Richiebee,

I have purposely not posted or chimed in to the garbage I have been reading on this board. Your anology of watching the Barbaro Warm up to Zapruder tape is right on. All of a suden all of the handicapers and I'm sure some racing insiders who read this board are now have skills of Vet's etc. Conspiracy theories run rampant on this board. Is it drugs? Track Surface? Lack of Rest? Too much layoff before the Derby...Who know's. None of the guys on this board know with certainty. It could have just simply been a bad step.

Greatest Irony of the day was Bernadini's performance and the Neg Top 3 Yo Theory. By 1/2 a point (subjective) Bernadini should have disproved the theory while Barbaro proved out the Neg 1 jump up theory to cataclismic proportions.

The study should be broadened to include all forward movements from previous tops of more than 4 points (maybe it's 5 or 6)of all 3 yo'through June and how any 3 yo reacted to such large forward movements. Maybe this type of bounce/reaction to forward moves is more widespread and accross all caliber/class of 3 yo horses.


as for the Nascar pun. Nobody I know's goes to see a Nascar wreck or pileup. We don't want to see people hurt or die. Just good Racing. In fact one thing horse racing should learn from Nascar, is how to grow a fan base, how to market the product, how to address safety promptly, and how to keep drugs and alchohol out of the sport. Ohh and they say a prayer before every race for safety....Richie I hear Nascar is coming to Staten Island or would be there if if weren't for the Unions. What is this world coming to...Nascar in NYC.

NC Tony