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Old 11-28-2006, 07:03 PM
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had to...he slowed which is not SH...
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:06 PM
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he won four of ten. if he was such a freakishly fast horse, you'd think he'd have won more of them. he slowed more often than not i guess...
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:06 PM
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my top three 3yo:

1) barbaro
2) showing up
3) that other horse
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:06 PM
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Hate to hear this too. Did I miss this information yesterday?
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:07 PM
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didn't pay attention to when bloodhorse first showed the story....today i guess. summerly also retired.
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:31 PM
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I loved Barbaro, and if I were voting I probably would give him the sentimental vote. But reason and rational thinking should rule; Bernardini accomplished enough to be considered the 3 year old of the year.
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:35 PM
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I think some folks are lashing out against dini due to being embarassed over wearing the purple sneakers and buying the hype about all time great bs.

i have nothing to be embarrassed about, u can search high and low and you'll never find a thread where i say bernardini is anywhere near as good as barbaro was, and as to the racing all year crap...........against who? i like bernardini but if i was voting i'd pick at least 2 other horses against him in ANY category
bernardini ended the year with more graded wins than barbaro. more grade ones. won the travers over bluegrass cat, who was second to barbaro in the preakness. altho not a stellar field, bernie won the jcgc over older, a sure prerequisite to winning top 3 yo. than he ran second to only invasor in the bcc. he absolutely deserves the top 3 yo award for '06. has nothing to do with who's better. that question is unanswerable.

thankfully, barbaro is still around to generate all this talk. they have an update on him today, he's doing wonderfully, a much greater reward than any eclipse. i see a special eclipse for him and his owners in january. sports illustrated voted his vet (and a sexy beast ) as their man of the year.

as for discussion of the gate crew, it was all over this joint after the preakness.. perhaps those who brought it up will tell you who they were. i know you weren't around here at that time.
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:37 PM
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I loved Barbaro, and if I were voting I probably would give him the sentimental vote. But reason and rational thinking should rule; Bernardini accomplished enough to be considered the 3 year old of the year.
barbaro update:

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tod...68032&subsec=1
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Old 11-28-2006, 07:46 PM
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i thought it would be in today's bloodhorse but i guess it'll be in tomorrow's...unfortunately, to me, they seem to sound less optimistic as the weeks wear on about the laminitis...but, wher'dja here about the time thing? and that's what i mean about HOY---u want more fans??? name the mf hoy
what is the time thing you're talking about?
eclipses are in january, always have been. it's a done deal anyway, invasor gets hoy and top older.

as for the laminitis, i think they sound pretty optimistic. especially considering when they first detected it, they gave barbaro a 5% chance.
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:07 PM
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sorry...meant si...........i'm doin this in a bar ya know
meras, we need to have a meeting of the Chicago chapter of Derbytrail at this bar with the internet access.

you can organize this?
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:12 PM
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sorry...meant si...........i'm doin this in a bar ya know
ok, i'm lost.
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:13 PM
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meras, we need to have a meeting of the Chicago chapter of Derbytrail at this bar with the internet access.

you can organize this?
do you really want to type on a keyboard in a BAR?! lol

lapdances with the laptops....
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:18 PM
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gotcha.
and it's bear, unless you're a dancer, and then it's bare.
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:18 PM
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do you really want to type on a keyboard in a BAR?! lol

lapdances with the laptops....
i said bar, not strip bar!
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:19 PM
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i said bar, not strip bar!
lmao


like i really think you'd be chatting to us if you were at a strip bar!!!
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:35 PM
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lmao


like i really think you'd be chatting to us if you were at a strip bar!!!
Yeah it would be like "excuse one minute Jasmine, before you start that next dance I have to finish this post to Dixie Porter".
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:44 PM
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WHEREDJA HEAR ABOUT THAT SI THING??? i've been busy, it can't be out already, can it?
Maybe i'm the only one but, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:47 PM
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WHEREDJA HEAR ABOUT THAT SI THING??? i've been busy, it can't be out already, can it?
sorry, not si in total...but one writer.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_...ichardson.html
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:50 PM
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ok, i have to admit days like today on this site are what keep me coming back. yesterday too. brought a smile to my face.

but, that line in the story i linked above by groucho is indeed the funniest thing i've read all day.

g'night folks. til tomorrow.
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Old 11-28-2006, 08:57 PM
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get with the program aj-u bein like me and not readin the whole thread b4 posting?---anyways-my last point here is----it would be dam good for racing (and it's fans, us) if barbaro was HOY, or, better yet, SI's athlete of the year...for him to be even mentioned in si is good tho, there's a couple degenerates at the red eye who write about him now and then
the sad part is i scanned the entire thread and didn't see the si thing.

i can agree with some kind of sports hero of the year award from SI. that would be cool. but you can't give HOY out based on sentimental reasons.
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