will Big Brown win the Triple Crown?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:59 am

Looks like Zy's lost a little weight.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:12 am

I hear he's got some hoof in mouth problems.

~AP

Seriously, that's one glorious horse. That stud just has another gear, maybe several more gears.

The best since Secretariat, and I look for him to further that legend.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:29 am

Jsc wrote:will Big Brown win the Triple Crown?

Don't know, but it looks like he's got a shot at the presidency.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:14 pm

Who gives a fuck? They're horses.

THEY'RE HORSES, PEOPLE!!!

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:49 pm

Big Brown won the Porcelain Stakes this morning.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:15 pm

We're rooting for you Big Brown...NOT!

Sin,
Elmer's

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:21 pm

There is some concern with his starting position, but that is one long race and Big Brown should prevail !!

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:25 pm

R-Jack wrote:Send that steak back.

RACK!!!!!

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:45 pm

Wolfman wrote:There is some concern with his starting position, but that is one long race and Big Brown should prevail !!

Is there a metaphor in there somewhere, or are you just wasting bandwidth again?

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:57 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Who gives a fuck? They're horses.

THEY'RE HORSES, PEOPLE!!!

Yeah, so? What have you got against horses or horse racing?

Many people admire these magnificent animals, especially when they win them some jack at the betting window.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:02 pm

Admiration based on greed. Nice.

RumpleForeskin · Post by **RumpleForeskin** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:03 pm

Mister Bushice wrote:Admiration based on greed. Nice.

Well, he is an ultra-conservative.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:06 pm

War Wagon wrote:What have you got against horses or horse racing?

Nothing. I'm completely indifferent. Why?

BECAUSE THEY'RE FECKING HORSES, YOU IDIOTS! HORSES!!

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:09 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote: BECAUSE THEY'RE FECKING HORSES, YOU IDIOTS! HORSES!!

Again, so fucking what?

What incredibly moronic point are you trying to make by stating the obvious?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:35 pm

That it doesn't take much more than a shiny ball attached to a piece of string to amuse simpletons like you. Your finer things in life: Diet beer, cars driving in ovals, and animals with midgets attached to them running around race tracks. Yet hockey is boring to you? Great SCOT.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:38 pm

I made a Big Brown this morning that was worthy of a quadruple crown.

I'm sure Pappa Willie can relate...

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:57 pm

{insert 'anal sex with black men' take here]

Sincerely,
Pickle

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:21 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:That it doesn't take much more than a shiny ball attached to a piece of string to amuse simpletons like you. Your finer things in life: Diet beer, cars driving in ovals, and animals with midgets attached to them running around race tracks. Yet hockey is boring to you? Great SCOT.

Oh... good point.

Actually, I might enjoy hockey if I had a vested interest, like having a team to root for. Same with the NBA.

Enjoy the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes, or don't. Like I wrote before, Big Brown (yeah, stupid name) has the potential of being the greatest race horse since Secretariat and becoming an instant legend. The fact that no horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 shows how difficult a feat that is to accomplish.

Q, West Coast Style · Post by **Q, West Coast Style** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:29 pm

Well since I'm going to take time out of my weekend to watch, I want him to win or die trying. Literally.

Serously, what is funnier than watching uppidty pretentious horse people sobbing over the "tragic" loss of one of their animals?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:31 pm

like having a team to root for

The 314, SUCKA!!

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:23 pm

War Wagon wrote: Actually, I might enjoy hockey if I had a vested interest, like having a team to root for. Same with the NBA.
Enjoy the 158th running of the Belmont Stakes, or don't. Like I wrote before, Big Brown (yeah, stupid name) has the potential of being the greatest race horse since Secretariat and becoming an instant legend. The fact that no horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 shows how difficult a feat that is to accomplish.

So lemme get this straight. You'd enjoy Hockey if you had a team to root for, despite the fact that there are 30 fucking professional hockey teams in the US, most of which have been around since before you were born, some of which have storied histories and long standing traditions, yet you latch onto a fucking horse that you probably only heard about a couple of months ago, a horse that's only been in a total of 5 races?

Fucking ponderous, Whitey. If there's a triple crown of stupidity and ignorance, I've got my money on you in every race.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:14 pm

My money is on Big Brown.
Cat is business. Rat own.

sin

bbqjones · Post by **bbqjones** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:35 pm

why i havent been betting on the 38-1 underdog every year at the belmont is only because i can now gamble with my own money.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:44 pm

rack karma and Big Browns failure.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:52 pm

Mikey wrote:I made a Big Brown this morning that was worthy of a quadruple crown.

I'm sure Pappa Willie can relate...

Damn. I should have bet.

My morning big brown was as black as da tar.

ah. maybe next time.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:56 pm

"dead" last ???
WOW
I wonder if that "no problem with the hoof" was a problem after all ??

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:59 pm

Well, at least the syndrome-stricken Desormeaux kid won't have a photographic memory of daddy's ride being destroyed on the track after he goes blind. Silver lining & all.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:01 pm

Wolfman wrote:"dead" last ???
WOW
I wonder if that "no problem with the hoof" was a problem after all ??

He stopped running before the final turn. The horse just quit. You can see him pull up, and the jockey decided better safe than glue.

So much for "Legend"

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:36 pm

hmmm--- waiting for Zyclone's response--
wondering if BB will race again or be put out to run with the fillies
and breed more quitters with hoof problems ???

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:46 pm

Wolfman wrote: ...wondering if BB will race again or be put out to run with the fillies
and breed more quitters with hoof problems ???

You presume to know WTF you're talking about.

I seriously doubt that to be true in any sense.

Q, West Coast Style · Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:49 pm

Well that was a waste of my Saturday afternoon. I could've gone golfin' or fishin'. Send that nag to the meat packing plant.

XXXL · Post by **XXXL** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:41 am

Still a sharp looking horse.......

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:38 am

XXXL wrote:Still a sharp looking horse.......

I'd marry it if it were a filly.

Sin,

Well, You Know...

Zyclone · Post by **Zyclone** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:23 pm

Wolfman wrote:hmmm--- waiting for Zyclone's response--
wondering if BB will race again or be put out to run with the fillies
and breed more quitters with hoof problems ???

Wolf ive talked to 3 people one very close to Ricky and nobody has an answer. Two of us specualte that not having the winstrol shot played a major paret of his undoing along with the track being dusty. I'll let you know the second i know something

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:37 pm

Zyclone wrote:
Wolfman wrote:hmmm--- waiting for Zyclone's response--
wondering if BB will race again or be put out to run with the fillies
and breed more quitters with hoof problems ???
Wolf ive talked to 3 people one very close to Ricky and nobody has an answer. Two of us specualte that not having the winstrol shot played a major paret of his undoing along with the track being dusty. I'll let you know the second i know something

Thank God Zyclone finally checked in!! Please include me on the need-to-know immediate IM list. TIA.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:51 pm

I won't pretend to be an expert on the ponies, but I'm guessing steroid withdrawal had more to do with BB's showing than did dust. Just a hunch.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:57 pm

Dust didn't seem to affect the winner.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:14 pm

Smackie Chan wrote:I won't pretend to be an expert on the ponies, but I'm guessing steroid withdrawal had more to do with BB's showing than did dust. Just a hunch.

Larry Bramlage, the respected veternarian who worked the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and spoke out forcefully for reforms after Eight Belles' death, said he doubted that stopping Big Brown's monthly dosage of steroids contributed to his poor performance, given the short time involved.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/horseraci ... 996.column" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think it had something to do with the heat and possibly dehydration-

Big Brown was taking Lasix, a legal anti-bleeding medication that can cause a horse to become dehydrated. Highs were in the 90s and there was oppressive humidity Saturday. Several horses throughout the day were sweating excessively and needed to be cooled off with buckets of water and sprayed with hoses after they ran.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/ ... Stakes.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:27 pm

Maybe you idiots could just quit speculating and wait for Zyclone to get back to us with the inside dope?

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:39 pm

Having finally seen the entire race yesterday, there was one thing that stood out to me. Very early in the race BB damn near ran up the back side of da.... uhhh, da winnah. It looked to me that at that point if he had clear track, he might have run away with it. But, he didn't. Maybe he got a mouth full of dirt or maybe some dirt in the eye. Maybe he just got flustered by getting boxed in.

Don't know wtf happened, but, I'm sure our resident ~~midget~~ horse expert will fill us in as soon as possible.

So, will he race again? I am guessing he will. Can't go out with a performance like that.