tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post6663771972885083800..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Derby Top TenAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-69921905263717454672008-04-13T19:32:00.000-04:002008-04-13T19:32:00.000-04:00I had to buy 3 cars in 4 weeks once and if not for...I had to buy 3 cars in 4 weeks once and if not for neil's finance plaza inc I would have never been able to pull it off. They were great. So yes it would be next to impossible to win 3 big races in 5 weekscarsandhorseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119207972119655544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1107243529803184382008-04-10T19:23:00.000-04:002008-04-10T19:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for another "Derby Top Ten" to lighten the ...Thanks for another "Derby Top Ten" to lighten the load. Your humor is always appreciated as a way to deal with the absurdities we face when picking up the paper or listening to the news. However, Alan, your # 10 really should be the 2 losers running for the Democrat nomination- McCain only needs to stay back in the barn and he will win the Eclipse! /S/Green Mtn PunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-83735931798919956282008-04-10T13:03:00.000-04:002008-04-10T13:03:00.000-04:00I would agree that the spacing of the Triple Crown...I would agree that the spacing of the Triple Crown races is out of step with modern training practices.<BR/><BR/>It's much less clear to me that the spacing of the Triple Crown races is what needs to change in that equation. After all, in these days in which top horses often only race 4-6 times a year, we're not seeing longer careers to go along with that spacing. Modern conditioning techniques don't appear to have done the horses or the sport any favors.Jen Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247886185829008699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-30905546401095225702008-04-10T12:26:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:26:00.000-04:00For what its worth two scribes have pointed to Ken...For what its worth two scribes have pointed to Kentucky Bear as being a horse to look at twice in the Bluegrass Stakes. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/371879.html" REL="nofollow">Lex Herald-Leader ''Kentucky Bear' bargain at 50-1' Apr 10</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horseracing/bal-sp.bluegrass10apr10,0,2264267.story" REL="nofollow">Balt Sun 'Color race green' Apr 10</A><BR/><BR/>Salute the Sarge, based upon his connections comments looks to be skipping the Derby and maybe pointing (after the Coolmore Stakes) to the Preakness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-5788170179866345212008-04-10T11:21:00.000-04:002008-04-10T11:21:00.000-04:00Alan - Here's something I wonder about and maybe y...Alan - Here's something I wonder about and maybe you and your readers can talk about it if you get a chance before Derby Day:<BR/><BR/>Is the 3-races-in-5-weeks Triple Crown schedule too much on young horses? <BR/><BR/>Will the tradition of running the races in such a compact time frame ever be changed?<BR/><BR/>Given what we know about modern-day conditioning techniques, and the stories/backstretch rumors about about the abusiveness and win-at-all-costs attidudes of trainers like D. Wayne Lukas, would it be in the sport's best interest to space the races out a little? Maybe to help give champion horses a little lengthier racing career? <BR/><BR/>Or will we stick to the way it's always been done, breakdowns or weardowns come what may?<BR/><BR/>Sunny JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com