08-26-2006, 10:42 AM
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The Curragh
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,962
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Originally Posted by oracle80
So my main man Leon Blu goes back to Maryland and that leaves me and "the professor" Basil while the head clocker in charge is up in the press box.
Basil tells me to get busy with the watch after the renovation break. Track has been depper and cuppier this morning than any the whole meet. Horses are coming home so slow that we say screw it on half of them as they hit the 1/8th pole and see the split is just soooo slow.
Then I see a horse about to go a 1/2 mile and say Basil lets get that one. The horse breaks off and I hit the first 1/8th split and say " no way, I must have missed him", then he hits the 1/4 and I say Holy **** I must have missed him, he hits the 3 /8ths and I realize from the continuation of wicked splits that I didn't miss him, I got him just fine and he is FLYING. He hits the wire and I yell out "holy ****, who the HELL was that?!!!!" Horse went a 1/2 in 46:1, got the last 1/8th in 11:3, BREEZING!!! Now this track this morning was as slow as slow gets, doesnt get any slower. It was War Front. Apparently War Front likes our little town up here!! This workout was just insane, the kind that drops your jaw. I can assure you that War Front is sitting on ready for the Forego, he is in incredible condition.
P.S Gander, get on the phone and find out who Jimmy Jerkens dark bay was who worked a half mile right after the renovation break. After you find out, go get a home equity loan and wait til its entered. Find out Tim, that one was REAL good as well but we don't know who it was.
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btw, a belated thanks for posting this. Great stuff. (Just so you don't think I spend my day looking for things I can criticize!)
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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