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Spectacular Bid. Pleasant Colony. Alysheba. Sunday Silence. Silver Charm. Real Quiet. Charismatic. War Emblem. Funny Cide. Smarty Jones. Big Brown. I'll Have Another. California Chrome. All these horses won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, but not the Belmont Stakes. Why do people watch? Because this might be the year. American Pharaoh is the horse du jure, and like every year a horse wins the first two legs of the Triple Crown, the hype machine takes off, with comparisons to horses of the '40s and '70s. There's only one thing standing in the way of immortality: the longest mile and a half in horse racing. POST TIME: 6:50pm Eastern 1. Mubtaahij (10/1) 2. Tale of Verve (15/1) 3. Madefromlucky (12/1) 4. Frammento (30/1) 5. American Pharoah (3/5) 6. Frosted (5/1) 7. Keen Ice (20/1) 8. Materiality (6/1) Yes, there are only eight horses in the running. It'll be more heartbreaking that way.
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I dunno, I think this horse has what it takes. The way American Pharoah tore up the competition in the slop at Pimlico to the point where Victor Espinoza's silks were as clean as coming back from the dry cleaners while everyone else was covered in mud was visually impressive. Ordinarily I don't give a poo poo about horsie but the lure of seeing a potential Triple Crown winner sucks me in every year that spot becomes up for grabs. NBC drawing out hours of coverage for a race that'll go about two minutes is nauseating but as the OP said, the hype train is in full effect. While I'd love to see a 37 year drought in a Triple Crown winner finally be put to bed (and have a misspelling be immortalized forever), I'm betting on #6 Frosted to show up as role of spoiler. Robnoxious fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Jun 6, 2015 |
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Jun 6, 2015 22:46
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Frosted may be the 2nd best horse in the race, but he's pretty much what they call a "sucker horse", he somehow managed to be 2nd best or whatever every time. Not really a good bet imo. I think this WAS a deeper than average crop but obviously attrition has taken its toll with the likes of Dortmond and Carpe Diem missing out. Goofy interview with two members of the Goo Goo Dolls earlier, they both went for American Pharoah so of course the reporter had to say something like "if he wins give them the credit". I dunno, I don't think he'll be looking to the sky to save him... Moktaro fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Jun 6, 2015 |
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Jun 6, 2015 23:08
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Gimme a stream please I have no TV atm. edit: oh there's an official stream on NBC. nm Shimrra Jamaane fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Jun 6, 2015 |
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Jun 6, 2015 23:31
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Gimme a stream please I have no TV atm. http://stream.nbcsports.com/horse-racing/?pid=17933&referrer=http://www.nbcsports.com/
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Jun 6, 2015 23:33
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The only other big question after the Belmont is how quickly can Eddie Olczyk get his rear end to Tampa Bay for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:33
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Remember last year when the horse's owner went on a crazy rant after he lost? That was fun.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:36
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I feel better about him than I did about Chrome last year or really any horse in a while. He beat some good horses in the Derby and he romped home in the Preakness. But I've been waiting for a Triple Crown winner since I first watched Silver Charm's near miss in 1997 so I'm just waiting to be disappointed yet again 
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Jun 6, 2015 23:37
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I'm here for the Egyptian version of last year's redneck meltdown afterwards, let's do this Seriously Chrome's ownership are poo poo from start to finish, but I'm rooting for my boy Baffert to get a Triple Crown, because he's basically "deal with it" in real life. 
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Jun 6, 2015 23:39
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Personally I think the bigger problem in racing is not the lack of a TC winner, but rather that the top runners all but disappear after the Belmont. Imagine if top players like Peyton Manning only showed up in a couple random games the 2nd half of the seasos (and the playoffs/Breeders Cup of course). Oh god it's the Burger King, don't die horses. 
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Jun 6, 2015 23:41
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Triple Crown happens, four people on the forms cheer raucously horse_racing.txt
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Jun 6, 2015 23:41
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THE KING LOL
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Jun 6, 2015 23:42
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hahahahaha Baffert "He's... He's right behind me, isn't he  "
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Jun 6, 2015 23:42
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Chokes McGee posted:Triple Crown happens, four people on the forms cheer raucously This could be history. ...for a sport not many younger people watch. Whatever. I wanna see a Triple Crown winner 
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Jun 6, 2015 23:43
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Remember last year when the horse's owner went on a crazy rant after he lost? That was fun. They're already finding blood for American Pharaoh's jockey 
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Jun 6, 2015 23:43
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I believe!!!!!
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Jun 6, 2015 23:44
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i wonder if NBC is hoping for a loss so that people are still interested in watching for the streak to be broken
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Just The Facts posted:This could be history. I lived in Louisville my entire life and the only thing the Derby meant was obnoxious out of towners. Then I met my wife who was a horse racing enthusiast and I've been to like four Derbies! Including that one a few years ago that was like a frozen hurricane which is the one that made me inform her I was done going to Derby.
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Chokes McGee posted:I lived in Louisville my entire life and the only thing the Derby meant was obnoxious out of towners. Then I met my wife who was a horse racing enthusiast and I've been to like four Derbies! I need to actually go to the Preakness, I'm like an hour away... I've got #1, $2 across the board.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:48
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i want AP to win so i never have to watch this again
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Jun 6, 2015 23:48
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Poonerman posted:i want AP to win so i never have to watch this again Ditto
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Tetrix posted:i wonder if NBC is hoping for a loss so that people are still interested in watching for the streak to be broken the undertaker theorem
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Jun 6, 2015 23:50
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Just The Facts posted:I need to actually go to the Preakness, I'm like an hour away... I've heard Pimlico's a dump though  Chrome and Espanoza have like zero Belmont experience? lol good luck with that HERE WE GO
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Jun 6, 2015 23:50
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Chokes McGee posted:I've heard Pimlico's a dump though That's why its the "People's Race"
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Jun 6, 2015 23:50
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Go Frammento!
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Jun 6, 2015 23:51
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The curling community wants Keen Ice to win. Keen Ice will not win.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:52
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Jun 6, 2015 23:53
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Here we go with The Turn of Doom Good luck
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Jun 6, 2015 23:54
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Hit the afterburners!
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Jun 6, 2015 23:54
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HOLY loving poo poo
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Jun 6, 2015 23:54
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And they're not gonna catch him!
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Jun 6, 2015 23:54
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Yay Horses
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Jun 6, 2015 23:55
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and the streak is over
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Jun 6, 2015 23:55
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Poonerman posted:i want AP to win so i never have to watch this again
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Jun 6, 2015 23:55
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Pfft, Miggy Cabs already won the triple crown
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Jun 6, 2015 23:55
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THE BURGER KING WINS AGAIN
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Well how about that.
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Jun 6, 2015 23:55
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THAT WAS loving AMAZING OWNED FROM START TO FINISH
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