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12-29-2019, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
I brought up two of the best in their fields and they didn't play the sport. That was my point. You don't have to be able to ride a horse to know a bad ride. You don't have to be a quarterback to know a bad decision by the QB.
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Do you have to be a chef to know a bad meal?
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12-29-2019, 06:23 PM
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#32
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Originally Posted by cj
Not that big of an asterisk! Why does everyone think I'm an OU fan?
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I know...just saying, your more an OSU fan. And not the evil empire OSU.
But you Oklahoman's tend to stick together.
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12-29-2019, 06:55 PM
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#33
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Location: Moore, OK
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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
I know...just saying, your more an OSU fan. And not the evil empire OSU.
But you Oklahoman's tend to stick together.
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Terps first and foremost.
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12-29-2019, 07:00 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Originally Posted by the little guy
Coincidentally, there were more than a few times, back when Mike rode regularly in NY, when watching him ride felt like getting dental work.
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Now that made me laugh 
If I remember right Smith had a long period where he would always go wide and appeared to be afraid to go to the rail. That might explain some of his riding stats on ground loss.
I think he got over it though
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12-29-2019, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
Years ago, I remember reading on the TG board about how their data suggested Mike Smith lost more ground on average than a lot of the other top riders and was blowing a lot of big races.
I guess either he got better, ground loss is overrated, or he's riding Ferraris.  |
It was in the aftermath of a bad accident. He was riding scared. There was concern that he’d regain his prior form.
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12-29-2019, 10:16 PM
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#36
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Because you insulted another member of the board. And that's against the rules here.
No name calling. So **** OFF already. lulz
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You do it constantly, so **** OFF already to you too, PA.
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12-29-2019, 10:19 PM
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#37
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Originally Posted by jocko699
Weak.
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Weak is giving me a “demerit” for saying I’d love to see their man-crush ride a racehorse.
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12-29-2019, 10:23 PM
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#38
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Originally Posted by jocko699
Low IQ people
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That’s what I chant when I look in the mirror
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12-29-2019, 10:40 PM
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Resurrectionist
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Weak is giving me a “demerit” for saying I’d love to see their man-crush ride a racehorse.
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Maybe many more to come. You never know.
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12-29-2019, 10:58 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
You do it constantly, so **** OFF already to you too, PA.
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Such parting words never sounded so sweet to me...thank you!
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12-29-2019, 11:07 PM
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One of the more important horses Mike every rode was a horse named Top Honors. Its funny how such a nondescript horse could alter the history of the sport but I can argue this one did in regard to this record.
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12-30-2019, 10:15 AM
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