Re: Carpet Champ trained by gutless trainer...... (1036 Views)
Posted by:
P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: May 26, 2009 05:17PM
jimbo66 Wrote:
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> P-Dub,
>
> Finally a response from the guy I thought was
> baiting with this thread.....
>
> I expected to hear from you, not Congaree and
> smalltimer...
>
> She beat Ginger PUnch on dirt and beat her
> handily. IT counts and for my money, it is her
> 2nd best race, behind the BC Win last year. Even
> though all the horses she beat in the BC were
> diminished by the surface, she did beat a quality
> field. Having the best dirt horses from the east
> go out west and race her on carpet is better than
> nothing, but not the same thing as her traveling a
> bit and taking on challengers on dirt. It seems
> from some of the posts here that Shirreffs is a
> popular guy on the board, but read the article on
> DRF. His words are ugly. "When you get closer to
> Breeders Cup time you don't want to ship around
> too much". Huh? It is Memorial day weekend!!!
> The Breeders Cup is 5 months away. He is worried
> about her having to ship and return to California
> and be ready in 5 months? Gimme a break. That is
> a ridiculous statement. Other horses are shipped
> to the Middle East and come back and run in a
> month or two. Horses ship coast to coast all the
> time. He can't do it ONCE with this filly? Is
> she made of porcelain?
Jimbo,
I'm a west coast guy, but that doesn't mean I can't be objective about the sorry state of racing out here. I hate synthetics, but since they are here I just live with it.
Agree with everything you say about the lack of shipping, etc.. Just didn't agree with the Pepper's Pride or "overrated" comment. The rest I agree with for the most part.
Glad you mentioned that ride Smith gave Thorn Song yesterday. He's always been really good up front and that race was no different. Nice price too.
P-Dub