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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 17:24:38 GMT -5
Still don't believe how dominating that was
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 17:25:32 GMT -5
goodnight coach!! 48 1/5 half and folded like a tent. NEVER bet horses who run in all 3 tc races in their next start at low odds!! especially over rated ones like this. his best race was his last, and theres no way he's bouncing back from those 3 tc races with another top effort. just wish I would have been live. unfortunately, I stink!!
I guess now we all know why Verrazano was 9-5 ml?
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Post by mackdaddy on Jul 28, 2013 17:32:08 GMT -5
Cmon wiz. It was oxbow and v. Everyone else was a bunch of vultures feeding off the million dollar carcass. Oxbow showed up for every dance and he tried hard. Rick porter knew he scratched an awful coach to buy coach 2 races into his carer
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 17:37:34 GMT -5
Oh well. Stop with the HOTY 3 year old champ bull crap please Well, he is undefeated except for one race at Churchill Downs. Hmmmmm.
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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 17:55:45 GMT -5
TVG just said Oxbow pulled up, Stevens jumped off but he walked off the track?
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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 17:58:34 GMT -5
Bloodhorse - "Pacesetter Oxbow settled for fourth and was walked off the track when Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens dismounted because he did not like the way the colt was jogging after the race."
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 18:09:31 GMT -5
not sure what that means mack
as far as oxbow goes, im not just talking after the fact. I have said all along he has been the benefactor of good racing luck. he is an average at best horse who has beaten better horses because they have had off days. he was the puching bag of most of these (actually weaker) leading up to the derby, ran an even race when beaten 10 in ky. was GIVEN the Preakness, and was no match for a much more talented horse in the Belmont while beating an apparently regressing orb. the Belmont was still his best race, reguardless of what beyers numbers say, average horses do not improve off of their best race after running in all 3 tc races unless they are superstars. he is not. hes won one out of his last 7 starts for christs sake. 3 out of 13 lifetime! he is an average horse who does show up. I will give you that. but just like ebbouissante gets overbet because of her relationship to penyatta, painter gets overbet because of his near death story, oxbow gets overbet and unheralded praise for his connection with stevens and lukas. always has. I have nothing against gary, and when hes healthy he can still ride circles around any of these other jockeys, but lukas is nothing more then all of the evils that you all say about dutrow, oneil, baffert, and rodriguez rolled into one. he just just finally got lucky again after 15 years nd 40 some starters and got one of these overpriced babies he has bankrupted so many owners with in the past into the winners circle before he could break them down.
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 18:11:35 GMT -5
really jon? I didn't see that. well I guess he finally did break him down then. like I have said. Lukas's motto.............. "run them til they cant walk, and then run them one more time!"
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 18:16:03 GMT -5
5 G1 races in 3 1/2 months all at a mile and an eigth to a mile and a half? same thing with every other precocious horse he has ever had. ANYONE who ridicules baffert and respects this guy is a hypocrite with personal grievances. facts are in the career numbers. lukas is the original and master at destroying horses.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 18:19:29 GMT -5
really jon? I didn't see that. well I guess he finally did break him down then. like I have said. Lukas's motto.............. "run them til they cant walk, and then run them one more time!" Stevens had two horses break down under him today.
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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 18:27:51 GMT -5
And a Death at DM - R3
Haskell attendance: 36, 284
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 20:54:58 GMT -5
5 G1 races in 3 1/2 months all at a mile and an eigth to a mile and a half? That's the way it used to be before trainers and racing secretaries started coddling horses.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 20:56:11 GMT -5
And a Death at DM - R3 Haskell attendance: 36, 284 That's at least four breakdowns at Del Mar so far in less than 2 weeks.
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 21:07:50 GMT -5
my grandmother also used to chew Copenhagen tobacco George. doesn't make it smart or right.
ok so on monmouths biggest day of the year they still only drew 80% of what del mar did on opening day during the week? am I supposed to be impressed by this? as I have said, if the course is unsafe, then the owners should have the brains not to race there. obviously del mar isn't going to fix something that isn't broke, which judging by their attendance and handle, is the happiness of the bettors and horsemen.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 22:19:21 GMT -5
my grandmother also used to chew Copenhagen tobacco George. doesn't make it smart or right. ok so on monmouths biggest day of the year they still only drew 80% of what del mar did on opening day during the week? am I supposed to be impressed by this? as I have said, if the course is unsafe, then the owners should have the brains not to race there. obviously del mar isn't going to fix something that isn't broke, which judging by their attendance and handle, is the happiness of the bettors and horsemen. Don't forget, the next day they got about 1/5 of that amount. What was the per capita handle opening day? $102 - that was a typical mid-week handle at any racetrack 20+ years ago. Means there weren't many there to watch and bet on horses, which is what this is all about.
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Post by mrdelmarwasmybitch on Jul 28, 2013 23:14:34 GMT -5
20+ years ago? are you serious? name any track in the country that is even drawing 1/3rd of what they were back then other then del mar and Saratoga, and i'll eat my wayne lukas autogracked belt buckle!! that an insane comparison!!
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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 23:30:11 GMT -5
He’s Baaack: Verrazano Blasts Field in Haskell; Oxbow Suffers ‘Soft Tissue Injury’ Paulick Report
Verrazano emphatically proved that he’s back in the 3-year-old championship picture as he rolled to a decisive victory in the 46th running of the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
With a crowd of 36,284 on hand roaring in approval, 11-10 favorite Verrazano left the others gasping far behind through the stretch as he cruised to win by 9 ¾ lengths over Power Broker, the largest winning margin in the history of the Haskell.
Micromanage, six lengths farther back, won the scramble for third at the wire, a nose before Oxbow. Pick of the Litter, Vyjack and Golden Soul completed the order of finish in the field of seven.
Verrazano, owned by the partnership of Let’s Go Stable, Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith, gave trainer Todd Pletcher his third Haskell score and jockey John Velazquez his second with the romping score and paid $4.20, $3.20 and $2.10 across the board.
Power Broker, who was attempting to get trainer Bob Baffert his seventh Haskell win, paid $4.80 and $3.60 and completed the $22 exacta. Micromanage, also trained by Pletcher, paid $4 to show.
Verrazano, a bay colt by More Than Ready – Enchanted Rock, by Giant’s Causeway, was winning his sixth race in seven lifetime starts. The only blemish on his record was a disappointing effort in the Kentucky Derby, when he ran 14th behind Orb. The winner’s share of $600,000 pushed his lifetime bankroll of $1,551,300.
The colt signaled his return to winning ways at Monmouth on June 16 with a romping nine and a quarter-length score in the Pegasus Stakes, and then put an exclamation point on his current form with today’s exhibition of sheer speed and ability.
“He made a huge statement today,” Pletcher said. “This was one of the most impressive – if not the most impressive – races by any 3-year-old this year. I would say this was his most impressive race for a horse that’s near perfect minus the sloppy race in the Kentucky Derby.
“You couldn’t have drawn it up any better,” Pletcher said. “Power Broker came to his hip and Johnny (Velazquez) asked him to go and he immediately took over the race.”
Pletcher, who won back-to-back runnings of the Haskell with Bluegrass Cat (2006, Velazquez up and the previous biggest winner by 7 legnths) and Any Given Saturday (2007), said Verrazano will stay on the path that could carry him to an Eclipse Award despite the fact he did not win one of the Triple Crown events.
“The plan all along was to run in the Haskell, and if he showed he could handle distances of a mile and an eighth plus, the Travers (August 24 at Saratoga) would be a logical next spot,” Pletcher said. “The way he finished today over a track that’s been deep and demanding all week with his ears pricked at the wire showed he handled it pretty well.”
Velazquez said he encountered no problems winning the Haskell.
“We had the perfect trip,” the rider said. “He was incredible today. When I asked him, he was right there. He was in the perfect spot and Gary Stevens’ horse (Oxbow) was moving easily, so I moved him out to the middle of the track so no one could keep me pinned in.
“It looked like Oxbow was going a little slow on the lead, so I went up to put a little pressure on him. Power Broker moved at us a little, and my horse just took off.”
Bob Baffert, who watched the race from his base in California, was pleased with the ffort of Power Broker.
“He ran a good race,” Baffert said. “I think he thinks he won. I don’t know if he ever saw Verrazano go by. We were a little overmatched today. He’s still a very immature horse, and he got a lot out of the race.”
As expected, Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow charged to the early lead with Vyjack and Pick of the Litter chasing around the clubhouse turn. Verrazano, on the outside, moved up to the leaders after a half-mile in :48 1/5. He powered up after the lead on the far turn, after six furlongs in 1:12 2/5, and then asserted himself through the stretch.
He passed the one mile mark in 1:37 4/5 and then just rolled to the wire with no competition in sight.
Power Broker, who was off to a slow start, moved into position on the backstretch and got close to Verrazano at the top of the stretch, then fell adrift and proved clearly second best through the stretch.
According to tweets from Daily Racing Form’s David Grening, Gary Stevens was concerned about Oxbow after the pair crossed the wire in fourth. Stevens told Grening the horse was walking sound but not jogging sound. Oxbow walked off the track. New Jersey State Veterinarian Deb Lamparter reported that radiographs of Oxbow’s ankle came back clean, and there may be a soft tissue injury present.
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Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2013 23:53:14 GMT -5
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Post by Evelyn on Jul 29, 2013 8:40:45 GMT -5
Yes - I'm very sad about Oxbow. Take Charge Indy also. I hope Indy's surgery is successful. I can't find any updates.
Gary Stevens has tough day as Oxbow, Take Charge Indy hurt By Kyle Leach Newark Star Ledger
Jockey Gary Stevens has ridden in over 27,000 races in his Hall of Fame career, including two Haskell Invitational victories. It’s the same routine: get a leg up into the saddle, go to the starting gate, race around the track, and then pull the horse up and head back toward the winner’s circle to meet the grooms.
Sunday at Monmouth Park, Stevens had four mounts. Twice, he did not return from the race riding a horse.
In the ninth race, the Grade 2 Monmouth Cup, Stevens alertly pulled up pace-setting Take Charge Indy and then four races later, in the $1 million Grade 1 Haskell, Stevens crossed the finish line fourth on second-choice Oxbow but 100 yards after the finish line, jumped off the horse and immediately took off the saddle.
""I didn’t like what I felt when I pulled (Oxbow) up — he was visibly off," Stevens said of the 2013 Preakness Stakes winner. "He didn’t feel like he did in any of the Triple Crown races."
Stevens and Oxbow, breaking from the No. 5 post in a seven-horse field, set the early pace and dueled with eventual winner Verrazano down the backstretch. Oxbow, trained by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and owned by Calumet Farms, poked his head in front at the three-quarter pole in a time of 1:12.43.
But Stevens said he knew things weren’t going well before that point.
"I wasn’t comfortable. I looked over at (Verrazano’s rider) Johnny (Velazquez) at the half-mile pole and said ‘I’m in trouble.’"
Verrazano widened his lead around the far turn with an explosive move and Power Broker, the Bob Baffert-trainee ridden by High Bridge native Rosie Napravnik, tried to keep pace.
Oxbow, however, weakened and was nipped at the line by Micromanage and jockey Joe Bravo for third place.
Oxbow’s fourth place was the worst showing by a Preakness winner in the 46 runnings of the Haskell. (Three such champions finished third: Curlin, 2007; Funny Cide, ’03 and Hansel in ’91).
"I wasn’t going well and (Oxbow) was just going through the motions," Stevens said.
Immediately after pulling the horse up once past the finish line, Stevens, who is 50 and just returned from a seven-year hiatus from racing, sensed something was wrong and hopped off the horse’s back and took the saddle off, trying to lessen the weight on Oxbow.
Stevens, who walked back toward the finish line after the race, said Oxbow was "fine, he’s walking sound enough. But he wasn’t jogging sound."
Deborah Lamparter, the state veterinarian, released a statement saying "When I arrived at the barn, they were finishing up X-rays of his right ankle. It is my understanding that there were no fractures and it was likely a soft tissue injury."
The news for Take Charge Indy, winner of the 2012 Florida Derby and the heavy favorite in the Monmouth Cup, was not as good. Stevens had the horse in a similar scenario, racing down the back stretch of the 1 1/16 mile race over the dirt surface with an easy lead.
"I was having a ball, the ride of my life, figuring out how much I wanted to win by," Stevens said after the race. But then the rider heard a "one big pop" and pulled the horse up. The horse was put into a van, and driven back to the stall while Stevens got a ride back to the finish line in an emergency vehicle.
WinStar Farm, via its Twitter feed, said that Take Charge Indy suffered a left front "condylar fracture and is headed for surgery."
Stevens, who is based on the West Coast and traveled to New Jersey just for the race, was disappointed but tried to maintain perspective. "It happens in this business — I just hope that they are both going to be all right."
"It was a good day," he shouted over his shoulder as he signed autographs for fans on the walk back to the jockey’s room. "I made it home safe."
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Post by Evelyn on Jul 29, 2013 8:43:10 GMT -5
Winstar Twitter:
Farm þ@WinStarFarm Take Charge Indy headed in for surgery in the morning
WinStar Farm þ@WinStarFarm Take Charge Indy has a LF condylar fracture and is headed in for surgery. Thank you
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