Only 8 horses in Belmont Stakes ?-- did promoters want A. P. to win?

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

You've been watching too many races from Emerald Downs. You've forgotten what a good race horse looks like.

I concur.

What do you expect from a guy who heaps unwarranted praise on a dog track which masquerades as a thoroughbred racing venue?

[EMD4ME]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

You've been watching too many races from Emerald Downs. You've forgotten what a good race horse looks like.

HA HA HA Hilarious. That's my part time track. NYRA is my main focus.

I never said he wasn't good. Reread all my posts. I actually did say over and over again he IS a good horse. Just not a superstar in my eyes (Secretariat-Kelso-Cigar etc.)

[EMD4ME]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

I concur.

What do you expect from a guy who heaps unwarranted praise on a dog track which masquerades as a thoroughbred racing venue?

Hey, don't make fun of Emerald. That owner spent his money to BUILD a track when Longacres closed. They refused and REFUSE to become a slut, oops I mean slot based track. (Yes he sold to the tribe this year but the tribe is actually promoting racing, not trying to kill it). They run races true to form. The fans there LOVE horse racing. Not racino's with some horsies running around.

In my opinion, they have THE top track announcer in the country (who sadly was honored today as he is leaving for Woodbine) and they don't have your usual array of supertrainers moving horses up and dumping them left and right.

Steve Christ pointed me to Emerald Downs. Glad he did. Opened my eyes to a wonderful and formful venue.

We should all be supporting a venue that is actually trying to promote horse racing.

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by EMD4ME

Not the point, the point is that race has shown Pletcher that this horse has proven to be able to stalk, so a rabbit would not hurt him as he is not a need the lead type.

Yeah...he DID STALK...he was a half-length off AP after 4f...

Jeez man...how many stories do you want to tell us?

[EMD4ME]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

Yeah...he DID STALK...he was a half-length off AP after 4f...

Jeez man...how many stories do you want to tell us?

we were talking about why Pletcher didn't enter a rabbit. Can you do me a favor PA, can you actually read the posts and the contexts of the posts before you treat me like I'm SRU (Who I actually like)?

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by EMD4ME

we were talking about why Pletcher didn't enter a rabbit. Can you do me a favor PA, can you actually read the posts and the contexts of the posts before you treat me like I'm SRU (Who I actually like)?

OK. He didn't enter a rabbit because American Pharoah is not a need-to-lead type.

A rabbit would have caused AP to simply take back a bit and let the rabbit do all the hard running up front...it would have been a useless maneuver by Pletcher. He's not a dumbass....

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

OK. He didn't enter a rabbit because American Pharoah is not a need-to-lead type.

A rabbit would have caused AP to simply take back a bit and let the rabbit do all the hard running up front...it would have been a useless maneuver by Pletcher. He's not a dumbass....

In order to buy into END4ME's thinking you first have to accept that both HOF'ers John Velasquez and Todd Pletcher are morons.

[Tom]

If there had been a rabbit in the race, AP would have eaten it on the backstretch and run home faster on a protein high. Then everyone would be happy today.

[tophatmert]

Pletcher thought Mater was going to be good competition for AP, why mess with a rabbit. I got to believe Pletch was trying to give himself the best chance to win- stalk AP like he stalked Upstart. AP is not Upstart and Mater is no better or worse than he was in March. I will probably be betting against or passing in AP 's next race but I don't feel as though I need a reason to downgrade any of these Triple Crown performances to do that. I might bet against because most horses throw a bad one or two eventually.