Dogwood's Soaring By in the Top 2yr

Everyone wants to pick the next great 2yr old so they can tell everyone how smart they are, and they seem to think Circular Quay is the horse, but I will make the statement well in advance, Soaring By will win the Eclipse as top 2yr old not CQ, who according to the self proclaimed "expert" on horses is the greatest 2yr old in 10 yrs. LOL.

The fact is that they are 2yr olds though and making a pick on who will win anything, or saying no two year old can be beaten borders on insanity. I hope people see the humor of this post.

[Betsy]

I took a wait and see approach about CQ and I'm not going to go overboard on Soaring By either. There are undoubtedly many other talented babies waiting in the wings- we haven't even hit Saratoga yet. I will not (but I feel this way in general) concede any race to any horse, and with babies? No way - there's too much racing left. Suffice to say he's a talented colt....

[sumitas]

That's right Betty. I'm not big on 2 yr. olds but I like to see them run a few races. There's plenty more out there that are being brought along at a slower pace. They'll be running soon enough.

C Quay wasnt the most impressive horse in the Bashford--the 1 horse was. But these are babies, I love them all and I love to see the "POTENTIAL" in each of these lovely horses. I will wait until April to make a judgement on these babies.

WHy not just come out and say that you are holding out great hope for the two year olds that your wife has? And that you resent anyone saying that any two year old who has run yet is a divison lader with so many races left to run this year? Not a damn thing wrong with that, its expected, anyone who owns a two year old now will tell you that they have the best one you ever saw back at the barn. Its why we play the game and love the game, the anticipation can sometimes outweigh the final result.
Noone on this board has used the word eclipse except you, I know I haven't.
Unfortunately even with a horse I love, my enthusiasm is always tempered by the seemingly very fragile state of today's thoroughbred. Great one second, gone the next. Ask Buff Bradley about that.I'm not quite sure why you resent my enthusiasm on this horse so much. There's a thread about Bernadini right below this one yet I don't see you telling people who think hes gonna be the goods how crazy they are. Quite frankly I have some doubts about Bern, small ones, but doubts no less and and am not convinced he will be the goods at years end yet I don't tell those people they are nuts either.
Come to think of it I think there is a very small chance that Lava man will be teh goods at years end as well. yet on his thread I said I loved the horse and that he is becoming a legend with his heart and determination.
Everyone eventually falls in love with a horse. Sometimes(most of the time) they end up not being what you thought they would be.
But every now and then you see a Personal Ensign debut and go into histrionics like a college kid did once upon a time telling everyone that this was the grestest filly ever, and you turn out to be ok. Or when you see a horse run on the turf for thr first time in September of 1992 and proclaim that he is gonna win the BC mile and is a lock to do so even though he only won an allowance race against crows and he ends winning two of them in a row, like Lure did.
Or maybe you see a horse terrorize some horses witha crazy run like Ghostzapper did at age three and say that next year he will destroy all comers.
Thats why we love the game you see, those 1-10 times in a lifetime that you fall in love with a horse and he DOESN'T break your heart.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by oracle80

WHy not just come out and say that you are holding out great hope for the two year olds that your wife has? And that you resent anyone saying that any two year old who has run yet is a divison lader with so many races left to run this year? Not a damn thing wrong with that, its expected, anyone who owns a two year old now will tell you that they have the best one you ever saw back at the barn. Its why we play the game and love the game, the anticipation can sometimes outweigh the final result.
Noone on this board has used the word eclipse except you, I know I haven't.
Unfortunately even with a horse I love, my enthusiasm is always tempered by the seemingly very fragile state of today's thoroughbred. Great one second, gone the next. Ask Buff Bradley about that.I'm not quite sure why you resent my enthusiasm on this horse so much. There's a thread about Bernadini right below this one yet I don't see you telling people who think hes gonna be the goods how crazy they are. Quite frankly I have some doubts about Bern, small ones, but doubts no less and and am not convinced he will be the goods at years end yet I don't tell those people they are nuts either.
Come to think of it I think there is a very small chance that Lava man will be teh goods at years end as well. yet on his thread I said I loved the horse and that he is becoming a legend with his heart and determination.
Everyone eventually falls in love with a horse. Sometimes(most of the time) they end up not being what you thought they would be.
But every now and then you see a Personal Ensign debut and go into histrionics like a college kid did once upon a time telling everyone that this was the grestest filly ever, and you turn out to be ok. Or when you see a horse run on the turf for thr first time in September of 1992 and proclaim that he is gonna win the BC mile and is a lock to do so even though he only won an allowance race against crows and he ends winning two of them in a row, like Lure did.
Or maybe you see a horse terrorize some horses witha crazy run like Ghostzapper did at age three and say that next year he will destroy all comers.
Thats why we love the game you see, those 1-10 times in a lifetime that you fall in love with a horse and he DOESN'T break your heart.

Also, it is easy to say "we need to wait and see" about every horse that runs (especially a 2yo). If we all did that....this would be a pretty boring board. If we see a horse that we like, why not come on here and make a big deal about it?
If people start predicting a triple crown for a 2yo or something crazy like that, they should be called out for their stupidity. But nobody did that for CQ. People (like me) are excited for the rest of this horse's 2yo season. So why not make some bold, but not incredibly unreasonable, predictions. Isn't that one of the things this board is for?

[jpops757]

Originally Posted by oracle80

WHy not just come out and say that you are holding out great hope for the two year olds that your wife has? And that you resent anyone saying that any two year old who has run yet is a divison lader with so many races left to run this year? Not a damn thing wrong with that, its expected, anyone who owns a two year old now will tell you that they have the best one you ever saw back at the barn. Its why we play the game and love the game, the anticipation can sometimes outweigh the final result.
Noone on this board has used the word eclipse except you, I know I haven't.
Unfortunately even with a horse I love, my enthusiasm is always tempered by the seemingly very fragile state of today's thoroughbred. Great one second, gone the next. Ask Buff Bradley about that.I'm not quite sure why you resent my enthusiasm on this horse so much. There's a thread about Bernadini right below this one yet I don't see you telling people who think hes gonna be the goods how crazy they are. Quite frankly I have some doubts about Bern, small ones, but doubts no less and and am not convinced he will be the goods at years end yet I don't tell those people they are nuts either.
Come to think of it I think there is a very small chance that Lava man will be teh goods at years end as well. yet on his thread I said I loved the horse and that he is becoming a legend with his heart and determination.
Everyone eventually falls in love with a horse. Sometimes(most of the time) they end up not being what you thought they would be.
But every now and then you see a Personal Ensign debut and go into histrionics like a college kid did once upon a time telling everyone that this was the grestest filly ever, and you turn out to be ok. Or when you see a horse run on the turf for thr first time in September of 1992 and proclaim that he is gonna win the BC mile and is a lock to do so even though he only won an allowance race against crows and he ends winning two of them in a row, like Lure did.
Or maybe you see a horse terrorize some horses witha crazy run like Ghostzapper did at age three and say that next year he will destroy all comers.
Thats why we love the game you see, those 1-10 times in a lifetime that you fall in love with a horse and he DOESN'T break your heart.

I want take time to look up your original post on this guy but to paraphrase it . You said this horse was the real deal and watch out he had the look of a champ. Nice predction. I didnt see the forst race but I saw the one yesterday and I dont think you overstated a thing.Maybe there are some waiting to chalage for the baby championship but what is the big deal trying to make someone look folish about there perception of a horse.For anyone to deny this horse is special wasnt watching the same race I was. If I came out and proclaimed BeA Resident, who won a state bred baby Stakes race at LS yesterday, the next comming of Man O War. Call me crazy. But CQ has deserved the accolades.

Originally Posted by Betsy

I took a wait and see approach about CQ and I'm not going to go overboard on Soaring By either. There are undoubtedly many other talented babies waiting in the wings- we haven't even hit Saratoga yet. I will not (but I feel this way in general) concede any race to any horse, and with babies? No way - there's too much racing left. Suffice to say he's a talented colt....

Read my post. You made my point. I ike Soaring By but was actually mocking another post.