012, 06:47 PM   #1
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Union Rags done for the year?

That's what Glenye Cain Oakford (DRF) posted on Twitter...
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:10 PM   #2
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Already tweets about Lanes End , not too encouraging to hear this.
Tendon injury.
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:12 PM   #3
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Shocking news.
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:14 PM   #4
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That's a shame. I really wanted to see him run, almost as much out of intellectual curiosity about how he would develop as just being a fan.
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:15 PM   #5
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Shocking news.
shocking as in...we got a classic win under our belt now lets get the heck out of here?
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Old 07-10-2012, 07:54 PM   #6
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shocking as in...we got a classic win under our belt now lets get the heck out of here?
I'm serious here- why does everything have to be a conspiracy with horseplayers? Maybe the horse just got hurt. It really sucks and it's deflating for the rest of the year, but it doesn't mean it was all some grand idea to retire him once he got a Belmont win (never mind the fact that breeding season isn't for many months).
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I would have liked him to stay healthy even if I did not like him.

Now there will always be a mysterious cloud over how good he really was. I thought he was overrated, but I wanted to see definitively whether he could live up to his hype or whether my thoughts were right.

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Old 07-10-2012, 08:06 PM   #8
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The connections probably weighed the odds of this horse getting another once-in-a-career perfect trip with those of getting its ass significantly kicked in some of the major 3 year old (and up) races the rest of the year. When the scale fell over on the latter end, they knew what they had to do.
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Old 07-10-2012, 08:24 PM   #9
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The connections probably weighed the odds of this horse getting another once-in-a-career perfect trip with those of getting its ass significantly kicked in some of the major 3 year old (and up) races the rest of the year. When the scale fell over on the latter end, they knew what they had to do.
See my above post.
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Old 07-10-2012, 08:29 PM   #10
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I think he would have wound up being the whipping boy of all whipping boy's, but I wish him well....
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Old 07-10-2012, 08:45 PM   #11
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Old 07-10-2012, 08:55 PM   #12
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I'm serious here- why does everything have to be a conspiracy with horseplayers? Maybe the horse just got hurt. It really sucks and it's deflating for the rest of the year, but it doesn't mean it was all some grand idea to retire him once he got a Belmont win (never mind the fact that breeding season isn't for many months).
You don't have to allege any conspiracy to recognize that horses who are players in the Triple Crown tend to race and accomplish little thereafter. Half the horses who run in The Derby never win another race.

It makes me appreciate what a great horse Shackleford is (and Curlin was)!
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I would have liked him to stay healthy even if I did not like him.

Now there will always be a mysterious cloud over how good he really was. I thought he was overrated, but I wanted to see definitively whether he could live up to his hype or whether my thoughts were right.
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Old 07-10-2012, 11:03 PM   #14
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Just another phony horse that got lucky with a perfect trip and now it is time to cash in.

Hello Japan. Will you have Another?

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Just another phony horse that got lucky with a perfect trip and now it is time to cash in.

Hello Japan. Will you have Another?

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