Comments on: Casino Drive – 2008 Peter Pan Stakes

By: grayantimatter

grayantimatter — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:25:14 +0000

Well, you were right. Casino Drive and Big Brown weren’t in the same area code….

By: grayantimatter

grayantimatter — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:10:42 +0000

Yup. Enthusiam and confidence is great. He’s just a ******.

By: grayantimatter

grayantimatter — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:51:50 +0000

It’s a tragic story, not doubt. But “should have” doesn’t really matter too much. There have been several truly great 3 year olds over the last 30 years.

By: grayantimatter

grayantimatter — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:16:31 +0000

You’re nuts. They jump on EVERY horse that wins the first two legs and trump them up for three weeks. Big Brown! The most special triple crown hopeful since Smarty Jones!!

By: grayantimatter

grayantimatter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:51:28 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t say POS. If they actually race the horse again (laughable I know) and he has some nice runs in the Travers or Classic, that would be nice story.

But having the trainer and some of the tools that were mouthing off humilated today, was pretty entertaining.

As soon as he asked Big Brown to run….nothing. And a lot of people, really weren’t surprised.

By: blkmmd0929

blkmmd0929 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:50:14 +0000

End story:

Japanese horsemen “love for the horse”, put the horse first!

Dutrow and IEAH “love for self”, put me first.
very arrogant of them. I spoke with a trainer on belmont day, before the race and she said he wouldnt compete and when she saw the foot she said they must be crazy to think he would get a mile and a half on that. So you people can say all u want but they scratched CD for a bruise because it was best for HORSE. BB had no chance and pride got in the way!

By: MorningGift2001

MorningGift2001 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:30:13 +0000

Casino drive didnt even have to be in the race and big brown still lost. it wasnt suppose to be. did they find out what happened to Big Brown?

By: YD8189

YD8189 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:19:33 +0000

There’s no mystery, really. Frankel advised Dutrow to reduce BB’s electrolyte load. He would only do that if Dutrow told him or he saw that BB was getting fractious or rank as race day approached. One way to calm a horse down who might boil over in a race is to cut back on potassium (k+).

Even if Dutrow gave BB his dose, did he guess right giving the ferocious heat? BB gave signs in the holding area
(kicking) and during the race (agitation) of a horse with
low-level dehydration.

A shame.

By: THEBIDWASTHBESTEVER

THEBIDWASTHBESTEVER — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:57 +0000

I do not run from nothing I said……now you are going to sit there and tell me if the real Big Brown ran his race he would have lost to that bunch give me a fricken break…..and yes you are right 8189 Big Brown ran just as bad as the Japanese wonder PIG formally known as Symboli Rudolf came his last quarter against second tier AMERICAN HORSES…If it were not for the AMERICAN WONDER HORSE SUNDAY SILENCE JAP racing would be NOTHING…..

By: YD8189

YD8189 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:24:43 +0000

Forgive me if I can’t take your moronic statements about racing in Japan seriously. You’re just like the blind man who feels the trunk of an elephant and says “I see. An elephant is very much like a snake.”

By the way. nobody accused you of running away from one of the worst pieces of handicapping in Triple Crown history–it was just assumed you would go to the mattresses until things cooled down.

On the bright side: maybe you learned not to
pound your chest until the horse you bet on wins.