To the aptly named smalltimer.... (1101 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: May 26, 2009 01:53PM
Not sure you have to purchase fillies to be able to comment on the game. I am the customer. I pay Shireffs salary by contributing to the parimutuel pools. Without me, and the other gamblers out there, there is no horse racing game. I get to "boo", just like the baseball fans who pay for tickets and see their teams play bad.
What is your point about me being a proponent of I Want Revenge? That I didn't cash my futures bet. Yes, guilty as charged. I was wrong about him winning the Derby. I am wrong on at least 80 percent of my wagering opinions, just like most of those who bet horses. It is a tough game.
Shirreff's plan for Zenyatta is gutless. No trip so Saratoga, no races on dirt, no races against males. Stay in California and beat up tin cans. then hope to catch Rachel on a surface she has never tried because the idiots that run racing decided to do the Breeders Cup in Santa Anita two years in a row. Rachel would trounce Zenyatta on dirt, IMO. Rachel will get trounced by Zenyatta on the carpet, if they race against each other in California. Carpet racing doesn't reward high cruising speed horses like Rachel. It rewards quick footed turf type acceleration. Rachel on carpet is like Curlin on carpet IMO. The two of them have high cruising speeds on dirt and can stay on. Neither would be confused with a quick-footed accelerator, like Zenyatta.
As for my willingness to call Shirreffs gutless in person. Aren't we being a bit childish? But the answer is yes, I would certainly be willing to do it.