Beyer caught the wedding and plans to miss the funeral.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...4&subs=0&arc=0

To his credit....he's jumping ship on his Derby winner.

[ARyan]

We all know your opinion, but thanks for the update...


I hope you are ready to eat a whole crow.

[cmorioles]

I wouldn't bet Street Sense in this spot. I'm not willing to bet any of the others either at the likely odds they will leave the gate. Therefore, I guess I'll just root for SS.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

If Street Sense wins the Preakness...with another deep closing rail skimming ride....I vow to give up posting on internet message boards for the rest of my life.

[JDank34]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If Street Sense wins the Preakness...with another deep closing rail skimming ride....I vow to give up posting on internet message boards for the rest of my life.

sweet

[Derby73]

Spiro, I mean Brian, I mean DrugS...don't quit if SS wins. I'm new to Derby Trail, but I enjoy your posts.

[ArlJim78]

How tough a trip can Street Sense possible have? This is a much smaller field than the derby and when they get to the turn half of this field will already be backpedaling. Borel will be able to thread his way thru and around these dying horses which will be somewhat strung out.

The thinking that he is a potential hanger I don't assign much validity to. The so-called hanging races of his all have assignable causes in my mind.
I think he most likely wins agains decisively. I may have a saver bet with Hard Spun on top, but thats about it.

Street Sense / Hard Spun / Circular Quay, Curlin, King Of The Roxy

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

why does he allways have the dream trip...hes got a nice horse with great acceleration..wtf..you make your own trip.........and drugs andy would weep for weeks if you left......

[ELA]

I don't have a problem with Beyer's opinion. He's a gambler and as he said, if you are looking to wager you are supposed to try and beat/find someone to beat Street Sense. I see that as his mindset in writing an article like this.

Beyer is sharp. I think he is looking for a big potential value play and how he can make money other than playing the chalk.

Eric

[ELA]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

why does he allways have the dream trip...hes got a nice horse with great acceleration..wtf..you make your own trip.........and drugs andy would weep for weeks if you left......

Good point. I think it's the tone of the article.

Eric

[Bobby Fischer]

pretty good article by Beyer.

If Beyer gives Hard Spun 5 lengths for SS's Trip, then the others should get that credit as well.

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Whos gonna beat Street Sense??

Curlin has the style to win the way horses generally win the Preakness. As the camera cuts away during Curlin's 10 length Arkansas Derby, he looked eerily similar to Bernardini's Preakness stretch run. One difference is the half went in 48 at Oaklawn , other obvious differences are SS & HS. I am not convinced that Curlin is good enough to blow by these horses and run away. Maybe he is.

Hard Spun will go out to the front. What about Flying First Class? Will FFC demand the lead and give Hard Spun company? Another key horse will be King of the Roxy. One strategy Pletcher has available is to use KOTR to press HS during at about the mile when Hard Spun likes to take a breather for the finish. Will this strategy be used to aid the Tabor horse? How much did the 10furlong dirt race take out of Hard Spun?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If Street Sense wins the Preakness...with another deep closing rail skimming ride....I vow to give up posting on internet message boards for the rest of my life.

Now I'm torn, because clearly I am hoping for the same exact trip as last time torment not you, but someone on the net who I hate.

With that said, I would not enjoy seeing you as a collateral casualty in my quest to royally piss one human being off just as I am starting to enjoy you.

[Cajungator26]

Curlin will get plenty of support in Baltimore. He had raced only three times in his career before the Derby, and although he had won them all impressively, his lack of seasoning figured to hurt him in a 20-horse scramble. Probably it did. Curlin encountered traffic trouble twice in the run to the first turn, failed to secure a good early position, and yet turned in a creditable effort to finish third. He is clearly a talented colt. But he has already done so much in so little time - advancing from maiden company to the 3-year-old classics in the span of three months - that it seems unlikely he can take another huge leap forward and make up the eight lengths by which Street Span beat him. It is more likely that he will regress.

Who is Street Span?

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Who is Street Span?

If he doesn't win, I like 1 Mint Julep.

[2 Dollar Bill]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Curlin will get plenty of support in Baltimore. He had raced only three times in his career before the Derby, and although he had won them all impressively, his lack of seasoning figured to hurt him in a 20-horse scramble. Probably it did. Curlin encountered traffic trouble twice in the run to the first turn, failed to secure a good early position, and yet turned in a creditable effort to finish third. He is clearly a talented colt. But he has already done so much in so little time - advancing from maiden company to the 3-year-old classics in the span of three months - that it seems unlikely he can take another huge leap forward and make up the eight lengths by which Street Span beat him. It is more likely that he will regress.

Who is Street Span?

That is the stuff that my AOL flags everytime I log on.... Oppsss that Spam... Never Mind.....

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Now I'm torn, because clearly I am hoping for the same exact trip as last time torment not you, but someone on the net who I hate.

With that said, I would not enjoy seeing you as a collateral casualty in my quest to royally piss one human being off just as I am starting to enjoy you.

Brian, DrugS says it has to be winning with another deep closing rail skimming ride for him to stop posting. That's a pretty specific requirement. Did your nemesis on the net say it had to be the same kind of ride? Perhaps you'll get both satisfaction and not lose DrugS, either.

I'm sticking with SS, and hope it'll be the reception after the wedding, not the funeral. Either way, I'm dressed for it. New Yorkers wear black to everything.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Brian, DrugS says it has to be winning with another deep closing rail skimming ride for him to stop posting. That's a pretty specific requirement. Did your nemesis on the net say it had to be the same kind of ride? Perhaps you'll get both satisfaction and not lose DrugS, either.

I'm sticking with SS, and hope it'll be the reception after the wedding, not the funeral. Either way, I'm dressed for it. New Yorkers wear black to everything.

Oh, I could get into it in detail here, but yes he essentially said that with about ten times the pomp and bravado that Drugs did. That he cannot win without it, we're all being lulled into stupidity by celebrating a Derby champion, blah blah blah.

Then he said that those of us who adore Sense should be writing posts/blogs wishing that he would get a bad trip, just so we could shove it in the naysayers faces. Are you serious? Let me wish terrible trouble on a horse I love to prove a point to a pompous troll-esque horseplayer?

So yes, I hope he gets another sensationally incredible rail ride in this race just so I can hear more of the lunacy from my most hated internet persona.

Seriously, it's like Grits (DT R.I.P) on steroids multiplied to the eleventh power riding on an elephant. That's how ridiculous this man is.

Drugs is...well....tame by comparison.

[somerfrost]

Couldn't access the website but "funeral" seems a bad choice of words considering the events of the past year.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

thats a reason too load up......street gets my vote..and my money..in pick 3s 4s................