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06-08-2014, 08:05 AM | #16 | |
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In no other sports competition are you allowed to just... put a new team in, while everyone else has been working hard and training and tired, etc, I just think that's BS. You should have to race ALL 3 races so the competition is fair.
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06-08-2014, 08:23 AM | #17 | |
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06-08-2014, 11:09 AM | #18 | |
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There have been complaints before this. We haven't seen the last of Chrome or his pedigree.
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06-08-2014, 11:21 AM | #19 |
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| ooops too late to edit to, to too in my last post. I hate when I do that.
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06-08-2014, 11:34 AM | #20 |
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| I agree there should be only a selected choice of horses to run in each of the races and that is it. Like any other tournament...ie. Wimbledon...you can't just add more players as it goes...poor analogy but you get my meaning. The thing is I am guessing it has always been like this for the Triple Crown and if owners, breeders etc. don't like it that way, then try to change the rules. This is why Secretariat and the others were so exceptional in my opinion. They took it with any and all that came to challenge them. I also saw something that Chrome had a cut front right hoof...maybe that had something to do with the way he couldn't run the way he would normally.
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06-09-2014, 05:21 AM | #21 | |
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I'm beginning to change my mind somewhat about the timing of their complaint after the race was over, yet again they would never have a larger audience to advance their cause.
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06-09-2014, 06:55 AM | #22 | |
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06-09-2014, 07:45 AM | #23 |
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| Some horse racing trivia... So, have any of you read about the X-Factor heart in horses? X-factor refers to a large heart gene only passed on through the x-chromosome. The larger the heart, the more oxygen a horse can pump through it's blood when it runs, making it capable of running faster. Sires cannot pass it on to their sons, only their daughters. Secretariet is known to have had the x-factor and had HUGE heart. He is one of only a few who actually had his heart weighed after he died. I can't remember but it seems it was something like twice the size of a normal heart. (Don't quote me). He was not a great "stallion" sire, but his daughters were highly sought. Here is some info if you horse racing fans would like to read. I love to study horse pedigrees and this is very interesting... Chasing the X-Factor, Unofficial Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
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06-09-2014, 07:54 AM | #24 |
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| Ok, I looked it up. Secretariet's heart was 22 lbs. Almost 3 times the normal size of a thoroughbred. Whoa!
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06-09-2014, 08:09 AM | #25 |
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06-09-2014, 08:48 AM | #26 |
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| I was very sad california chrome did not get the triple crown! I agree with the owner.... it should be all three races or none at all, even the playing field.
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06-09-2014, 11:09 AM | #27 |
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| This is nothing new. The owner is new to racing and just thought he was going to win...sour grapes is all it was. He didn't think it was unfair going in or perhaps he should not have gone in. I am not a fan of horse racing any more...used to be but I hate what happens to so many of these beautiful animals. BUT...felt I should comment on this. The reason the Triple Crown is so elusive is because of the way it is structured. The Belmont has always been this way....if you had the same horses competing in all three races, sure maybe there would be more Triple Crown winners, but that would make it all the less impressive. It really takes some horse to pull off those three races.
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06-09-2014, 12:49 PM | #28 |
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| Oh I thought maybe someone with another horse had done that, well it's not good that happened but better than what I had thought. Was wicked Strong next to him at the start? That horse was a nervous wreck a little before start. I should have listened after the race was over but I was so disappointed, I called a couple people instead. They were no consolation. they were as bummed as I was.
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06-09-2014, 12:58 PM | #29 | |
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Thank you for the info. We knew he had to have heart to accomplish what he did but the weight is of his is the machine that got him where he wanted to go.
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06-09-2014, 01:08 PM | #30 |
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| I read today that California Chrome is a gelding, but I can't back that up. Does anyone know for sure?
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