QuizGuy66
Footballguy
I won a nice day out
-QG
damn straight - any day at the track is a beautiful day!
didja at least finish a coupla shekels ahead?
No
-QG
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🐴 *** 2023 Aniscule Thread *** 🇮🇹 Ha Vinto Il Cavallo Di Mio Cugina - ARCANGELO! 🇮🇹 🐴 (3 Viewers)
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Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Ellis 6 is a money back special race on tvg
#8 Pass Line
In his first race a few weeks ago he took some $ , went off at 9-1 from a 20-1 ml. On the replay it looked like he checked pretty good before the 1/2 mile mark but there’s no note of it
I’ve had some luck before with horses coming up to MSW from Maiden claiming which he’s doing today
He’s had one work since the last race, it was a “meh” 50n3 for 4f
20/1 ml again today, but I know I’m but getting that
$10 win
#8 Pass Line
In his first race a few weeks ago he took some $ , went off at 9-1 from a 20-1 ml. On the replay it looked like he checked pretty good before the 1/2 mile mark but there’s no note of it
I’ve had some luck before with horses coming up to MSW from Maiden claiming which he’s doing today
He’s had one work since the last race, it was a “meh” 50n3 for 4f
20/1 ml again today, but I know I’m but getting that
$10 win
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
8/1(#5) shot IN on first leg - left that 3/5 chalk (#2) in the dust.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
chalked out ... shoulda covered that #5 after bucking the chalk in first leg.
welp, at least Javi booted me ahead for the day - regroup.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I was thinking that before the race lol
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
A lot of $ on the 2 and 6…
otb_lifer
Footballguy
this #5 coming up next tace has burned a TON of coin as chalk previously ... the race are an MSW, so she kinda fits here because she's been out three times in similar class.
but, man, she has underwhelmed.
that's why i looked at the #1 and #2 here ... the latter a first time starter, so we could see fireworks.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I keep coming back to the 5 myself but yeah beaten fave every time out wtf
Small win bet for me
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Yeah that 5 might never win a race
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
#2 did not disappoint - ran a monster, she did.
if i covered that 5 last race, the p3 were $266
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Ya, cash back for 2nd and 3rd
Yeah I was surprised to see that is Ellis a paved road or what ??
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Next 3 are stakes
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
1,6,7 bx Belmont
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
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Hey rock! Gimme a winner gb
Cowboysfan8
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rockaction
Footballguy
Hey, Cowboys!
I couldn't even find the wheel to steer you in a direction when it comes to the horses.
Even then, in the games of chance (or skill) that I like, I'm as likely to be found under a rock as picking a winner. I'm a walking Murphy's Law.
I couldn't even find the wheel to steer you in a direction when it comes to the horses.
Even then, in the games of chance (or skill) that I like, I'm as likely to be found under a rock as picking a winner. I'm a walking Murphy's Law.
Cowboysfan8
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rockaction
Footballguy
Heh. Don't you know it?
I am doing well. I wish you the same, bud. I saw your post in another thread and hope everything is going well. You can PM me if you'd like. Whenever and about whatever. Peace, amigo.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
shoulda left it at that - #6 didn't even board.
Carmouche pretty much wired from the fence - big number on the exacta with the #2.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
led into deeeep stretch after taking them through in 1:11.3 on the fast/firm cabbage - she were flyin'
8/6/9 finish ... chalk nowhere to he found up in that one
Judge Smails
Footballguy
So Churchill Downs just extended Baffert's suspension through 2024. What a freakin' joke. I know his appeal was denied before but he should be able to sue them for this extension. I think he's strictly a sacrificial lamb to say they take horse medication and fatalities seriously after they've had umpteen breakdowns and fatalities causing their precious meet to move to Ellis Park. Baffert's not even on the grounds - so who you going to pin the blame on now, Churchill? Who caused all of these other deaths? This is a witch hunt of the highest order.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
CDI has extended the suspension due to Bobbo pedaling a "false narrative" about the situation involving Medina Spirit - "WE DON'T LIKE HIS OPINION, SO HE GONE!!!1!"
welcome to Western society, circa 2023 - Orwell were a prophet.
all that said, i did agree with the initial discipline, and, no ... he certainly aren't the only crooked mo' out there, so plz, dear readers, put down yer crayons.
they went after the hugest pelt, had sufficient ammo, and bagged it - simple as that.
still, this extension are ludicrous, but, given the current "speech" climate, not surprising ... sad, but not surprising.
btw, Saffie were reinstated across the bored - so they apparently do cede an inch when they realize the f*** ups ... but Bobbo SPOKE his mind - can't have that, hell no.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
They should worship the ground he walks on. He brought star power to a dying sport. And great stock. Kentucky Derbies would be way less exciting without Baffert story lines and entries. I’m in So Cal and have been following racing for 40+ years. Baffert has good vets like he does everything else. But he’s not even in the conversation re top milkshakers here, let alone around the country. He served the sentence they originally announced. Then they changed their mind. There were no other infractions. The public should be outraged.
rockaction
Footballguy
I think they are, but for reasons entirely tied to Baffert's malfeasance and doping of the horses. People are outraged over horse deaths and what they view as equine abuse. This is in response to that very real pressure coming from other quarters. You live here in SoCal, right? They always have protestors now at the Santa Ana track, don't they? Forget the loons, it's the general public. The public is not on the sport's side these days, it seems.
Sorry to be a wet blanket or a limp noodle, but this is like when an NFL player beats up a woman or kills himself because of CTE. Everybody in the sport and its fans are asked to apologize for the deed, and the sport suffers and overreactions are had. Well, besides that lady that saw me watching the Ray Rice video on the train, nodded approvingly, leaned in, and said "sometimes you just gotta hit a *****," jabbing her finger in the air to make her point. But those people are few and far between in this world.
A few come after the sport itself. First, it's the influential, then it's the public.
They're coming after horse racing. Be very wary of those that contribute to any mistreatment of the animals.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
the slippery slope here with Bobbo, tho, are the fact that CDI decided to extend the suspension simply due to the ruling entity having issue with Bobbo spreading "misinformation" about the original discipline.
slapping his wrists further, after time served, as if he were some recalcitrant 4 yr old who denied munching the cookie - it's "thought" legislation, plain and simple.
could they view it as him being remorseless? or oblivious? or "above the law"? i guess, but the fact that there exists a whole new plethora of punishment for his free speech are troubling.
if an NFL player are suspended for 6 games due to criminal infractions, yet espouses his innocence ... do they tack on more?
doesn't even need to be criminal ... Brady did his 4 games for Deflategate, was adamant about his innocence, but reinstated anyway - there weren't time tacked on because he spun a different narrative.
again, the ponies game are rife with bad actors - we all know this - if there are justification for lengthy suspension, bring it - don't think there are much to debate there ... but this latest addendum with Bobbo are a kettle o'fish that troubles me.
that's where we at.
rockaction
Footballguy
Fair enough. I have nothing really to debate. I just wanted to present a line of thought that is probably first and foremost on the punishers' minds. I don't know how I'd handle it, that's for sure. Horse racing has a tough sell these days. It asks one to do two conflicting things, it seems. It asks people to revere the horses as almost these mythological spirits, yet asks that we don't give modern Western protections to that spirit. Some people have a really tough time wrapping their heads around it, because to them animal welfare and human decency are synonymous. There is very little "God gave us the creatures to do with as we see fit" and also very little "There is no God so who cares?" It's a middling pantheism that de Tocqueville saw in Americans, and he warned of it and against it.
And I get it. Heck, it's hard to envision horses as mere animals. Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche both either proved their point about cruelty (Dostoyevsky) or literally broke down (Nietzsche) from watching horses getting whipped to death in the streets by cruel masters.
So it's a tender line I think they have to walk, and Baffert saying his suspension was some sort of woke conspiracy doesn't really fly with the heads of the sport when the activists and certain portions of the public are amped to the gills to see restrictions or outright abolition of something they find anathema to their ethic.
But you also know that, and I see what you're saying. If a man can't speak his mind, however incorrectly, then what are we really doing here?
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Belmont 6
#3 Slipstream
#3 Slipstream
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Prat got ya there ... was on fire today, won 5 of his 7 mounts.
warming up for the Spa - NEXT WEEK
summer are flyin' by
Judge Smails
Footballguy
PETA has been the only ones protesting at the track and sorry - they are loons. Horse deaths - I get it. They have to figure out a way to limit them. It’ll never be eradicated. But if Churchill didn’t have a rash of horse deaths (none having anything to do with Baffert) do you think they would have done this? Or is it to try and look like they are taking a tough stance on others since their own recent record is so bad? Put the spotlight on Baffert, take it away from the safety of your surface. It’s like an episode of West Wing. Crisis PR101. It’s double jeopardy if you ask me. I’ve never seen a board or commissioner in any sport rule on a punishment, have no other infraction occur then say “sorry - we changed our mind and are tacking on more time”. Or do you have examples of this?
-fish-
Footballguy
Wearing my lawyer hat instead of the panama that I wear to the track...
Baffert's original suspension included the qualification that it would be lifted "pending review." Apparently the powers that be at Churchill used that clause to extend the suspension. He's still got a lawsuit pending against CDI in federal court, so lifting the suspension would potentially have been an admission that their review was complete and the initial suspension was sufficient. I imagine if he'd drop the lawsuit, the review would come to a different result. They're using it as leverage.
Baffert's original suspension included the qualification that it would be lifted "pending review." Apparently the powers that be at Churchill used that clause to extend the suspension. He's still got a lawsuit pending against CDI in federal court, so lifting the suspension would potentially have been an admission that their review was complete and the initial suspension was sufficient. I imagine if he'd drop the lawsuit, the review would come to a different result. They're using it as leverage.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Heading to the track tomorrow with the boss lol
Tioga Downs here we come!
Who’s in?? Drinks are on me…
Tioga Downs here we come!
Who’s in?? Drinks are on me…
otb_lifer
Footballguy
OVAL.
not track
i'll lay a small $200 budget to play - lemme see how the day goes.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
Tioga Downs is a county-fair-themed standardbred racetrack (5/8 mile) and racino located on a 138-acre site in Nichols, New York.
OVAL.
not track
i'll lay a small $200 budget to play - lemme see how the day goes.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Tioga Downs is a county-fair-themed standardbred racetrack (5/8 mile) and racino located on a 138-acre site in Nichols, New York.
OVAL.
not track
i'll lay a small $200 budget to play - lemme see how the day goes.
was just bustin' on ya, buddy - i call all of them bullring harness palaces "ovals"
they run at night, tho ... thought we might get some daylight in here
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I knowTioga Downs is a county-fair-themed standardbred racetrack (5/8 mile) and racino located on a 138-acre site in Nichols, New York.
OVAL.
not track
i'll lay a small $200 budget to play - lemme see how the day goes.
was just bustin' on ya, buddy - i call all of them bullring harness palaces "ovals"
they run at night, tho ... thought we might get some daylight in here
Yeah, 6 pm I think. Hoping to be there by 1pm. Will be throwing some coin around the simulcast room while the wife feeds the slots and will be half in the bag by 1st post
2 bands tonight too WOOT!
otb_lifer
Footballguy
I knowTioga Downs is a county-fair-themed standardbred racetrack (5/8 mile) and racino located on a 138-acre site in Nichols, New York.
OVAL.
not track
i'll lay a small $200 budget to play - lemme see how the day goes.
was just bustin' on ya, buddy - i call all of them bullring harness palaces "ovals"
they run at night, tho ... thought we might get some daylight in here
Yeah, 6 pm I think. Hoping to be there by 1pm. Will be throwing some coin around the simulcast room while the wife feeds the slots and will be half in the bag by 1st post
2 bands tonight too WOOT!
EARLY BELMONT $1 P3 (races 1-3)
7/1,7,11/2,3,6
$9 outlay - i'm playing it 5x
