congrats to Curlin...but

[shanahan]

man,it\'s tough to see Albarado get this.  But in fairness, he is \"MR. 2/5\"...he\'s no Jerry Bailey...or (insert name here).

[jbelfior]

The last time I saw such a disparity in talent between horse and rider it was Ron Franklin riding Spectacular Bid. Then again Jean Cruguet and Seattle Slew was not far behind.

If Curlin goes to the BC Classic with a full field of 14, I guarantee Albarado gets him beat. Jackson should retire him now!!


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[Favorite Trick]

Yeah Robby just going for his thrid horse of the year title in the last few years.Regular rider of Mineshaft and Curlin.The last few years he has been one of the top 10 riders in the country and is still fairly young.Go ahead and save his spot in the Hall of Fame.

[jbelfior]

Favorite Trick Wrote:
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> Yeah Robby just going for his thrid horse of the
> year title in the last few years.Regular rider of
> Mineshaft and Curlin.The last few years he has
> been one of the top 10 riders in the country and
> is still fairly young.Go ahead and save his spot
> in the Hall of Fame.


Do you actually watch this guy ride, or do you just read about him in the papers? His only real skill is that he speaks English.

Watch him ride on the turf then let me know if you still believe what you read in the Form.  


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[covelj70]

I have a good Robby Albarado story.

He was riding a horse I own a piece of and we were in the paddock before the race and none of the other connections were in the paddock. This was the first time that Robby had ridden this particular filly.

So, he comes up to me, introduces himself and says \"I think this filly wants to come from off the pace, her best races are when she comes from off of it and the last two times the jocks rushed her off her feet so I am going to sit off the speed and make one big move in the stretch\"

I am thinking, great, he knows exactly what we should do, we have the best filly in the race and he has a good plan given all of the speed in the race so we are all set.  I go to the windows and unload.

Next think I know, the gate pops open and Robby is scrubbing on our filly to be on the lead in 21 and 2 in a 4 way all out battle for the lead.

We wind up finishing 2nd as a horse that sat just behind the wall of horses dueling for the lead not surprisingly gets up for the win.

So, Robby brings the horse back to be unsaddled and I ask him what happened and he says (swear to god) \"with the post position, I had no choice but to send her\" I said \"what do you mean, you told me in the paddock 12 minutes ago that you were going to sit and make one big move, didn\'t you know you were on the rail given that you were wearing the #1 on your sleeve when you told me the plan about how you were going to ride her?  He just smirks and walks back to the jocks room without saying anything else.  Unreal.

I couldn\'t make this stuff up

[MO]

That was a classic move a retired hall of fame jock used to use when stiffing a horse but making it look good.

[jmetro]

Albarado\'s Derby ride on Curlin was one of the worst in the history of that race.  Had an inside post on a good rail and he\'s four wide be the time they hit the backstretch.  Of course, according to the experts, Curlin wasn\'t seasoned enough to win the Derby...lol.