Chuckles_the_Clown2 Wrote:
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> He was a pretty good racehorse in a weakish crop.
> The important thing is that he will not pass on
> his afflictions. Rarely will you see a horse so
> gingerly managed. If they have to be that gingerly
> managed its a sure sign that something is amiss.
> It would have been nice to have another
> Dynaformer, son of Roberto, son of Hail to Reason,
> son of Turn To, son of Royal Charger, son of
> NEARCO go to stud, but moments into the Preakness
> it was clear it was not meant to be. They did far
> too much. The amount of painkiller they pumped
> into him these past months could get all of the
> patrons in the old Hong Kong opium dens high. They
> finally did the right thing, but they sure didn't
> want to let go of the profit.
>
> Everyone will have their unique memories of
> Barbaro. Mine is having him beat me in the Florida
> Derby, Beat me in the Kentucky Derby and betting
> against him so heavily in the Preakness that I was
> electrified with certainty when he busted the
> Preakness gate and knew that he was already a
> defeated horse. I saw a subdued quality in his
> post gate break mannerisms and rushed to get even
> more bets down. I wasn't able to, but the race
> unfolded well nevertheless.
>
> A very memorable Preakness.
>
> RIP Barbaro, you were a brave animal
>
>


TG, Beyer, and Rags all make the '06 three year old crop the fastest ever. in fact, the other guy just posted it was "much the best ever"

and i'm not sure how nice it would have been to have another son of dynaformer at stud. they've pretty much all been failures.

it would have been nice if Barbaro just got to hang around for a while.