tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post4610112049072346817..comments2023-10-21T02:22:06.394-07:00Comments on Equine Mine: Belmont Stakes Scamphotogchichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14822162590502709534noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-69793293853709160532010-12-08T16:41:52.071-08:002010-12-08T16:41:52.071-08:00Sweet internet site, I had not found this before d...Sweet internet site, I had not found this before during my lookups! Continue the superb work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-15497932261819960002008-06-09T23:01:00.000-07:002008-06-09T23:01:00.000-07:00I know nothing about racing other than the fact th...I know nothing about racing other than the fact that I hate that they are racing babies, but it didn't look "fixed" to me. I watched the Derby and when the jockey asked him to move into the next gear he did it, whereas this race, he just didn't have another gear to go to. Thank goodness the jockey took care of the horse.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641783472479894858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-42833922490500186952008-06-09T19:17:00.000-07:002008-06-09T19:17:00.000-07:00I didn't think it really looked like a scam... Big...I didn't think it really looked like a scam... Big Brown looked plain tired to me. I think without the drugs he lost some of his edge, and then the heat and other stress probably got rid of the rest of his keenness.Original Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503068909740890309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-4788309227134580232008-06-09T17:18:00.000-07:002008-06-09T17:18:00.000-07:00My take on the race was that he just didn't look r...My take on the race was that he just didn't look right and the jockey did the right thing by pulling him up. The bigger question is - where is his trainer?? Not shooting his mouth off now, is he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-54472194838012138812008-06-09T09:27:00.000-07:002008-06-09T09:27:00.000-07:00Good questions all around. I think it made the in...Good questions all around. I think it made the industry "look"<BR/> better to pull him up. But, would the industry have that much influence on an outcome? The track could have lined the pockets of the owner, but again, I think they had more to win by winning it. Hard to say, hard to say, but you definately have more insight.<BR/><BR/>I think the lack of excitement is due to the lack of experience running. Our horses that run barrels usually only get on muscle after they've been seasoned awhile...<BR/><BR/>Again, though, I am giving my humble opinion because I just don't have the insiders edge like others.<BR/><BR/>I did watch it, but we had storms coming through and they kept breaking in...we got no pre-race hype.Kathy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04057258440763363962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-9322017034612803742008-06-08T16:04:00.000-07:002008-06-08T16:04:00.000-07:00You know more about racing than I do so I think yo...You know more about racing than I do so I think you raise an interesting idea. However, Big Brown would have been worth so much more to his greedy owners had he won. I can't believe they would throw the race.<BR/><BR/>I noticed that BB was the only one not jigging and running sideways on the way in. I, too, noticed the jockey with his legs relaxed like he was on a trail ride. I don't know what BB usually looks like before a race, but anything in my yard would have been more excited than that.<BR/><BR/>Was it the lack of steroids? Pain? Too hot? I wonder if we'll ever know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-71118238314189000062008-06-08T10:37:00.000-07:002008-06-08T10:37:00.000-07:00I got a call from Australia just as the horses wer...I got a call from Australia just as the horses were going to the post so I didn't really get to see the race with my full concentration. By the time it was over, I wasn't really interested in watching a rerun.Rising Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-60513430231370937092008-06-08T07:19:00.000-07:002008-06-08T07:19:00.000-07:00Obviously Big Brown's health and safety are most i...Obviously Big Brown's health and safety are most important to me, but somethings about this race doesn't sit right. Horses run with chips, with pain, with cracked hooves ALL the time in this sport. It is a sad reality. All I am saying is "follow the money."photogchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822162590502709534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2387445478250109835.post-56784370557026439982008-06-07T22:06:00.000-07:002008-06-07T22:06:00.000-07:00I used to train horsesthis horse was not ready t...I used to train horses<BR/>this horse was not ready to run<BR/>or race, it may be the foot<BR/>or pain somewhere else.<BR/>What I thought was really weird<BR/>was when BB ran up on the lead horse<BR/>and nearly run over him.<BR/>the jockey had to pull him up<BR/>and over to get him running room.<BR/>He may have been kick at that point<BR/><BR/>Sad way for the race to end.<BR/>I was glad to see the jockey to <BR/>taking care of the horse and not<BR/>so into the race that he put the<BR/>horse in danger.<BR/><BR/>kay leekayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056055122360014443noreply@blogger.com