You are the Man!!!!
Thanks buddy. Huge day out here. One for the ages.
This one will keep me coming back.
Appreciate it.
Give us the play-by-play Diary version later when you and the kids get home safe and sound.
Congrats Jim!!!
Thanks alot. Will do. Might be tomorrow but will give rundown. It involved a rather large single of Poe
Yep, have to give you credit for that. I got exactly what I wanted in the running of the race, POE dropped back to near last and got off the rail, and he was still good enough to win. Congrats on a big day!
Why is he the man? Fill us in!
Unfortunately POE got hurt in the race -- condylar fracture. Surgery required.
I think because he liked Point of Entry. LOL yeah I know... it\'s hilarious!
On a side note.
Oxbow is just one solid TB in my book. This is a horse that ran totally against the pace in the Derby and still beat 13 horses, ran away with the Preakness (you better believe I bet him and still pissed Orb can\'t run 2nd!!) and then showed he is totally legit by running another big race in the Belmont. It would be kinda cool if Calumet was to rise from the ashes once again with Lucas training... here is to hoping we see more horses wearing the Black with Gold Chevrons in the winners circle on big race days!
Louisville,
You will have to ask fjmb what he meant for sure but I think he might have been refering to my post on Palice Malice.
I liked both Palice Malice and Overanlze. Posted on them both
Saw how track was favoring speed so played PM pretty signifciantly
Also hit the pk 6 (which paid small) and a very large pk 4 by singling POE and using him with PM, OA and Orb in the pk 4.
no redboarding here, posted all of this ahead of time.
your post implies you have some issues with me, as I\'ve said before, line for that bandwagon goes around the corner and up the west side highway!
In no way does my post imply that I have a problem with you...
Someone asked why someone said \"you the man\" and from reading past posts which I admit I do not do as often as most on here, I just knew you thought POE had to win on Saturday, so I posted the comment I did.
Sorry that you felt I need to line up with others from your past... A line that long is nothing to brag about, I wouldn\'t think. Once again sorry for making you think I am just another poster that needs to line up with the other haters. Truth is I could never be a hater simply cause I don\'t care what you or anyone else on these forums bet, lol
Take care and always good luck to you with your future wagers.
Then why the original comment?
\"A line that long is nothing to brag about, I wouldn\'t think.\"
Are you kidding? It\'s a message board. If you don\'t have a bunch of people hating your guts, it means you\'re worthless.
And another one takes a number for the Curtis line!
Now serving 73. 73? Number 73? Who\'s got 73???
this is absolutely priceless, I love this!
I had a similar conversation with Serling Saturday night when a few of us got together after the Belmont. He was complaining about the pounding he takes (including apparently from one of the posters here, in another forum), and I told him it comes with the territory, if you\'re out in public expressing opinions. Imagine the incoming Maddow and Hannity take.
But Serling, Maddow and Hannity at least don\'t have to deal with people blasting them ON THEIR OWN SHOW. Some of us do.
Meanwhile, I made sure to let Andy know Friedman called him and Jason clowns last week. Heh-heh.
I repeat \"Covelj70 is the Man!!!\"
To all haters, see his post on June 4th about the Belmont.
I think a comment needs to be made about D Wayne\'s work with Oxbow, Optimizer and
to a lesser extent, Skyring.
In the late 1980s, Lukas (Louisville: if you are going to come on an exchange
such as this and want to be taken seriously, get the spelling right) had a bit of
a reputation. This was during the time of Lady\'s Secret, who it seemed like was
entered in a couple of spots after she was obviously physically and probably
mentally no longer able to compete at the top level. Lukas was known as a top
trainer of two and three year olds who went through a lot of young horses,
allegedly almost bankrupting Gene Klein in the process. His work with turf
champion Steinlein and HOY Criminal Type (for the Old Calumet) were notable
exceptions, though my memory is that he did not develop these two as youngsters.
Oxbow, Optimizer and Skyring have been solid campaigners. They have been
veritable iron horses in the current day when most horses are making about 8
starts per year. One might question why obviously turf meant sorts such as
Optimizer and Skyring were raced in so many dirt spots, but D Wayne is not
bashful: He likes to \"rack em up\" in the big races (his words).
So Louisville, I agree it would be nice for racing if Lukas can bring Calumet
back to prominence. I would especially like to see the current Calumet owner send
an exploratory party down to South America with a wad of cash and return with the
Devils Red and Blue Calumet silks.
Hows that for a story, which has Silver Charm dreaming of sugarplums? A Calumet
owned, Lukas trained runner, wearing the Devil\'s Red and Blue colors, breaking
the Triple Crown drought.
Let\'s open a little window onto Human Nature:
When you have a strong opinion and stick to it, people might disagree just as strongly or just think you\'re way off somewhere else. It is when you are RIGHT! that people hate you.
I paid close attention to your posts and you were spot on about how speed and closers would play. In so many words, you pointed out that, all things considered, speed held an upper hand going in. You were right.
I felt good about PM, a bit of rest, Mike Smith, three sharp interim works that got some real wind into him, and no blinkers. Unfortunately, I let myself, I take responsibility, be talked out of Oxbow catching second, had he been third and Orb second, (I had Incognito there) I would have scored mine...alas, alack..must get back up.
These horizontals are killing me. Gotta try verticals. And I realize now, to succeed at those, you have to have at least one good strong single. These threads have been a case in point.
...and all this time, I thought I was growing a tail...
magicnight Wrote:
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> And another one takes a number for the Curtis
> line!
>
> Now serving 73. 73? Number 73? Who\'s got 73???
73???
The weekend wasn\'t bad enough, and now I lose my over bet with the line at 98.
How many websites were you counting? Bob was talking local.
TGJB Wrote:
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> How many websites were you counting? Bob was
> talking local.
I think it would only take one other for me to cover the nut.
TGJB Wrote:
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> I had a similar conversation with Serling Saturday
> night when a few of us got together after the
> Belmont. He was complaining about the pounding he
> takes (including apparently from one of the
> posters here, in another forum), and I told him it
> comes with the territory, if you\'re out in public
> expressing opinions. Imagine the incoming Maddow
> and Hannity take.
>
> But Serling, Maddow and Hannity at least don\'t
> have to deal with people blasting them ON THEIR
> OWN SHOW. Some of us do.
>
> Meanwhile, I made sure to let Andy know Friedman
> called him and Jason clowns last week. Heh-heh.
Andy\'d get a more even reception if he didn\'t so often blame everyone and everything else but himself -- and dropped the act that his is the ultimate opinion -- when he comes up with one or another of his bad reads . . . self-confidence is required, in this endeavor, but one can carry it \'WAY too far . . .