Happy Derby Day

CarolinaHound wrote:Enjoy Paul. I wonder if anybody will be airing it around here.

CarolinaHound wrote:Enjoy Paul. I wonder if anybody will be airing it around here.

DM007 wrote:

CarolinaHound wrote:Enjoy Paul. I wonder if anybody will be airing it around here.

It's on NBC. Airing starts at 4pm eastern. Foxsports Network is covering it all day.

HotParadox wrote:enjoy, paul! i hope it's exciting yet uneventful, in a good way.

PaulM wrote:"Normally"... it can be anywhere from $250,000 and up... just to buy the horse.
They might have "paid" $9,500 for him, but they also had to pay for training, vet, transportation, insurance, jockey fees, loads in entry & track fees... not to mention all the extra fees that I don't know a thing about.

That was the same jockey who rode Rachael Alexander in the Oakes yesterday!

Peregrine(Endangered) wrote:

PaulM wrote:"Normally"... it can be anywhere from $250,000 and up... just to buy the horse.
They might have "paid" $9,500 for him, but they also had to pay for training, vet, transportation, insurance, jockey fees, loads in entry & track fees... not to mention all the extra fees that I don't know a thing about.

That was the same jockey who rode Rachael Alexander in the Oakes yesterday!

He was asked what would have happened if Rachael Alexander was running this race...He feels she could run with the males with no problem...she is a large horse...Mine that bird is a small horse...the jockey was just great.
I like a rags to riches story and this was one of them!!!!!

PaulM wrote:

Peregrine(Endangered) wrote:

PaulM wrote:"Normally"... it can be anywhere from $250,000 and up... just to buy the horse.
They might have "paid" $9,500 for him, but they also had to pay for training, vet, transportation, insurance, jockey fees, loads in entry & track fees... not to mention all the extra fees that I don't know a thing about.

That was the same jockey who rode Rachael Alexander in the Oakes yesterday!

He was asked what would have happened if Rachael Alexander was running this race...He feels she could run with the males with no problem...she is a large horse...Mine that bird is a small horse...the jockey was just great.
I like a rags to riches story and this was one of them!!!!!

Yeah... it was They don't happen often enough.

xshivx wrote:happy derby day though im late lol

xshivx wrote:very true

xshivx wrote:well it's changing a bit madley lol but mostly it's warm and we'll have a couple of days of rain, but i love the heat, it's fab

sorry it's still cold and snowey up there u must be getting a lil annoyed by now lol

xshivx wrote:just like me lol

xshivx wrote:yup we do indeed, age is just a number

and i wont as long as u dont xxx

xshivx wrote:aww such beautiful words, yes hun ur dead right xxx

Old Timer wrote:

xshivx wrote:yup we do indeed, age is just a number

and i wont as long as u dont xxx

then even tho we be thousands of miles apart in many ways we are still bound by the heart.

coontie wrote:I watched; it was awesome, thrilling, exciting. Seldom does such a story emerge before one's eyes. Especially from teh vantage point of television, when overhead shots give a premimum view, such as those in the stands that pay big bucks cdon't even see.
I saw that little brown horse running lasst, after the start and though: "don't care to pay attention to that one, they are in there just for the run. Next thing, it shows an overhead and focus on the pack grouped at the front and here comes this little horse runing unbelievably fast and Jockey not urging with a whip. It blows right by and sets out in front over six lengths.
Fantastic.
I read in the New York TImes newspaprwhere the jockey commented, something to the efect: " Well, all of the jockeys got their top picks first and I had to pretty much take what was left. So I was left with no choice but to ride this horse, which I didn't know anything about...
Rest is history!!!

Peregrine(Endangered) wrote:Today is the Belmont Stakes. We won't see a triple crown victory but we might see a jockey win all three races on different horses...Its still a thrill. I still remember Secretariat ...what a race....He won by 31 lengths and took the track record at 2:24 minutues...it's still the standard today..I wish Mind That Bird all good luck. "2 out of three ain't bad" so the saying goes.