Posted on 05/10/2022 2:59:50 AM PDT by Morgana
Winning the Kentucky Derby as an 80-1 underdog is fantastic. On Saturday, Rich Strike showed he knows how to do that.
Now, winning with grace, that’s something he needs to learn.
Moments after completing one of the most improbable wins in the history of horse racing or sports in general, Rich Strike immediately tried to bite another horse.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCk0P92uoXc
You can be sure Rich Strike won’t be 80 to 1 ever again!
A very competitive horse.
I watched the race. An amazing turn of affairs. The first thing I thought was ‘this horse is juiced’ when I saw the biting.
” he was not use to a cool down horse approaching him after the race since he had not experienced this before.”
Sounds very plausible to me and the trainer should know. Racing horses are very hyper and especially just after a race.
A lady around the corner has two rescue Thoroughbreds. Said she had to take them riding every few days or they would become ill mannered (cribbing, etc).
She has to be closing in on 80 and I don’t see her ride them as much, so hope her and they are okay!
"social distancing" 'n all that.
That reminds me: were the riders wearing masks?
Wow, it’s as if he had a nitrous bottle and pressed the boost button at the end.
Horse acting horsey. Quit horsing around. Wild horses couldn’t keep me away. Is RS’s behaviour why horses need bridles and whips for us to control them? Well, duh.
He’s a young horse with no compunction to behave like a human. Let him be an unbridled horse for a while, and enjoy his rude animal health.
Some horses are just nasty, probably the major reason why the males are gelded. If this had happened prior to the race, he might have been disqualified. Tracks aren’t going to risk other horses or riders.
I just heard that the jockey was asked if he was going to meet with Biden and he said “...if I wanted to see a horses ass I would have come in second”.
Maybe he got some throwback warhorse in him. Warhorses were taught to bite and trample.
Talk about war horses. There was one very nasty war horse in World War one about which a book was written, Bill the Bastard. He would only let one soldier ride him without throwing him off. His heroics though are legendary. Great audible book with a great reading.
Horses can bite, and chew. Some stalls are half eaten.
“Unlike other horse breeds, Thoroughbreds are not disciplined. Back when I used to work in the horse industry (standardbreds), the old saying was: “If a standardbred kicks you, or lunges at you, you discipline him and correct the behaviour. If a thoroughbred kicks you, you just stand there and smile.””
I’ve been watching the Kentucky Derby for years and seriously did not know that! So you are telling me Thoroughbreds are like today’s woke kids in public schools?
I had a great-great uncle who was in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and he served in Egypt and old Turkish Caliphate, now Isreal. Yeomanry rode horse to battle they were mounted infantry and did not carry sabres. Britain had 64 regiments of yeomanry during WWI. There were usually two or more battalions per regiment while cavalry was organized by squadrons. Regiments were organizational while battalions were fighting units comprised of companies. In a regiment the 1st & 2nd second battalions were regular service battalions, 3rd were volunteers, 4th & 5th reserves.
10/10 would be the 10 Regiment of foot (Lincolnshire Regiment) 10 Battalion (Grimsby). In peace time usually 3 bttn per regiment. In war time as many as 50 bttn per regt. Nominal full strength was 1200 men per battalion, 10 companies. Starting WWI Britain maintained 107 infantry regiments and 5 regiments of foot guards (Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Wlsh, and Irish. Later the Guard Machinegun Regiment, and a Guards Cadet Regt.)
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