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RedKingGold
06-08-2012, 10:29 AM
According to DP show.

Sad to hear this.
Ksyrup
06-08-2012, 10:36 AM
Peyton's Head ‏<S>@</S>PeytonsHead
I'll Have Another officially out of the Belmont. Sarah Jessica Parker moves to 7-2 odds.
korme
06-08-2012, 10:38 AM
Shame
britrock88
06-08-2012, 10:45 AM
Would have been weird to have a Triple Crown winner with a shady trainer, anyhow.
Senator
06-08-2012, 10:49 AM
Affirmed in front.
digamma
06-08-2012, 10:51 AM
Really disappointing news. I thought we were going to see a TC winner.
panerd
06-08-2012, 10:55 AM
Would have been weird to have a Triple Crown winner with a shady trainer, anyhow.

Part of me wonders if that doesn't play into this somehow. Like they know the scrutiny after winning the triple crown may bring something from the past into play but as of right now the horse is just a 2-time big race winner with some major stud money coming.
cartman
06-08-2012, 10:57 AM
And it looks like Secretariat's record will still stand. No horse has come within 2 seconds of his 1973 run.

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kingfc22
06-08-2012, 10:59 AM
And NBC just took a huge ratings hit.
Rizon
06-08-2012, 11:00 AM
The chances of me watching the Belmont now is somewhere around 0%
Ksyrup
06-08-2012, 11:00 AM
As did the horse racing industry in general.
bronconick
06-08-2012, 11:04 AM
NBC suddenly cuts away from showing Belmont to showing hockey. People's heads explode.
cartman
06-08-2012, 11:07 AM
NBC suddenly cuts away from showing Belmont to showing hockey. People's heads explode.

"Zach Parise is moving like a tremendous machine!"
wade moore
06-08-2012, 01:27 PM
Quik - you pop the cork yet?
GrantDawg
06-08-2012, 05:40 PM
Part of me wonders if that doesn't play into this somehow. Like they know the scrutiny after winning the triple crown may bring something from the past into play but as of right now the horse is just a 2-time big race winner with some major stud money coming.


This.
stevew
06-08-2012, 05:44 PM
Now that the Mets pitched a (very tainted) no hitter, not having a Triple Crown winner in X years is the dumbest active streak in sports.

I guess it's good that this Greg Anderson trained horse won't win
Lathum
06-08-2012, 06:55 PM
Now that the Mets pitched a (very tainted) no hitter

:rolleyes:
stevew
06-08-2012, 07:11 PM
If the chalk was hit you must acquit.
Matthean
06-08-2012, 07:48 PM
The chances of me watching the Belmont was somewhere around 0%

Fixed.
QuikSand
06-08-2012, 08:57 PM
Quik - you pop the cork yet?

affirmative
GrantDawg
06-08-2012, 08:59 PM
affirmative


Don't you mean Affirmed? :)
ColtCrazy
06-08-2012, 09:00 PM
Shame. A real shame. This one looked like it had a good chance too.
Senator
06-09-2012, 12:21 AM
"Zach Parise is moving like a tremendous machine!"

This deserves some love.
QuikSand
06-09-2012, 08:06 AM
Good news. A real blessing. This one looked like it had a good chance too.

fixed
digamma
06-11-2012, 11:43 AM
From the Wall Street Journal this morning:

What's doubly hard to swallow is that ht uproariously great promise of a Triple Crown no longer seems to make any sense in the madcap economics of thoroughbred racing. The horse, which had a sore tendon, was scratched to preserve a potentially lucrative future in the breeding shed. Put simply: it had more to lose than win.
QuikSand
06-11-2012, 12:40 PM
So, WSJ guy, let me see if I've got this right... horse has an injury in a part of the physiology that is undeniably strained massively by racing at all, much less at distances so long they are considered archaic... and you're going to attack the connections for pulling him out of the race. Do I have that right? As long as you are always on the same side of that particular non-debate, I guess I can accept that... but this sure sounds like a response to "go make up a convoluted argument that helps support why this sports weekend sucked."
molson
06-11-2012, 12:45 PM
Ya, I think he's saying that trying to keep a horse alive instead of going for the glory is an unacceptable "business" decision because the horse will make everyone money as a stud, but needs to be alive to do so.
DaddyTorgo
06-11-2012, 12:52 PM
Why is Quick happy? I'm confused.
digamma
06-11-2012, 01:06 PM
but this sure sounds like a response to "go make up a convoluted argument that helps support why this sports weekend sucked."

It's almost like you read the whole back page.
cuervo72
06-11-2012, 01:32 PM
So, WSJ guy, let me see if I've got this right... horse has an injury in a part of the physiology that is undeniably strained massively by racing at all, much less at distances so long they are considered archaic... and you're going to attack the connections for pulling him out of the race. Do I have that right? As long as you are always on the same side of that particular non-debate, I guess I can accept that... but this sure sounds like a response to "go make up a convoluted argument that helps support why this sports weekend sucked."

I know it is a different circumstance*, but my mind linked this to what looks like the very likely scenario which has the Nats in contention come late summer/fall, having repeatedly vowed to shut Stephen Strasburg down once he reaches 160 IP, standings be damned.


* read: not possibly life-or-death