Re: ROTW - Preakness (477 Views)
Posted by:
hossgnat (IP Logged)
Date: May 21, 2005 11:29AM
Chuckles_the_Clown2 wrote:
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> p.s. Hoss, whats your friend say. Does he have any stellar
> insight this time or is he sticking with Giacomo.
>
Chuckles-
He's sticking with him, and he's not one to form emotional attachments. He'd jump off in a minute if he saw something more attractive.
FWIW, here are the somewhat humorous comments he sent me:
I am very angry that I have been labled a "Hat Pin Annie" by the national press based on the events in Louisville 2 weeks ago. I guess if the columnists and talking heads never mentioned a horse, and it won, then it must have been a fluke. (I timed the Tivo of the NBC broadcast and 12 seconds were spent on Giacomo in the hour pre-race coverage).
If Giacomo lost that race by a length, it would have been labled a bad trip, and he'd probably be a 4-1 second choice, instead of a 6-1 fourth choice as winner of the Derby.
I simply state that this is an improving horse, at the top of a form cycle, in capable hands, who has the right to continue moving forward after a horrid trip (8w lane, all out) in the Derby. My suspicion is that if he gets a clear run, there is another gear.
Giacomo, again.