Bally Ache Wrote:
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> As I said in April before his first race back, no
> need to make a judgment about Lost In The Fog now.
> He's still running. A lot of his contemporaries
> aren't. Time will tell.
>
> But I will take issue with his main detractor. I
> call him Brook (because he babbles).
>
> The horse reeled off ten straight wins last year.
> Nine of them were stakes. Five of them were
> graded stakes. He didn't need to carry his track
> around with him either. He crisscrossed the
> country several times. Only one of his wins was
> close. All the other races he won by at least
> four lengths. He was a three yr. old so he ran
> against three yr. olds. Very common practice. He
> won approx. $850,000., as a sprinter. That's not
> easy to do. Do you see that kind of money laying
> around on the floor anywhere?
>
> He ran one bad race and, because it was in the BC
> you infer that he's lacking. It's common currency
> among horseplayers that they all get beat. Well,
> he's back to try again. Instead of denigrating
> him off too little evidence, the fair and prudent
> thing would be to wait and see.
>
>
> After he won Saturday you didn't even have sense
> enough to keep quiet. Calling CD a backwater
> doesn't make it one. Right now their running
> better programs than Finger Lakes South (Bel).
>
> You said it was a nothing race and he beat
> nothing. It was a graded stake and he beat who
> showed up. He went in 1:08 & change. That's
> racehorse time. You attacked Greg Gilchrist and
> questioned his competence. His record speaks for
> itself. If you had an ounce of sense you wouldn't
> even go there.
>
> J. Brown said recently that nobody makes you look
> as bad as you do yourself. Amen to that.


Bally Ache, you're giving me an ulcer. Foggy run didn't run a bad race in the Breeders Cup. He ran into classy horses. He ran into the toughest competition he ever faced. He ran into horses he couldn't possibly handle. Atilla's Storm ground him up and left him for the others to run past.

Not only did some know that, they posted vehemently about it pre Breeders Cup Sprint and cashed on that race, though it could have been better. For your edification, although one can lead a horse to water, here are some posts for you to review at your leisure. This is my last direct correspondance to you as I will be omit reading all your non substantive posts, including those you title "Chuckles I really want your attention." Sometimes the waterhole is not poison even though the horse refuses to drink.

Was just as convinced that Bellamy Road and Barbaro were targets in their big losses as well, but can't post as vociferiously here. Though with Barbaro the certainty didn't hit until the gate bust, but at precisely that point the race had already been run.

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=223638&postcount=53

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