Silver,

But did he insist he had won a Triple Crown?...lol

I didn't realize you were on an introductory basis with him...NOW i understand why you're found on his side...lol

Thats a classic shot of Dickinson...i'm really not sure what he meant to ascertain...maybe with runoff there was a better path for footing. Whatever, it didn't work. He's a different bird, but I like him, like Jerry said I think he gives it his all. Beer is nothing more than grain water so I imagine horses like it...lol I suppose horses can eat eggs...lol

My first Derby after several near misses was Strike the Gold. I never believed that dosage disqualified him. He was by Alydar and his female side had even stronger dosage believe it or not. At the Time, Alydar had already sired Easy Goer, Criminal Type, Turkoman. I'm forgetting others, all 10 mark winners:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=STRIKE%20THE%20GOLD&g=5&inbred=Standard&x2=n&pedloggedin=0

Look where Stikes Dosage is now...lol Its strong. What a farce dosage is.

Did you hear Jerry say that the Wood bear in has been attributed by Tapits folks to be tooth related? They pulled the offending tooth. I'm not so sure. He wasn't bearing in before the stretch.

I'm sometimes wrong about pedigree...but not very often and my initial belief was that Tapit wasn't a lock on pedigree. I got a little confused with the stable making stories up for that Wood Stretch run but if it was a tooth, why wasn't it bothering him earlier in the race? Its not like the jock was restraining him with the bit during the stretch run. However he ultimately measures up, he's a success. Not many horses get to where hes gotten.

I still think that Wood close was against second flight horses and ideally set up. Being off the pace in that one was the place to be. He ran real well that race. I guess we'll see.



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