Leroy Hoard
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Talk about constant sorrow.Here's one fer ya - every time you and I have been on the same horse, we've lost.
Talk about constant sorrow.Here's one fer ya - every time you and I have been on the same horse, we've lost.
ya know, Cowboy ... it was my spurning of Tacitus in the Belmont that started me on a very long drought last summer - think i woulda learned my lesson, buuuuut noooooooI can believe @otb_lifer didn’t pick the Tapit horse
Next time everyone pick a different horse. That way at least somebody wins.Thnx again, Leroy.
how the #### did you two fit in the saddle? pics or it never happened.Here's one fer ya - every time you and I have been on the same horse, we've lost.
He's my dad.how the #### did you two fit in the saddle? pics or it never happened.
noticed Tapit just turned 19. Ho much longer is he going to keep pumping out 3 year olds?ya know, Cowboy ... it was my spurning of Tacitus in the Belmont that started me on a very long drought last summer - think i woulda learned my lesson, buuuuut nooooooo
i know wik luvs him some Tapit pups, as well - we got a pattern here.
fixednoticed Tapit just turned 19. Ho much longer is he going to keep bangin' 3 year olds mares?
I hope he makes it to 21, I'd like to buy him a drink.fixed
think they got blue pills for that.
Horse done all he can, he's not going to be a crying drunk, that's for sure.I hope he makes it to 21, I'd like to buy him a drink.
Horse done all he can, he's not going to be a crying drunk, that's for sure.
But, whoa nelly, the stories of mares and championships might make a fella feel a little inadequate were he to equine up some English.
Can't use the emoji anywhere here, dude. Too many discussions in the PSF about it.with a name like Tap-it he really can't miss, no?
those cheeky breeders
... aaaaaaand that was my first thought when it was overridden by the hideous "fool on the hill" schwag SMILEY! emoji.Can't use the emoji anywhere here, dude. Too many discussions in the PSF about it.
K?
It was even topic worthy.... aaaaaaand that was my first thought when it was overridden by the hideous "fool on the hill" schwag SMILEY! emoji.
thanks for the report from the cesspool .... what a ####in' ####show
Not to mention standing near him at the next urinal.But, whoa nelly, the stories of mares and championships might make a fella feel a little inadequate were he to equine up some English.
looks like he could use some schooling/growing. they had to stay awful busy on him in easy wins. dont like traffic, lunging breaks, hard getting him to change (but when he do...). could all be squared away in the 2-to-3 layoff. will be interesting to see, but it dont look like the future price will ever be good enough for a stab theregonna try and catch up to the preps already run ... we're still in the 10-4-2-1 dole out stages - still roughly a month away from the "win and you're in" 50-20-10-5 affairs (starting with the Risen Star on 2/15 ... hoping to see Enforceable out again for that one, lest Casse ices him 'til La. Derby, where just bagging show dough will secure him a Churchill gate).
anyways ... first up:
2019 Iroquois - Dennis' Moment
going back 4 months for this one, a mid-September kickoff to the Derby Trail, proper ...
the Dale Romans trained winner was 9/5 ml fave, banged down to 2/5 come the spring latch - largely due to his previous outing to this one, a 19 length romp in a 7f MSW at the vaunted Ellis Park (ok, i kid on that), but HOLY ####!
that's a cat that was firing at 100% - look at those fractions! and how easily he motored ... eased up just a smidge at the end, denied the track record.
serious horse flesh, and he backed it up well enuff in the initial prep ... consequently, after MAXFIELD scratched from the BC Juvey, our boy here was deemed favorite ... then came THIS - on his knees from jump, never had a shot, and wasn't really asked ... they tossed this one, and rightfully so.
outta Tiznow, didn't even money in his first outing (5f MSW at Churchill) ... now being pointed to the Fountain of Youth (Gulfstream) on 2/29.
has been working recently, with very middling efforts ... 5 weeks 'til his next possible outing.
yeah, he was green in them gills coming home in the Iroquois - luggin' and tuggin' ... he's a baby. a big ####in' beautiful and fast baby.looks like he could use some schooling/growing. they had to stay awful busy on him in easy wins. dont like traffic, lunging breaks, hard getting him to change (but when he do...). could all be squared away in the 2-to-3 layoff. will be interesting to see, but it dont look like the future price will ever be good enough for a stab there
- i'm the equivalent of those horses winning futuritys @ fair tracks in April, man. i was on TV @ 2yo - search the word "Sputnik" to read the story. all downhill from there - bucked shins, was addicted to DMSO by kindygarten....yeah, he was green in them gills coming home in the Iroquois - luggin' and tuggin' ... he's a baby. a big ####in' beautiful and fast baby.
how refined were you at two years old? huh?
hell, he's only three because the calender said January ... he's a ####in' baby ...
i like him. my drinkin' buddy from St. Thomas likes him. you'll grow to like him.
gimme over 15-1 in Churchill.
... whaddya think of Tapit's boy, Enforcer?
currently 44-1 and wired the biggest jewel thus far- i'm old fashioned. Jack Straus told me the real fig on golf tournament & early Derby favorites is 40-1, so i find it hard to shop under that number
Sunday Silence was my all time favorite at this, but never seen anything like Arazi’s middle move before or since- well, i loooove me some middlemovers, so Enforcer's my kind of boy.
Bates Motel, for a half-dozen races after he grew into his massive (almost 18-hand) frame, had the biggest middlemove i ever saw. IIRC, Stevie Davidowitz got home-turn real-time quarter from him in the 21s.Sunday Silence was my all time favorite at this, but never seen anything like Arazi’s middle move before or since
Must be that long neck that will help in photo finishes.Ron Flatter @ronflatter
Lecomte winner Enforceable was cut from 125-1 to 30-1 at @WilliamHillNV to win the @KentuckyDerby
my kind of aniscule.prep number three ...
2019 Champagne Stakes/Tiz the Law
we head to my home track, beautiful Belmont Park, for an early October G1 baby special - been a loooong time since this race churned a Derby winner - we gotta reach waaay back to it's golden age (mid '70s) ... but check out this line of winners from '74-'78: Foolish Pleasure, Seattle Slew, Alydar, Spectacular Bid
current NY Racing is dreadful.
anyways, on to the gig at hand ...
not often thru the first few preps that we see such highly regarded Derby timber, but Tiz the Law marks the third in a row here (Dennis' Moment, Eight Rings).
he bobs out from jump ... rank and lugging ... gets put in traffic - fractions are the fastest we've seen thus far (sub 23, sub 47) - by the time he settles, he's 3 wide ... he's then driven back inside by Franco, gets pinched in the stretch, tries the 2 path (on wrong lead) gets shuffled out ... makes his charge, luggin' and chuggin' ... lookin' green as ####in' Gumby.
but make no mistake, once he was steady, he exploded. so he's got that going for him - track was off, think Franco rode a facacta route here ... horse was asked to overcome some tactical gaffes, and he answered bigly - but the cat is raw ... promising, but needs work.
won his maiden (6f) up at the Spa in August ... the Champagne was his second careeer start .. now, instead of staying put for the Remsen, they opted for the Jockey Gold Cup at Churchill (which we'll see later on) - gotta think they chose the longer route for seasoning. next up is the G3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream (2/1). recent works have been crisp.
trained by Tagg, outta Constitution (Tapit)/Tizliz (Tiznow) ... finished first future go 'round at 11-1.
didja attend any of the races i alluded to? was still Jamaica Station stop, then hop on the RR, no?my kind of aniscule.
with racehorses, as with tall blondes, there's a fine line between smart & crazy. this fella got himself into every kind of trouble you can have, the sort which would put a 5yo gelding away. more importantly, he got hisself OUT of every kind of trouble. the indicator is that, just as all the work was done, the eighth-pole noisewave of the crowd hit him and he almost flipped like a dolphin. good handling by the jock, but TtL turned "what's THAT?!" into "got it" a half-dozen times in 8 furlongs and you gotta like that. a little maturity, and with the TizTap blood....
The Champagne will always be my favorite 2yo race because Belmont fall will always be my favorite meet. of course, i remember it in a kinda pre-Breeders Cup way.
Awfully close to a foul against Big City Bob when he made his move at the top of the stretch. He checked up to avoid Tiz the Law, lost his lane and his speed, and still got up to land in the money.prep number three ...
2019 Champagne Stakes/Tiz the Law
we head to my home track, beautiful Belmont Park, for an early October G1 baby special - been a loooong time since this race churned a Derby winner - we gotta reach waaay back to it's golden age (mid '70s) ... but check out this line of winners from '74-'78: Foolish Pleasure, Seattle Slew, Alydar, Spectacular Bid
current NY Racing is dreadful.
anyways, on to the gig at hand ...
not often thru the first few preps that we see such highly regarded Derby timber, but Tiz the Law marks the third in a row here (Dennis' Moment, Eight Rings).
he bobs out from jump ... rank and lugging ... gets put in traffic - fractions are the fastest we've seen thus far (sub 23, sub 47) - by the time he settles, he's 3 wide ... he's then driven back inside by Franco, gets pinched in the stretch, tries the 2 path (on wrong lead) gets shuffled out ... makes his charge, luggin' and chuggin' ... lookin' green as ####in' Gumby.
but make no mistake, once he was steady, he exploded. so he's got that going for him - track was off, think Franco rode a facacta route here ... horse was asked to overcome some tactical gaffes, and he answered bigly - but the cat is raw ... promising, but needs work.
won his maiden (6f) up at the Spa in August ... the Champagne was his second careeer start .. now, instead of staying put for the Remsen, they opted for the Jockey Gold Cup at Churchill (which we'll see later on) - gotta think they chose the longer route for seasoning. next up is the G3 Holy Bull at Gulfstream (2/1). recent works have been crisp.
trained by Tagg, outta Constitution (Tapit)/Tizliz (Tiznow) ... finished first future go 'round at 11-1.
don't understand this question. and it was ACE to LIRR for me from Thompson Stdidja attend any of the races i alluded to? was still Jamaica Station stop, then hop on the RR, no?
don't understand this question. and it was ACE to LIRR for me from Thompson St
Awfully close to a foul against Big City Bob when he made his move at the top of the stretch. He checked up to avoid Tiz the Law, lost his lane and his speed, and still got up to land in the money.
don't understand this question. and it was ACE to LIRR for me from Thompson Stdidja attend any of the races i alluded to? was still Jamaica Station stop, then hop on the RR, no?
I'm with you fellers.ok, same
that's why we keep hopping trains...I'm with you fellers.
I'm with you fellers.
that's why we keep hopping trains...
nfw - i logged 1000s of miles on freights in my teens. i earned my urbanity the hard way - by doing as little as possibleMoCS is much more akin to the hobo milieu than either of us two urbane chaps
You got a hobo hat?nfw - i logged 1000s of miles on freights in my teens. i earned my urbanity the hard way - by doing as little as possible
i traded it to a 4yo in Lickskillet for his harmonicaYou got a hobo hat?
I do.
That was you?i traded it to a 4yo in Lickskillet for his harmonica
i traded it for a when i hit NYC.That was you?
How's my harp blow'n these days?
Now yer on the trolley.i traded it for a when i hit NYC.
Nah. I've moved on to Game of Thrones action figures.do you still form cowcar flap into frontier action figures?
BASTA!Nah. I've moved on to Game of Thrones action figures.
In my last performance, I had Dany and Cersei ... (redacted).
It brought down otb's trousers
Yeah. I remember.BASTA!Nah. I've moved on to Game of Thrones action figures.
In my last performance, I had Dany and Cersei ... (redacted).
It brought down otb's trousers