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Old 11-10-2008, 12:39 PM
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Default The dude has lost it, really..

$12 mil for Vineyard Haven?

This whole article is nuts!

http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/47990.htm
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:43 PM
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Must be nice to have real monopoly $.
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Old 11-10-2008, 12:54 PM
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That article was annoying.
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Old 11-10-2008, 01:25 PM
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it must be nice to have nice racehorses and go and see them in your own kingdom whenever you feel like it.




ok forget this is fischer for second, does anyone NOT see vineyard haven's left front leg flopping around on the head-on views of his races??
I don't care what a vet says when looking the horse over, if the leg flops like that when he is working hard- it is either bad natural confirmation, or a tendon problem. No matter how fast he may be now, it is a bad sign.

HOW CAN NOBODY SEE THIS??
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Old 11-10-2008, 02:04 PM
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That article was annoying.
It would probaly cost him less to cure world hunger, than buy his derby.

I dont get the whole. 'it means less if its accomplished in Darley's colors rather than Godolphin Blue', theory.
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Old 11-10-2008, 05:18 PM
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$12 mil for Vineyard Haven?

This whole article is nuts!

http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/47990.htm
Official Sheikh Mo defender, reporting for duty...
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Old 11-10-2008, 06:53 PM
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ok forget this is fischer for second, does anyone NOT see vineyard haven's left front leg flopping around on the head-on views of his races??
I don't care what a vet says when looking the horse over, if the leg flops like that when he is working hard- it is either bad natural confirmation, or a tendon problem. No matter how fast he may be now, it is a bad sign.

HOW CAN NOBODY SEE THIS??
Cuz nobody else eats a bowl full of CRAZY for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day?

Congrats in advance when this horse suffers some sort of setback. You called it, dude (about 4 or 5 times now by my count). Good eye.

And thanks also to Calracing.com for offering head-on views...
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Old 11-10-2008, 06:58 PM
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Cuz nobody else eats a bowl full of CRAZY for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day?

Congrats in advance when this horse suffers some sort of setback. You called it, dude (about 4 or 5 times now by my count). Good eye.

And thanks also to Calracing.com for offering head-on views...

I'm going to have to disagree with you on " nobody. "

I think you need to catch up on your reading.
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Old 11-10-2008, 07:06 PM
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on " nobody. "

I think you need to catch up on your reading.
I should have been more specific. I meant his brand of CRAZY.

Judging by what goes on here, it comes in different flavors apparently.
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Old 11-10-2008, 07:07 PM
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I should have been more specific. I meant his brand of CRAZY.

Judging by what goes on here, it comes in different flavors apparently.
True... This is the Baskin Robbins of crazy horsey boards.
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:27 PM
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Roger That; With A Double Scoop. Bbb
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:34 PM
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^^^

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Old 11-11-2008, 06:56 AM
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Cuz nobody else eats a bowl full of CRAZY for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day?

Congrats in advance when this horse suffers some sort of setback. You called it, dude (about 4 or 5 times now by my count). Good eye.

And thanks also to Calracing.com for offering head-on views...
i' m not crazy
Not my aim at all. Not looking for credit or predictions. Surprised some of the trip handicappers didn't already mention it. Guess not everybody factors the same things... The individual horse is what interests me here, and perhaps the more popular issue is the new owner of the horse. On that subject I believe that
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum can win the Kentucky Derby on his own terms.
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Old 11-12-2008, 12:14 PM
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$12 million is not a bad price. This guy has made so much money from oil over the last few years that $12 million is what he makes in the first 20 minutes of each day.

Spending $16M on an unproven horse is ridiculous, but $12M for this one is actually not that bad.
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Old 11-12-2008, 01:40 PM
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$12 million is not a bad price. This guy has made so much money from oil over the last few years that $12 million is what he makes in the first 20 minutes of each day.

Spending $16M on an unproven horse is ridiculous, but $12M for this one is actually not that bad.
I agree. What I think will happen now is that people will have higher expectations for Vineyard Haven simply because of what Sheikh Mo paid for him when in reality, the price doesn't have anything to do with how good the horse actually is or isn't. That's what I was trying to say before. You can't have an accurate price to expectation chart when it comes to people with this much money. If I go spend $50k on a car, you better believe I'm expecting it to be something special. If I spend $5k on a car, I'm just looking for something to get me to and from work, something to bridge the gap til I can find something better. In other words, you have to look at how much a person spends relative to what they have in order to tell what the realistic expectations of said purchase should be.
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Old 11-12-2008, 01:58 PM
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dude spends millions on camels... 12m means nothing because of who bought the horse.
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