Wood Result explanation in three words:  This Hard Land

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\"Purchase entitles you to download - at no charge - our Online Seminar, Jerry Brown\'s detailed comments for all the races, and the non-BC races for the two days.

I\'m trying to download the non-bc races for Friday and the register is trying to charge me $25.

Where/how do I get these without charge?

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How can some of you be so blind?  Modern day supertrainers and their vets are pushing the envelope with every medicinal/chemical edge they can find.  They are pushing far into the grey areas of the rules.  I don\'t believe they have a \"magic bullet\" undetectable PED, but they definitely are not getting the results they achieve through hard work/horsemanship, etc.

Re: the report on horse deaths (I don\'t care if it focuses on Baffert)....this is what troubles me.

\"But the program has a flaw, and I think it's a major one. There is no requirement that veterinary records of deceased horses be submitted to researchers conducting the post-mortem examinations. Those records are an important component for researchers who are trying to meet the program's objectives.

You would think that owners, trainers and veterinarians would want answers as to why a horse broke down or died suddenly from heart failure, internal bleeding or some other cause. You would think they would do whatever they could to save other horses from suffering a similar fate in the future. And that would include agreeing to a policy that requires veterinary records to be submitted on all horses that died.

If you thought that owners, trainers and veterinarians in California wanted to do that, you would be wrong. Sadly.

For three years now, the CHRB has gone round and round with horsemen and vets on this issue. The CHRB's Medication and Track Safety Committee proposed an amendment back in 2011 that would require six months of veterinary records be submitted on horses that died at California racetracks or licensed training centers.

And they appear no closer today to getting board approval than they were when the proposal – an amendment to CHRB Rule 1846.5, Postmortem Examination – was first made.

"Over strenuous objections from owners, trainers and veterinarians, the board has not moved forward on this proposal," said Dr. Rick Arthur, the CHRB's equine medical director.

CHRB commissioner Bo Derek has pushed this proposal hard, but the resistance to change has been formidable. Many horsemen and veterinarians believe it's nobody's business. And that, of course, is one of racing's biggest problems: they think it's their game, everyone else be damned.

Am I the only one who is PISSED OFF about this? If these deaths are just coincidental, as Miff wants us to believe, what do these owners/trainers/vet\'s have to be afraid of, in respect to recent/prior vet records.  I\'d like to know just which persons were on record objecting.  I\'d be willing to wager I could guess a few of the outfits that would be on this list and you won\'t find Jack Vanberg or other less than 10% guys on that list.

We need transparency.  I want to know when I\'ll Have Another is getting \"shock therapy\", whether I agree with the practice or if it should be allowed doesn\'t matter.  I want to know if and when Vyjack is getting his tank topped up with some packed blood (whether It is his own blood harvested at a prior date or not...whether it\'s considered legal or not) followed by a little harmless R&R time in the hyperbaric chamber.

Way too many questionable practices going on with these guys that need to be KNOWN to the world.  If Miff and others are OK with these practices, at least the rules can be made clear and we can be provided with the info to handicap/wager responsibly.

Jeff Mullins went on record to say folks who bet on horseraces are idiots and don\'t deserve to know what goes on behind he scenes.  I was hoping to outlast the Jeff Mullins\' of the world.  Happy that we are rid of JM, but its apparent in today\'s racing community there are many who subscribe to the \"if you can\'t beat em, join em\" excuse.

Me?  I\'d rather go back to the hay and oats days (I know there\'s been cheating since the beginning of time...but I prefer the odd case of some fool putting pepper spray on his horses bum or a shady jock hitting horse with a battery, compared to today\'s well funded outfits equipped with supertrainer, chemist/vet/nutritionist/shockwave/hyperbaric chambers.

Rant of the year complete.  Go Orb!!!

Not a 1w 1w trip, but suprised nobody comments on my \'93 ARK Dby reference.  I remember their being a lot of grumbling about track maintenance (the innermost part of track, right on top of the rail was extra tight due to the tire tracks).  Calvin rode Rockumundo right on top of the track marks on his way to victory on a hapless 100/1 shot.  No way that horse wins with any other trip.

Watch the race again and try to imagine a circle the field win.  Guess i\'m just not that creative or have a need to understand the \"why\".  Tons the best?  I figure Pioneer of the Nile wins if you take the overland route.  But maybe you\'re right and i just don\'t get Geometry!

I think the more important question is, \"how much damage was caused to his hoof/foot during the incident.\"  Ritvo has gone to glue ons after the incident.  Usually this is the option used when a horses hoof is too damaged (from cracks) or too brittle to handle traditional nails.  She says they went to them, \"because they stay on.\"  That implies that he has had past problems with his feet and traditional shoes.

I like the horse and definitely like the effort put forth in the LA Dby with 3 shoes.....but VERY worried about current condition.

Big Brown is the only glue on (foot problem horse) I recall running big.

Someone from the old days used to say \"no foot.....no horse\"

I gotta throw my 2c in.  99.9% lurker here, but I\'ve been reading your guys\'s opinions for many years (and respect quite a few of you) and am suprised at this conversation.  Calvin is NOT just a Churchill jock.  He may come across as a yocal, but he\'s no dummy.  If he recognizes a bias, he tries to use it to his advantage.  Other pinhead jockeys follow suit after seeing 3 wtw jobs and figure front speed is king and then go hell bent for leather setting unsustainable pace up front (If Calvin sees this, he can take advantage of this, too).  We see this scenario play out every week at any number of race venues.  Do you just dismiss this as a \"lucky\" set- up for an otherwise ordinary plodding closer that had no chance, withstanding the ridiculous early pace?

Calvin doesn\'t just react.  He anticipates.....sometimes I supsect with knowledge.  \"knowledge\"....you ask?  Go and dig up a replay of the \'93 ARK derby. Anyone here think that Rockumundo won that race just by luck (because he paid $200+)?  Wake up.  The man\'s been doing this for a couple of decades.  MTB needed luck to win, but no way he\'s in position to capitalize on that \"luck\" without Calvin\'s ride.  Do you think these are just aberations and random paths chosen by Calvin?

Not me.

End of rant

Highly unlikely yes, but for reasons different than yours.......Kelly Leak won the race last year......MTB didn\'t even hit the tri.  I think this horse is live.  And not just MTB live (waiting for a dream trip and meltdown).  I see this guy as a potential Real Quiet or Charismatic wakeup special.  Charismatic didn\'t do anything in the preps until Lexington.  Ditto for Real Quiet, until he ran (belated) second to stablemate Charlie in the SA derby.  Just wish he had more foundation for me to give my ENDORSEMENT.

Don\'t even get me started on Maker\'s pair.  Stately Victor also brings thoughts of Quiet and Charismatic.  He\'s not just a poly wonder either.  1st go at Saratoga tells me he had promise on the dirt.

If Esky gets beat, I\'ll take these 3 + Awesome Act over any 4 you choose.