Posted on 04/17/2025 7:09:36 AM PDT by hardspunned
“Who’s the bad guy now?” “I’m the one who knock-knocks.” “Either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.”
Bob Baffert may be practicing some of those lines ahead of his return to Churchill Downs. The Hall of Fame trainer from the West Coast has a chance to do something that would make Hollywood producers blush.
America loves to tear down public figures, then build them back up. This spring, Bob Baffert is preparing for the ultimate comeback story.
(Excerpt) Read more at on3.com ...
Huge news. You are right to compare him to Trump.
Tim Yakteen is such a loser. He screwed up any chances of those Baffert colts to win.
was a shame what Kentucky and New York did to Baffert...jealousy is evil.
Bob is a good guy (as most Bobs are).
Nerves are setting in here, too.
I just can’t root for Baffert this time, though. I’d like to, but I’m head over heels in for my long shot, Coal Battle.
I’ve got tens of hours of handicapping yet to do. Are you old enough to remember when Street Sense and Calvin Borail broke my heart?
I am liking Tappan Street at 10-1. Like the Brad Cox/Luis Saez combo and this horse seems to enjoy stalking.
Does Coal Battle have the same jockey from the Arkansas Derby?
I'm old enough to remeber.
But I don't.
Re: handicapping. I don't know one thing about the betting end, period. Zilch. But I respect it because, without it, about 2% of the people would be in the stands...
Yes, Vargas, I assume. Guy LOVES the little horse.
If Hardspun had held off Street Sense’s 19th to first rail run I would have had a $12 superfecta!
https://youtu.be/IsXyB_5y6ww?si=F3DuhblIzygJ_lm7
OMG! That was unbelievable! I wish they would have stuck with the aerial view; it almost looked fake.
So that’s where your handle came from. I’ve seen a few others around here that have made me wonder...
Yep
You think that was wild, watch Borel do it again at 50-1!
https://youtube.com/shorts/p90_MgQojnY?si=vZy-ii8bhDZq1Z0_
Stop! Stop! Too much, and on slop, no less. Borel must be a gutsy sap-sucker. I’m a Secretariat nut, and Turcotte always rode him wide, really wide - away from the dangerous rail crowd.
His is Calvin “Borail”
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