Tonalist and 3 others —
Were California Chrome and Ride on Curlin the only two horses from the Preakness? It’s a lot tougher coming off that a few weeks ago.
I agree. Where do you place Swaps?
He utterly beclowned himself.
I agree with the owner, it’s not a fair race to race a horse who’s been in the previous Kentucky Derby and Preakness against rested horses.
Does anyone know the winning time?
Trigger and Flicka are not happy.
I remember that race, and I agree completely.
I’ve been following horse racing since the 1960s.
The breed has been compromised by breeding for speed, instead of endurance. I think that’s why you saw so many more Triple Crown winners in the past. Also why there seems to be more injuries and deaths among a breed that has been inbred to the point of unsoundness, IMHO.
I agree. But I’m disappointed CA Chrome didn’t win.
The owner said it best. You’ll never see another triple crown winner again if they don’t stop letting horses into the Preakness and Belmont who didn’t start the triple crown at Kentucky. .
Boooooooooooooo!!!!
The difference in distances between the courses is significant. Chromie did fine and will pay back his owners many times over in the coming years. He is one of the very best horses around.
It's too bad CC's owner was so bitter. It's always better to be a gracious loser. He burned a lot of good will in a few seconds.
The three races were never design to be equal. The conditions change, race
length changes and who knows what the horses feel like at any given time.
Here are the race tracks involved:
1.Kentucky Derby, run over the 1 1/4-mile (2.0 km) dirt
track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
2.Preakness Stakes, run over the 1 3/16-mile (1.9 km) dirt
track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
3.Belmont Stakes, run over the 1 1/2-mile (2.4 km) dirt
track, the longest in USA thoroughbred racing, at Belmont
Park in Elmont, New York,
I think horse racing has become more global in the past 36 years. Before that, it was more an all American event.
New international resources produce great horses. Enter them and one will win.
It is like poker. Big names in Poker don’t win many of the big tournaments. There are too many talented and lucky guns that make it all the way. The final table at the WSOP is populated by nine no names, 21-28 years old.
Isn’t the longest wait in sports for the Cubs to win the pennant?
One of the best. They have done studies and found some winning horses have literally big hearts are proven leaders and winners. Their hearts weigh more. I like Chrome; but he just didn’t have that “I want to win”. His owner has a point; but there is dirtiness in all kinds of sports. There will another Triple Crown winner and you will see that look, feel that feeling of a leader and winner.
Secretariat was one of the two best horses of the twentieth century. It’s interesting, however, to compare his times and performances to the other star of the century, Man O’ War, who raced without many of the advantages in training, veterinary care, and farriery the other Big Red had in modern times.
Don’t forget that Thoroughbred racing has gone on for more than 300 years. How do we compare a Secretariat to, say, Eclipse?
It would have been nice for the industry to have another Triple Crown winner. However, in races such as these, the handicapper looks for gifts and a Castellano/Pletcher horse going off at 28-to-1 was a gimme.