ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 8:26 pm
I hope it also buys YOU a lot of wine and cheese, so you can celebrate.
I mean, it can't all go to the horses, right?
I've been trying wrap my head around the math regarding when this partnership could actually become a profitable endeavor. There are quite a few variables. But based on what the horses earned in 2020, what they sold for, and what I got back from my 2020 investment with this partnership (and remember, we started with three horses and one never raced), I figure the three horses in this partnership (Rock Along, Cryptic Creed, and Unconscious) need to earn purse money and have sale prices that, combined, totals about $270K--just to break even. So we still have some work to do.
In case you've never seen it, THIS is what happens when an apprentice jockey wins his or her first race. It's one of my favorite rituals in sports.
On this occasion, the victim was Omar Hernandez Moreno who won his first career race in Race 2 at Belmont today. The horse he rode went off at 40-1 and paid $83.50 ($2 bet).
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 7:32 pm
I assume those hoses are to wash the horses, no?
I don't know the Belmont layout that well, but I am guessing those particular hoses are used to spray off horse poop in the walkway. I could be wrong.
But you'll find a zillion hoses in the barn area to wash horses. And after a horse wins a race and is covered with dirt or mud, they typically use buckets of water to both wash them off before their winner photo is taken and to cool them off.
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
I'll just add this... Baffert has had several horses run at Santa Anita since the news first came out about Medina Spirit after the Derby. He still has winners, but let's just say he hasn't been nearly as dominant as he usually is at Santa Anita.
I do NOT think that is a coincidence.
Off to see what horse racing Twitter has to say about this. Thanks for posting this, Jazz. I had not heard the news. I've been in nonstop meetings all day.
So... Horse racing Twitter isn't saying much, which should not surprise me. I can't wait to see how TVG handles it once the Californians take over commentary duties.
But the bettors are furious. My pal Swift restated a good point, which he first made as the first positive test was revealed. Unfortunately, nothing will come of it:
Feel like I stepped into the Twilight Zone. Am I the only one seeing posts from @dry with Tweets? Reference to "Horse Racing Twitter" as if he's familiar with the community and where to look? And then a reference that suggests he regularly reads someone's Twitter feed?!? My oh my, how the mighty have fallen.
JazzNU wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 8:03 pm
Feel like I stepped into the Twilight Zone. Am I the only one seeing posts from @dry with Tweets? Reference to "Horse Racing Twitter" as if he's familiar with the community and where to look? And then a reference that suggests he regularly reads someone's Twitter feed?!? My oh my, how the mighty have fallen.
LOL! Who woulda thunk it?!?!?!?!? And believe it or not, I actually have a WHOPPING... 38 followers.
Why is an NFL guy reporting this seemingly first? No idea. But my sports guys are very well connected, Shams had the Insurrectionist's covid positive news before everyone else.
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