at least i saw curlin and rags to riches run last year...and i'm sure it was more interesting

[onesyrinx]

Casino Drive has been scratched from the Belmont, as I sort of had the nagging suspicion he would.  Stone bruise + mile and a half race = nothing good.  If Spectacular Bid couldn't do it after a safety pin injury, Casino Drive wasn't going to do it with a stone bruise.  At least, that's my reasoning.  Now I'll go cheer for Anak Nakal and

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[thepastperfect]

Me too. You know, it's not really about the horse; I have no bad feelings about the horse, I don't want the bar shoe to throw him off or anything. (Oops, wrong horse.) But his trainer is such an ass. It occurred to me yesterday, at the gym, that I feel exactly the same way about Big Brown as I do about Champion.

[onesyrinx]

Yeah, I think I'm with you on this one. Big Brown and Champion are really in the same club.

[chiquita522]

Too good to be true? And too annoying to be taken seriously?

[onesyrinx]

A lot of both, I think. And that Cindy's there, taking any shred of what might have been okay about Champion and ripping it systematically into tiny, horrible shreds.

[chiquita522]

haha, wonderfully perfect description.