Posted on 06/07/2014 2:55:54 PM PDT by Pajamajan
I blame Carter tough times for the U.S. of A. and we are repeating it!
Well, that certainly was......anti-climactic.
We can multitask.
Might have got stuck in traffic a bit, and didn’t have the kick to make it from the outside. Others have observed CC seemed tired by the end of the first two shorter races.
This AIN’T breaking news. Sorry.
Sounds like some serious sour grapes from the owner.
CC’s owner calls the winner cowards.
What do you think of California Chrome’s remarks?
So ..... now this guy is wound up? Steve Coburn.... hey man.... can’t win all three you can’t win all three. Gee ... he just wants to run against the same horses 3 times. Whatever...
One thing about thoroughbred jockeys: they ride really big, powerful, high-strung, spirited horses. The general rule applies: if you ride, you fall. Can you imagine falling from a horse of that size? Can you imagine the conditions under which the jockeys fall? Sure, sometimes the jockeys are injured, sometimes seriously. But most often they walk away. Why? Because they are stellar athletes.
So just remember. It’s not always smooth sailing in the stirrups. Sometimes it’s eating dirt. After you’ve taken a couple of violent spills on a ‘hard’ track with hooves flying everywhere, then you can disparage the jockey’s athleticism.
When I mentioned that among my friends (those who are the equivalent of the "low information voter" type), I was harshly rebuked.
If you truly are the best horse, then you beat whomever they put up against you.
This is why winning the Triple Crown is truly a big deal, it should be hard.
Everything’s become professional wrestling.
I agree....
Maybe some of Free Republic-peers should buy a horse and try for the Triple Crown of Horse racing....”Free Republic” great name for the horse.
Now I glad Chrome lost.
LOL.... I wish they would have asked him what he thinks about Obammycare. That might have been fun... :)
Wow! just watched..then he snapped at wife when she told him to simmer down! Not verbatim “simmer down” but along those lines.
War against women!!
If all the other Triple Crown winners had to face rested horses, then CC's owner is a "Dumb-ass" indeed....
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