Ernie and Earnings (687 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: March 23, 2006 08:00PM
I thought Ernie had a right to be miffed with all the allegations and aspersions. (I'm using big words, drinking Polish Beer and my god is it strong.) The comment about degenerate gamblers kinda irked me. If he knew how carefully I and many others place wagers there’s no way he could call me degenerate or a gambler. Nevertheless, what he does is at least as big a risk as what I do and probably more so. I like the guy. He's the guy that bred/pinhooked Unbridled's Song and when Seguchi of FuPig fame backed out of the deal, he raced him himself. That takes cojones. He's got a good horse now. That horse is a little lightly bred in my estimation, but you never know. Good luck to him.
P.S. I meant to say I have a good deal of respect for CH too. Class doesn't matter to me as much as pace and he's got some very sound ideas in that regard even if he sometimes writes with less that ideal clarity.
CtC
Later, I see that Strong Contender is gonna miss the Lane's End over lack of earnings. That Derby third start thing gets pretty dicey when theres about 10,000 horses chasing the Holy Grail and accrueing Graded Stakes earnings when you're two race schedule is designed to get you their fresh...lol
Slackers. Be men, be horsemen.
richiebee Wrote:
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> This is a response to a post CH made on the
> Ragboard, so if that poster or that venue do not
> hold any interest for you, stop reading.
>
> Let me start by saying that CH has become more
> than a poster at Ragboard, he has become a topic.
> Many posters at RB have become disgusted with CH's
> frequent and sometimes self contradictory posts.
> To their credit, Indulto and Ms. Joplin have come
> out on the side of free speech and allowing CH to
> continue, although I believe they have a slightly
> selfish interest in the comic fodder that CH
> sometimes inadvertently supplies.
>
> The reason that I am not responding to CH "over
> there" is because the event he describes occurred
> on the TG Board.
>
> CH said on the RagBoard:
>
> "I think (Paragallo) got treated better than
> Barry Irwin. When Barry showed up he gave them a
> winner and they still ran him out of town for non-
> preferred views"
>
> Yes he gave us a winner at the Spa ($7.40). But he
> also gave us a hypocritical line of BS regarding
> his "zero tolerance" stance on performance
> enhancing drugs. Mr. Irwin seemed to be saying
> that he believed in zero tolerance so long as Mr.
> Irwin could determine the value of "zero".
>
> CH seems to say that when an Ernie Paragallo or a
> Barry Irwin appears on a bulletin board such as
> this they should be treated with deference. I
> thought that the response of TG posters to Mr.
> Irwin showed that horseplayers are not, as a
> certain California trainer might characterize us,
> "idiots" or "assholes".
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2006 08:46PM by Chuckles_the_Clown2.
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