This guy makes Gary McCord seem normal.
The morons at ESPN decided to open with a list of, \"Horses that have never raced again after their Belmont\".
Hey, thanks, guys - that sure was good \'n smart PR for racing.
Can we have the professionals at NBC back again - please?
And they are replaying the Mayne sitting in the Red Pickup segment again.
I wish they\'d just at least show the races. On ESPN they at least showed the undercard (great win by Fabulous Strike). Did NBC even bother to show any of the other races. The most absurd piece was when Jerry Bailey \"proved\" that MTB would have won the Preakness by superimposing his image with a rail trip had Borel ridden him.
Bob
It was ESPN on ABC (not NBC) - no, they didn\'t show the race before.
Yes, the \"MTB wins with an imaginary rail trip I made up in my head, here I\'ll show you\" by Bailey was ... well, the whole thing was a sad demo of amateurism, compared to how well I though NBC covered the Derby and Preakness.
You are correct, sight, it was ABC that didn\'t show the undercard race. I got my networks mixed up.
The whole Bailey imaginary Preakness also failed to mention that RA lost even more ground than MTB, mainly due to being carried wide on the 1st turn by Big Drama, so if he had been consistent he would have shown the filly winning by a larger margin rather than losing. What really made the whole exercise a disaster was that MTB later ended up going 4-5 wide in the Belmont, even with Borel aboard. Obviously, a given rider doesn\'t always guarentee a rail trip or an exact ground loss. Including ground loss in figures is important but this fiasco presented it in the worst possible manner and unfairly presented Mike Smith\'s ride.
Bob
bobphilo Wrote:
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> Including ground loss in figures is important but
> this fiasco presented it in the worst possible
> manner and unfairly presented Mike Smith\'s ride.
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> Bob
Great. Now Bailey is hopping on the \"Smith goes wide\" angle.
IT JUST NEVER STOPS!!!!!!!
Great job TG. Several nice winners around the country yesterday. Especially nice was Diamondrella and Summer Bird at Belmont paying 11-1.
Downloaded some turf races from Create a Card and also found a nice one at GG 6th race. Quan\'s Girl paid a generous $24.80 sporting the best turf numbers in the race. Your turf numbers are spectacular. Found a few at Hollywood that I really liked that came through also.
Thanks for a very profitable day.