We have our steam horse

[Dave]

covelj70 Wrote:
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> I have gotten no fewer than 10 calls or messages
> from people today about how great Union Rags
> looked and trained this morning.  A bunch from
> people who were there and then some second hand.
>
> This makes it so tough for me because on one hand,
> he\'s no faster than a bunch of others and I really
> don\'t think he\'s going to get the trip he needs
> (i.e. clean so that he doesn\'t get stopped but not
> too wide).  
>
> On the other hand, last time I ignored some of the
> same people who told me how great he looked was
> when they told me how great Big Brown looked
> before his Derby win.  I stubbornly played against
> him on the bounce theory and the post and
> subsequetly tore up all my tickets.
>
> If he breezes tomorrow like he galloped today,
> this horse will be 4-1 and I just don\'t know what
> to do about that.

Our steam horse worked fast and willingly, but he curiously wore front wraps in his work this am. hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Niall]

Really, what is that about ?? Why wait to be kicked off? Just leave ...

[Beau]

Really? I am sure I am not the only one who appreciates Jim\'s posts. Even if I do not agree all the time with his opinion, I still appreciate his posts.

The personal attacks are not called for on this board or anywhere!

[Rick B.]

Dave Wrote:
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> Our steam horse worked fast and willingly, but he
> curiously wore front wraps in his work this am.
> hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Probably the most overanalyzed and least meaningful factor in all of horse racing, IMO; there are SO many reasons for using wraps that are not a negative. Quit torturing yourself.

[whodoctorwho]

Jim, thanks for all your positive, informative messages.

donut, most likely, is the goofy, negative clown in disguise and he has already

been banned.

Fred D

[TGJB]

No, high school girls are much better at being mean AND funny.

[Gerard]

We\'re still long cmo\'s purchased from the evil empire from back in the day. I still value the man\'s opinion.

[covelj70]

Gerard,

this is tremendous, love it.

thanks to everyone for the great messages.

when you work in the industry I do, for the company I do, in the job I do, you are used to people taking potshots.

Ain\'t no thing.

Let\'s get back to the business of trying to solve this Derby puzzle.

Thanks again to everyone.

[TGJB]

You and your company are two different things. I suspect that if people heard I pushed horses in ROTW and analysis and then booked the bets on them they wouldn\'t like me too much either.

[FrankD.]

If anyone is going to be the TG house bookie it would be me!

Superior breeding on both sides with many Chef de Race sires and gardens full of coffee cans buried underneath the tomato plants. Impeccably bred for horses or sports in sprints and routes.

FD

[RICH]

as Archie would say \"wuz that a shot\"

[sekrah]

Donut = Chuckles.  I thought we solved this last year when he poked his head out of the hole.

[shanahan]

That\'s pretty good, sekrah.  Funny.

[Donut]

You guys are something else! Covello, great call on alpha and how he should be scratched out of the Derby. Now you know more than Kiran..amazing how a few bucks in someone\'s pocket changes their expertise level in the horse racing world. All these guys blow you up..it\'s so funny! You go put a shirt and tie on and go rip more people off on wall street. Your not a horse trainer and nowhere near on the level of the guys that get up every morning at 5:30am and take care of Thoroughbreds.

[moosepalm]

All hole, no dough.