oops...RICH STRIKE....my bad...
I don’t follow racing, only see the 3 triple crown races. But, isn’t it a major goal for horses to go for the triple crown? Or is that media hype?
Awww, man - The way he worked through the pack at the end I was hoping this year we could see one that would go the distance in all three.
Still, I do think that the rules should go back to the way they were instead of letting spoilers in for the longer run.
Baltimore is too dangerous.
Well, he looks like he’s a stone cold closer, and the Preakness is a half-furlong shorter than the Derby, with only two weeks to prepare - I imagine the connexions think their chances are far better in the Belmont.
Well that bites!
F the media
Horse likes to come from behind
Preakness is 1/16 mi. shorter than KD
Belmont at 1.5 mi. Is longest of the three.
Possibly trainer feels he has better chance in the Belmont. Should Rich Strike take the Belmont, he would perhaps be worth more than if he took both ends of the TC while finishing poorly in Preakness
Ah... too bad... was hoping he’d pull off a Triple Crown. That late Derby run was one for the ages.
Does anybody here remember BARBARO? I do.
“shattered his leg two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes which ended his racing career and eventually led to his death.”
I’ve never liked horse racing. They are racing babies, two year olds with bones not set, for greed and profit. Even in the eventing/jumping field you are not allowed to compete a horse younger than four years old.
So many T-breds end up in the auction barns if they are lucky, and the “dog” food auction barns if they are not lucky.
In this day and age of ‘anything goes’, why not just substitute with a horse who identifies as “Rich Strike”???
Glad to see the owner is putting the horse first. Racing is a crapy greedy azzho sport.
The Preakness is only half a furlong shorter than the Derby.
The Preakness is only half a furlong shorter than the Derby.