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07-10-2012, 06:47 PM
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Union Rags done for the year?
That's what Glenye Cain Oakford (DRF) posted on Twitter...
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07-10-2012, 07:10 PM
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Already tweets about Lanes End , not too encouraging to hear this.
Tendon injury.
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07-10-2012, 07:12 PM
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Shocking news.
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07-10-2012, 07:14 PM
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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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07-10-2012, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
Shocking news.
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shocking as in...we got a classic win under our belt now lets get the heck out of here?
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07-10-2012, 07:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zydeco
shocking as in...we got a classic win under our belt now lets get the heck out of here?
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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).
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07-10-2012, 08:04 PM
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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.
Last edited by letswastemoney; 07-10-2012 at 08:05 PM.
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07-10-2012, 08:06 PM
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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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07-10-2012, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Itamaraca
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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See my above post.
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07-10-2012, 08:29 PM
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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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07-10-2012, 08:45 PM
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Will never face the starter again.
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07-10-2012, 08:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andtheyreoff
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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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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07-10-2012, 09:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by letswastemoney
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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agree
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07-10-2012, 11:03 PM
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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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Last edited by David-LV; 07-10-2012 at 11:05 PM.
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07-10-2012, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David-LV
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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David-LV
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