Re: A League of Her Own (478 Views)
Posted by:
stillinger (IP Logged)
Date: September 17, 2007 10:06PM
OK, It serves a purpose for us to have a chance to huff and puff here, but no matter how you measure it, anyone with eyes to see would have to give this filly some credit for 1) Her GR1 in California where she turned right leaving the outside gate and then being that wide and finishing on an old fashioned SO Cal track, if running vs goats. 2) The Oaks showed true grit on a funky track, and 3)she did win the Belmont on the square, no matter how "tired" the competition was and how well bred she was for the distance. The hype is understandable given the lack of stars and the need for something to say on TV and in sales catalogues world wide. The price of "Flesh & Blood" given the intention of DUBAI, inc to dominate and that family's cash position makes this certain, especially for their direct competition.
She is a nice horse, and they all mature at different times. Unfortunately we live in a "marquee" world and BEST is bantered when it would be best to just appreciate.
I will say that since I started being treated with hormones, some symptoms that used to be mysterious to me make more sense when they appear in equines. When the balance tips a little, I get short of wind, for instance, where before my current regimen I couldn't lift my shoulders so I don't bemoan, but back off. There must be a finer line than most realize. I also get little infections more often than I did but tissue that wouldn't heal, does. I am stronger, but testier.
My version was very much like Barry's in that I thought she was wrong when she tried and couldn't resist longer, when she threw her head slightly and seemed desperate. That's why I responded to a MSG from Barry with "she has a problem".
She ain't Ruffian,but in this day and age, a nice horse. Pretend you had no beef with anyone and watch her races like you would have when you were 9 yo. She isn't as fast as they want to believe and she did go wrong. Both are true.
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Chuckles_the_Clown2 Wrote:
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> Just so folks are clear, Rags to Riches had never
> faced Lear's Princess until her career ending
> defeat. Lear's Princess IS in a different league
> from Rags to Riches, that league is the league of
> horses that Rags to Riches did not beat.
>
> Rags cooled out fine after the race and per usual
> showed no sign of having been injured until she
> slept on the injury. Game race horses rarely feel
> these things and if they do they don't let them
> impede their run. If Rags lost time in that race
> you can measure it by milliseconds. Afleet Alex
> won the Belmont with a similar bone type injury.
>
> The problem Rags faced is she was not quite as
> fast as given credit for and while she was away
> others matured into her zone.
>
> Lost Cause Wrote:
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> > It looks like she has a hairline fracture that
> > happened during the stretch run of the Gazelle.
>
> > Makes sense...when looking at that race Rags
> just
> > did not look right down the stretch..not to
> take
> > anything away from Lear's Princess but she is
> not
> > in the same league as Rags when right...