MMM and Donna Brothers

[dlf]

Good point, HP. Before the 2008 Belmont, Da Tara was completely drenched and looked awful in the post parade (granted, it was an extremely hot and humid day, but none of the other horses looked so bad). We all know what happened next....
How\'s this for a new handicapping angle: In Triple Crown races, bet the washed-out front-runners!

[jbelfior]

HP:

He didn\'t look like that at Churchill. It was a sauna at Gulfstream the day of the FL Derby and he I did not see it then.

Honestly when they were loading I told my wife that I hope the \"5\" finishes in one piece. After the race she told me I should \"do something that you\'re good at.\"

Good Luck,
Joe B.

[sekrah]

I\'ve read in more than a couple \"body language\" books that lots of sweat is the sign of an amped up, keyed up, ready to go horse.   If your sweating it means your body is properly dealing with heat.

There\'s an older retired guy at Penn National I know, who says \"Bet the Sweat\".

[Boscar Obarra]

That\'s one theory. I recall a horse at Bel years ago from a low profile trainer, dripping wet. looked sick. like that in the post parade so it wasn\'t from a hose down.

 jogged at a price.

[Boscar Obarra]

jbelfior Wrote:
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> HP:
>
> He didn\'t look like that at Churchill. It was a
> sauna at Gulfstream the day of the FL Derby and he
> I did not see it then.
>
> Honestly when they were loading I told my wife
> that I hope the \"5\" finishes in one piece. After
> the race she told me I should \"do something that
> you\'re good at.\"
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe B.

funny. tell her, what fun would that be?

[HP]

Joe - my wife says similar things with more colorful language.  Every horse player is part masochist.  

I actually could not play the Preakness but I was watching it on TV.  I would not have played Shackleford, but even if I liked him I\'m not sure I could\'ve put money down on him.  Did not see him at the Derby (or wasn\'t paying attention).  Romans made it sound like there was nothing unusual about it at all.  I would have bet him to pass out if there was a window for that.  Just unreal.  HP