tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post1072485289349426086..comments2019-05-14T04:21:40.592-04:00Comments on Horsin' Around: A Bitter Sweet DepartureNetworkEmpowermenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053022764177401200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-33498591684267125082010-10-04T17:33:22.550-04:002010-10-04T17:33:22.550-04:00Anon,
No, I won't be able to go to CD. I wish...Anon,<br /><br />No, I won't be able to go to CD. I wish I could but being my age and in college I have my classes to worry about.NetworkEmpowermenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053022764177401200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-81724900153405935762010-10-04T12:02:33.161-04:002010-10-04T12:02:33.161-04:00Goodbye sweet girl.Goodbye sweet girl.Brian Zipsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08592017304873334271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-31262357347844931392010-10-02T06:59:15.909-04:002010-10-02T06:59:15.909-04:00Laura, Are you going to the BCC this year?
If s...Laura, Are you going to the BCC this year? <br /><br />If so , you may could see RA at Churchill Downs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-4230607879209146932010-10-01T10:36:44.367-04:002010-10-01T10:36:44.367-04:00The human connections should have no bearing on ho...The human connections should have no bearing on how a person likes the HORSE. The horse did nothing and did much to help the sport. I could not stand the connections of BB, yet I love the horse. I don't agree with how Zen has been sheltered, but I respect her. Curlin and RA are my favorites. Do I like what JJ did and how he did it, no. However, if he owns another horse that I start to become attached to, I will not let him take a way from how i veiw the horse.<br /><br />John,<br /><br />I like her Haskell best. Summer Bird was the best colt on dirt in 2009 and she handed him his lunch w/o breaking a sweat.<br /><br />I personally wonder about what could've been, if she had been left with Wiggens. He said he would've gone for the Derby and possibly the Belmont, both I think she would've won. Then he said he would have liked to aim her for the distaff. Personally had she had a year like that I think we still would've seen a HOTY and RA back even better as a 4yr old.NetworkEmpowermenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053022764177401200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-13125078726788973292010-10-01T07:52:49.869-04:002010-10-01T07:52:49.869-04:00I don't know how anyone could ever follow a J....I don't know how anyone could ever follow a J.Jackson owned horse again. He slapped the RA fans in the face all year long. Never would I give this man my time and love for a horse he owns, He is provened to be a careless man to say the least, It was unfair the way he done her fans. HE crushed yalls heart and spirits when he chose to make a cowardly move and give no good reason for it. She is sound and healthy, she should be still running..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549541742555961000.post-83323391709768623542010-09-30T19:00:52.061-04:002010-09-30T19:00:52.061-04:00I was hoping you'd write a piece about Rachel,...I was hoping you'd write a piece about Rachel, and you certainly did. I know how disappointed you are, but it's good that you've let the idea of Rachel's retirement have a day to sink in, so the emotions can settle down, if only a little bit.<br /><br />I know I will miss Rachel very much. I've also spent a lot of time, since last year's Breeders' Cup, defending her against her detractors (she shouldn't have had any after what she did). <br /><br />Somehow however, despite the good workouts and the indication that she was moving forward steadily, I always felt there was something lacking in 2010, that fire she had last year seemed to be dimmed, if not extinguished. I wish I could explain it, but I can't. It's an intangible thing that you can't identify. Perhaps it's a mental thing. And I felt that after watching her first race this year, and perhaps her second, she was lacking that fire. That was very understandable to me. She had done enough already. She had nothing left to prove. She didn't need to be that superfilly anymore, although I certainly would have loved it if she could have. Last year, everything Rachel did, up until the Woodward, seemed easy, and from the Woodward onward, it was more laborious and workmanlike. But that was OK, Rachel was still a great filly. And the Woodward was her defining moment, IMO.Johnnoreply@blogger.com