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Today California Chrome tries to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (or simply, the Triple Crown) after having won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes last month There are also some undercard races at Belmont Park today, coverage is on now until 4:30pm on NBCSN, and then switches to NBC until the end of the Belmont Stakes itself. Race winners: Acorn Stakes: Sweet Reason Ogden Phipps: Closed Hatches Longines Just a Game Stakes: Coffee Clique "by a flared nostril" Metropolitan Handicap: Palace Malice (Winner of last year's Belmont Stakes) Manhattan Stakes: Real Solution Kilonum fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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# ? Sep 1, 2024 03:17 |
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You're a brave man for starting a horse racing thread here, goonspeed. (I'm watching and have a Pick-4 ticket with Chrome singled)
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Any idea what time the race actually starts? I don't know if I can make it through two more hours of pre-race nonsense.
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Lester Shy posted:Any idea what time the race actually starts? I don't know if I can make it through two more hours of pre-race nonsense. About 6:45, I think. Also, OP I believe that second race won by Close Hatches was the Ogden Phipps, not the Ogden Fifths. I was very excited to see Palace Malice win again. He's a monster of a horse. Sucrose fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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Lester Shy posted:Any idea what time the race actually starts? I don't know if I can make it through two more hours of pre-race nonsense. 6:50 is what they've been saying.
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Filthy casual sports fans wanting a Triple Crown Winner. True fans apparently give no fucks or something.
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bushes posted:Filthy casual sports fans wanting a Triple Crown Winner. True fans apparently give no fucks or something. I want to see a triple crown winner because it's a cool feat to pull off and rarely happens.
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Bob Costas is much taller than that jockey he was interviewing, just lording over him there.
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"I want to hear some New York booing" ![]()
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Darren Rovell is at the track today, so if he breaks his leg at the race, someone might take him out back and shoot him.
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anotherblownsave posted:I want to see a triple crown winner because it's a cool feat to pull off and rarely happens. Oh I completely agree. Some of the interviews they did of past "spoilers" just came off as odd. I was getting an MMO vibe from how they were using the term casual.
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Argh why didn't I use Coffee Clique. Oh well, go Chrome! Dumb and Dumber (Neumeier and Battaglia) pick Tonalist and Wicked Strong (god I'm so tired of that story, yeah we get it already the Boston Marathon got bombed). Which brings up this scene from Let It Ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VosZzVlqxTg&list=PLJ4EW0TGcLQFMarbSf-9uvynFTcAmDHCY Moktaro fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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I don't think there's a bigger non-horse racing related fan of California Chrome right now than Gary Bettman
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Time to drag some 70s relics out.
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Something really stupid is going to happen. I can feel it.
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Man, when Chrome wins, this thread is going to explode to 3, maybe 4 pages. I hope the forums can handle the increased traffic ![]()
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"Nobody will ever call this horse a Secretariat.......but, he is a chestnut!"
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Sucrose posted:"Nobody will ever call this horse a Secretariat.......but, he is a chestnut!" "If you look at him from like a thousand yards away and squint, they're kind of similar! ![]() Frank Jr. singing "New York, New York" has got me seriously hype, guys. I want Chrome to win, my wife would flip out. It's been one of her dreams to see a triple crown in her lifetime.
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My head says he's going to tire in the stretch. My heart says he's going to win. I don't know if I can take this ![]()
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Vertical Lime posted:I don't think there's a bigger non-horse racing related fan of California Chrome right now than Gary Bettman I was going to say horse racing would get more fans if the jockeys could check each other but that doesn't help hockey much ![]()
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I've noticed during the triple crown races that it doesn't start until the fat man bugles.
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Matterhorn looks really uneasy
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Trying to get the NBC stream going in the UK, doesn't seem to be working. Anything else I can use?
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Kilonum posted:Matterhorn looks really uneasy Chrome, on the other hand, looks bomb proof. They just gotta get him around that last turn, that's where dreams die. I think Big Brown is still out there somewhere.
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wicked retarded
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wicked strong doesnt know what the gently caress
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Wicked Strong isn't down with this walking stuff. I find horse names fascinating and I have no idea why.
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Grittybeard posted:Wicked Strong isn't down with this walking stuff. Horse names are hilarious, especially in the lower stakes and maiden races. The owners just don't give a gently caress and name them whatever. (Flip Flop, imacattoo, Secretariat, etc.)
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I'm at my local track right now (Fairmount Park on the Ill Side of St Louis) and it's packed. Won a bit with Coffee Clique earlier which was fun. I've also got my mother's bets in front of me--she gave me a $20 and told me to put $5 to win on the four best horses that aren't Chrome.
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It's obviously too late to get into today's race, but is Bovada the easiest option for US-based people to place sports bets?
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Troy Queef posted:I'm at my local track right now (Fairmount Park on the Ill Side of St Louis) and it's packed. Won a bit with Coffee Clique earlier which was fun. I've also got my mother's bets in front of me--she gave me a $20 and told me to put $5 to win on the four best horses that aren't Chrome. Hope your mom didn't need that twenty bucks ![]()
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Troy Queef posted:I'm at my local track right now (Fairmount Park on the Ill Side of St Louis) and it's packed. Won a bit with Coffee Clique earlier which was fun. I've also got my mother's bets in front of me--she gave me a $20 and told me to put $5 to win on the four best horses that aren't Chrome. Pretty smart lady.
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Eddie Olczyk of NHL on NBC fame is taking Wicked Strong.
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let's go general a rod
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Grittybeard posted:I find horse names fascinating and I have no idea why.
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Poonerman posted:let's go general a rod I read this as "General, A Rod" and it cracks me up every time.
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Grittybeard posted:Wicked Strong isn't down with this walking stuff. It's not true for Wicked Strong (or California Chrome) but a lot of times the names are a combination of or play on the sire and dam's names, which is why a lot of them are so random-sounding.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Eddie Olczyk of NHL on NBC fame is taking Wicked Strong. Well, he hit the trifecta at the Preakness so he certainly knows his ponies.
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How long till one of these prestigious races are sponsored by Elmer's Glue? ![]()
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# ? Sep 1, 2024 03:17 |
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Here we go, get dem horses in the post! ![]()
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