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06-02-2012, 03:55 PM
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West Coast Rules!
This is dedicated to are new Deity I'll Have Another
Sitting here in this terrible 76 degree 30% humidity not a cloud in the sky weather and I realise while I watch 3 beauties at the beach in string bikinis reading a racing form that it looks like the "Worm has Turned"and the west coast horses and the racing gods might be turning toward the west coast again! Breederscup @Santa Anita Dodgers are winning Hell even our hockey teams kicking the crap out of the east coast wannabes devils At least you east coasters have the benefit of no nasal strips and a detention barn to comfort you when you leave the beer smelling elegant of Elmont New York @ 85% humidity with rain and heat. Maybe will see you when we hoist the cup (Lord Stanly's) or bask in the glory of all the west coast winners @ the Breederscup  
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06-02-2012, 04:03 PM
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It is currently 76 at Belmont with 42% humidity. The taxation in California is still unbearable. The unemployment rate is still well into the double digits. The Dodgers are on a losing streak. You're still an earthquake away from being a memory. Who gives a s.hit about hockey? I live in Texas.
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06-02-2012, 04:27 PM
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You can buy my horse racing/gambling novel Southbound at Amazon, BN, or Powells or various bookstores. On twitter @BeemieAwards
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06-02-2012, 04:28 PM
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06-02-2012, 04:40 PM
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It's a nice day in Erie.
I saw a hottie at the gas station this afternoon. Jermey Lin played for our minor league basketball team this year Justin Verlander and Curtis Granderson played for our minor league baseball team like seven years ago. The leading scorer for the Colorado Avalanche played for our minor league hockey team. Our high school football teams are occasionally ranked nationally. The last three Breeders Cup Filly and Mare sprint winners all prepped at Presque Isle.
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06-02-2012, 04:58 PM
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Texas? No tripple crown or classic winners
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 alifornia is Texas?Isn't Texas the groin of North America? Excuse me but which hurricane or tornado were you running from when you left the sh.t Kickers convention? By the way has there ever been a champion thourobred from Texas?
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06-02-2012, 05:02 PM
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THE . . . WEST . . . COAST . . . IS . . . UN . . . BE . . . LIEVE . . . A . . . BULL!
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06-02-2012, 05:03 PM
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06-02-2012, 05:05 PM
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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06-02-2012, 05:28 PM
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Very Very Good!
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Described as being "on the delicate side" by his later jockey, Eddie Arcaro, Assault was plagued with injuries and illnesses from the start. As a youngster, he stepped on what is believed to have been a surveyor's stake, driving it through his front right hoof. The hoof was permanently deformed, and the colt developed a limp to accommodate the odd shape of his foot; however, the "Club-footed Comet", as he was later dubbed, showed no signs of abnormality when he was at a full gallop. Throughout his career, Assault also overcame kidney, splint bone, fetlock, knee and bleeding problems. Aside from his physical troubles, Assault faced another major hurdle. He had been foaled and bred at King Ranch, a Texas ranch that primarily raised cattle and Quarter horses for racing. At the time, the vast majority of major stakes-winners were bred and foaled in Kentucky. (To date, Assault remains the only Texas-bred Triple Crown winner.) Racing careerUnder Max Hirsch's training, Assault made his racing debut as a two-year-old in 1945, finishing 12th. He had two wins from nine starts that year and captured the Flash Stakes in a four-way photo finish. Early in his three-year-old season, he was victorious in the Wood Memorial, but his run in the Derby Trial made him somewhat of an outsider in the Kentucky Derby. With jockey Warren Mehrtens aboard, he raced past rivals to take the first race of the Triple Crown by eight lengths, the largest margin of victory to date. Assault was then made the favorite for the Preakness Stakes a week later. Aggravated by traffic early in the race, Mehrtens decided to push Assault earlier than usual. He was four lengths in front with a furlong to go. The tiring Assault scored a neck victory over Lord Boswell. The crowds saw this as a stamina issue and made Lord Boswell the favorite in the 1˝-mile Belmont Stakes. After stumbling at the start, Assault trailed the field throughout much of the race. In the final 200 yards, Assault exploded past the leaders to win the Belmont by three lengths. He was the seventh Triple Crown winner ever, and the third during the 1940s. Two weeks after his Belmont victory, Assault won the Dwyer Stakes, and the general public opinion finally conceded that he was the best three-year-old in training (but that it was also a poor crop to choose from). However, his last-place finish in the Arlington Classic made him "just an average horse" again. After the Arlington Classic, it was discovered he had a kidney infection and needed some rest. Assault returned to the track, where he compiled a string of seconds, thirds, and fourths. Trainer Max Hirsch then decided to change jockeys. Assault's original jockey, Mehrtens, was replaced by Eddie Arcaro. Assault then won the Pimlico Special and Westchester Handicap with Arcaro aboard and was voted 1946 Horse of the Year. Over the winter, Assault developed into a mature four-year-old. The colt was constantly hungry, charging grooms if he was not fed on time. He paid such close attention to his exercise riders that when it seemed that they were gazing off or not fully attentive, he would leap to the side, leaving them mid-air, and gallop around the track riderless. As a four-year-old, Assault won five of seven races and never finished worse than third. He was victorious in some of the biggest handicap races in history, including the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps, while carrying weights of up to 135 pounds. During 1947, he and his rival Stymie battled for the top money-earner title, swapping it several times. However, in a $100,000 winner take all match race at Belmont Park on September 27, 1947, Arcaro and Assault lost by eight lengths to Calumet Farm's Armed, ridden by Douglas Dodson, who earned 1947 Horse of the Year honors. Assault returned to the track as a five-, six-, and seven-year-old, although he displayed the same sort of winning form he showed as a three- and four-year-old. Assault raced 42 times, with 18 victories (15 in stakes races), 6 second-place finishes, and 7 third-place finishes. He earned $675,470. In 1946, he was voted Horse of the Year, the most prestigious honor in American thoroughbred racing, as well as winning Champion 3-Year-Old honors. In the Horse of the Year poll, conducted by Turf and Sport Digest magazine, Assault received 110 voted to win the title from Armed, who received 37 This was copied directly from Wikipedia Last edited by goodcopy : 06-02-2012 at 05:34 PM. Reason: Credit wikipedia for text
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06-02-2012, 05:49 PM
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Can we please deal Goodcopy in a prisoner swap to some other board for a poster to be named later?
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06-02-2012, 05:52 PM
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Hillary Clinton 2016: The "Extremely Careless" Leadership America Needs!
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06-02-2012, 06:12 PM
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But I Don't Understand
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06-02-2012, 06:47 PM
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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06-03-2012, 12:35 AM
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And you say you know how to spell and edit? Did I miss anything?
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