Quality Road wont run..

[Kasept]

Now confirmed..

[cowgirlintexas]

Bummer....


Best interest for the horse though. Too bad... I really thought he was the "one" this year.

[Bobby Fischer]

whatever is best for the horse, stinks because I was leaning against.

[Danzig]

i'm not surprised. the only thing surprising is that it has taken this long to declare him out of the race.

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm not surprised. the only thing surprising is that it has taken this long to declare him out of the race.

I agree with you, after the second Q-crack on the front that should have been it. How could anyone have confidence in betting on this horse with all the Question marks, and would be an injustice to race fans on Saturday who were not paying attention. If a horse is not 110% then he should be scratch, to many horses in this race for one to pull up causing trouble.

[joeydb]

Will it still be a 20 horse field since they didn't have the post draw yet, or has the deadline for registration (or invitation) already passed?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Will it still be a 20 horse field since they didn't have the post draw yet, or has the deadline for registration (or invitation) already passed?

probably-draw is mid week, it's only after the draw that no one else can get in.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I agree with you, after the second Q-crack on the front that should have been it. How could anyone have confidence in betting on this horse with all the Question marks, and would be an injustice to race fans on Saturday who were not paying attention. If a horse is not 110% then he should be scratch, to many horses in this race for one to pull up causing trouble.

my main thought is that since it's the derby, presumably the toughest race of the year for a 3 yo, that you must be in top form. running a horse less than at his best isn't fair to the horse. and yes, since it's the derby, everyone pushes harder to get in-but the prestige of the race itself shouldn't push people to do something they normally would not. also, having a horse not at its best-just where do you expect to finish in the race if you run it? better to skip and wonder, than run and regret it.

[Danzig]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...rby-contention

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I agree with you, after the second Q-crack on the front that should have been it. How could anyone have confidence in betting on this horse with all the Question marks, and would be an injustice to race fans on Saturday who were not paying attention. If a horse is not 110% then he should be scratch, to many horses in this race for one to pull up causing trouble.

If they didn't withdraw, and intended to run Saturday, and people went ahead and bet him knowing all that has gone on since the minute he stepped into the winners circle at the FLA Derby....then they deserve to have their money taken and served a cold dose of injustice. That's the beauty of parimutuel wagering, you can win foolish/uninformed people's money.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

If they didn't withdraw, and intended to run Saturday, and people went ahead and bet him knowing all that has gone on since the minute he stepped into the winners circle at the FLA Derby....then they deserve to have their money taken and served a cold dose of injustice. That's the beauty of parimutuel wagering, you can win foolish/uninformed people's money.

Reason #172 why people don't care about racing. On days like the Derby and the BC, there are a good number of new fans that are coming to the track or watching for the first time. Sure, we as hardcore fans, ones that read the DRF and Bloodhorse and frequent messege boards, we know what's been going on with Quality Road. But can you really expect all of those new fans to know? They really deserve to have their money taken?

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

If they didn't withdraw, and intended to run Saturday, and people went ahead and bet him knowing all that has gone on since the minute he stepped into the winners circle at the FLA Derby....then they deserve to have their money taken and served a cold dose of injustice. That's the beauty of parimutuel wagering, you can win foolish/uninformed people's money.

I agree with you for regular players,they should pay attention however on derby day you have thousands of people who bet the tip sheets and hype horses, for that one day. it's our premier race of the year and i feel no horse that's not 100% should run.

[lemoncrush]

Really disappointed, but give credit to the connections for doing the right thing (even though I had a 50-1 future on him from Wynn).
Hopefully they get it straightened out and he's a force for the rest of the year.

[lemoncrush]

And...

could there be a more ironic name than "join in the dance", who now moves into the 20th spot?

[South Beach Luv]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

And...

could there be a more ironic name than "join in the dance", who now moves into the 20th spot?

Already put $100 on him to win

[robfla]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

And...

could there be a more ironic name than "join in the dance", who now moves into the 20th spot?

if they run Join in the Dance, this Pletcher horse will actually help Dunkirk's chances by adding to the pace.

This Derby doesn't seem to have the early pace as other recent Derby's have. ( no Old Fashioned, no Pamplemousse, no Quality Road )

[Thunder Gulch]

At least I can proceed with handicapping the race. I would have picked QR before the injury, and even at less than 100% he was a pace factor. The other guys near the front look that much better now.

[CSC]

This will hurt the pool, the trickle down effect will be huge.

[Travis Stone]

The first quarter crack was a non-factor in terms of making the race, this second one was the blow.

I prefer things like this to surface now than him to win the race and develop one between the Derby/Preakness or Preakness/Belmont.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by CSC

This will hurt the pool, the trickle down effect will be huge.

How so?!