Posted on 06/08/2012 8:43:00 AM PDT by sportutegrl
Darn. Not a horse fan, but I always like seeing history.
Fox News’s website says the same thing.
Last horse I bet on was SO good.....it took 10 other horses to best him.
I hope he’s okay.
He’s injured and will most likely never race again.
I’m not a betting man, but I’m curious....what happens to the bets on this horse now? Do they lose or just get canceled?
Well my weekend schedule just loosened up. Bummer.
Injury is a legitimate, straightforward reason of course but when you consider the cloud of rumors and investigations already surrounding the trainer you have to wonder.
And if it was an injury wouldn’t it already be reported as such?
Horse racing, like boxing, needed a good story rather than another black eye. But horse racing, to paraphrase the late Bert Sugar’s comment about boxing, ran out of black eyes long ago.
The problem with the Belmont’s 1.5 mile length is that many owners don’t want to risk stud contracts if their horse should break down in the final leg of the Triple Crown.
After what happened to Ruffian all of those years ago, I could never really get into horse racing after that.
Time to change the horse’s name to “Oh no you won’t!”
Lol!
Ok, now that's funny...but seriously, hopefully he'll be ok.
you stole my line...
Sad news.
Injury or too many milkshakes?
Very suspicious.
I’ll Have Another may have had just too many.
Such sad news. I do hope he’ll be OK. It’s been a fantastic experience watching him come from behind in Kentucky and Preakness. O’Neill has my respect for what must have been a gut-wrenching decision. :(
Tendonnitis is developing in the front left leg. Sad, but I’m glad they made a conservative decision.
That’s okay, history will happen on November 6 when the country rejects it’s first half-black president.
Yeah, I hear ya. I have an uncanny ability to pick the winners for the first quarter, then cross the finish line last.
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I was really looking forward to the race. This is just awful.
Hope the horse is only mildly under the weather and it isn’t something serious.
Glad they made the right decision.
It would have been very easy for them to stick him out there for one more race, even with the injury.
Good call.
Yeah, I hear ya. I have an uncanny ability to pick the winners for the first quarter, then cross the finish line last.
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I was really looking forward to the race. This is just awful.
Hope the horse is only mildly under the weather and it isn’t something serious.
Time to head to the Stud Barn where he will have another and another and....
The last thing they need is another Barbaro.
Me either. She comes from a long line of long spindly legs. I believe her mother and/or her father had to be put down because of leg problems.
Me too. That was awful.
Mike
I bawled like a baby when she was put down.
Wow. That sound you heard was the TV ratings crashing through the floor.
I’m not sure if wagering for the Belmont was taking place already at the track itself, if so those wagers placed at the track itself would be refunded. There are some places that take advance wagering, or more specifically called “Futures Wagering”. It’s basically far in advance wagering, for those who wish to place a wager when they can get good odds since that futures bet “locks” the odds at that time for you. Those futures wagers are now lost for the bettor, those are not refunded.
Also attendance at Horse Racing Parks across the country where you could bet on the race.
Thanks..!!
Secretariat? Greatest race horse in history IMO.
Once a horse leaves the gate the race has gone off. Prior to that all money is returned.
Name of horse I’ll Have Another...maybe it was one of Ted Kennedy’s fave saying
A lot of people did, me included. As soon as I read the name Ruffian, I could see the film of that that horrible last race again in my mind--her leg snapping, her continuing to run. To me, hers is the most tragic racing story ever.
The owners are looking at so much breeding money ($bajillions) from the two wins already under their belts they aren’t going to risk it with another race. If the horse comes up lame and gets the farewell gunshot to the head, that’s $bajillions flushed down the toilet. The owners are protecting themselves and cashing in before that can happen.
I do find it odd that we had several Triple Crown winners in the 70s, starting with Secretariat, and then after 1978, nothing.
Over here, ‘triple crown’ means rugby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_(rugby_union)
At the time of Secretariat's death, the veterinarian who performed the necropsy, Dr. Thomas Swerczek, head pathologist at the University of Kentucky, did not weigh Secretariat's heart, but stated, "We just stood there in stunned silence. We couldn’t believe it. The heart was perfect. There were no problems with it. It was just this huge engine."[18] Later, Swerczek also performed a necropsy on Sham, who died in 1993. Swerczek did weigh Sham's heart, and it was 18 pounds (8.2 kg). Based on Sham's measurement, and having necropsied both horses, he estimated Secretariat's heart probably weighed 22 pounds (10.0 kg),[20] or about two-and-three-quarters times as large as that of the average horse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)
That engine drove Secretariat to a feat at the Belmont that is for the ages.
Certainly of the modern era. Given that Secretariat set a track record in that race (which I believe still stands) while not being pressured in the least, it makes you wonder what kind of time he might have posted if pushed.
This situation reminds me of the situation with Spectatular Bid in 1979 when it was debated whether to run him in the Belmont or not due to injury. Although injured, it was decided to run him. He lost to some horses that he had already clearly established he could beat easily when healthy.
Of all the horses in that time frame, I've always thought that Spectacular Bid was the horse that would have most challenged Secretariat. More so than Affirmed or Seattle Slew or Alydar.
OK, I admittedly don’t know much about horse racing, but what is the big deal with the Triple Crown? You are choosing 3 races arbitrarily, aren’t you? What happens if a horse wins 3 other races? I just don’t get it, sorry.
In one of those races he ran each quarter(?) faster than the one before. He was still gaining speed at the end, looks like.
Secretariat was the greatest race horse that ever lived. He won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record time and the Belmont by 31 lengths. No horse has even come close to that performance. Get the movie—great story that you can watch over and over.
That’s a longer spell than when Secretariat won in 1973. I believe the prior Triiple Crown to that one was in 1948, but the name of the winning horse escapes me.
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