Re: Beaten a neck (937 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: April 30, 2003 03:01PM
Tabi,
I remember Durkin's call, complete with East Coast bias. "Desperate" neck? Marshall Cassidy's "New York's Easy Goer in front" call. Another sore East Coast loser. SS swerved in the Derby not because he couldn't handle the distance but the track was off. EG had the length of the Pimlico stretch to get by and he couldn't, despite SS having to check on the turn. P Diddy has been a convenient excuse for years, get over it already. Mo mentioned the track for the Belmont, if he was so great why did he need an unfair advabtage to win? Not to mention that this track with its exceptionally wide turns played into EGs running style. Geez, how many excuses are you people going to come up with. The distance is 1 1/4 mile. Not 1 1/4 mile and lets see the gallop out. Who cares what happened after 1 1/4 miles. SS hit the wire first, period. As far as Prized and Criminal Type, those defeats happened after he had knee surgery and he wasn't the same horse. Not to mention those were 2 very nice horses. I've heard this lame crap about SS for years. This was a great horse, as fans of the sport you all should give him his just due instead of finding reasons to diminish his accomplishments. EG was an exceptional horse in his own right and I don't want to give the impression that I don't respect him. But the score is 3-1 SS.
Post Edited (04-30-03 15:18)
P-Dub