Check out the overhead view of the Derby. Absolutely NUTS they way the horse/jockey won this race. Imagine steering that horse through all that traffic around the final turn and into the stretch. In near record time, too.
Rich Strike paid $163.20 on a $2 bet to win.
Exacta: 21-3, $4,101.20 (Based on a $2 bet)
Trifecta: 21-3-10, $14,870.70 (Based on a $1 bet)
Superfecta: 21-3-10-13, $321,500.10 (Based on a $1 bet)
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With Bob Baffert suspended and with all the post racing cloak-and-dagger affairs going on, you have to wonder if this victory will stand up after all the scrutiny that will be going on. Heck of a race for sure. Look forward to the rest of the Triple Crown.
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Re: Kentucky Derby Longshot winner
That overhead video sure added more perspective on how dangerous that sport is for both man and beast.Kismet wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 1:36 pm Check out the overhead view of the Derby. Absolutely NUTS they way the horse/jockey won this race. Imagine steering that horse through all that traffic around the final turn and into the stretch. In near record time, too.
Rich Strike paid $163.20 on a $2 bet to win.
Exacta: 21-3, $4,101.20 (Based on a $2 bet)
Trifecta: 21-3-10, $14,870.70 (Based on a $1 bet)
Superfecta: 21-3-10-13, $321,500.10 (Based on a $1 bet)
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It was an amazing come from behind win. Just look at how things just seemed to open up for Rich Strike as he, and the jockey, wended their way through the pack....and....found space on the rail....
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After two days of spring meet races at Churchill Downs, three horses have died. This is on top of 2023 Kentucky Derby contender Wild On Ice who was euthanized Thursday following morning workouts. Churchill Downs confirmed the deaths of the horses Wednesday afternoon in a public statement.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/n ... 178680007/
After two days of spring meet races at Churchill Downs, three horses have died. This is on top of 2023 Kentucky Derby contender Wild On Ice who was euthanized Thursday following morning workouts.
Churchill Downs confirmed the deaths of the horses Wednesday afternoon in a public statement. "While a series of events like this is highly unusual, it is completely unacceptable," the statement issued by Churchill Downs spokesperson Darren Rogers reads. "We take this very seriously and acknowledge that these troubling incidents are alarming and must be addressed."
Mark Partridge, farm manager at Ramsey Farms in Nicholasville, confirmed Wednesday two of its horses died following races Saturday and Tuesday.
Chasing Artie and Parents Pride, both owned by Ken Ramsey, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., and ridden by Luis Saez, died following turf races at Churchill Downs.
Opinion: Horse welfare must be top priority. Wild On Ice is just one of many lost.
Why are horses euthanized: Here's how decisions are made after severe injuries on the track
Saturday, Parents Pride collapsed following the day's eighth race; Chasing Artie died Tuesday after similar circumstances following that day's eighth race.
The causes of death have not been confirmed pending necropsies, which Partridge said will take two to three weeks. Joseph said the turf, newly installed at Churchill Downs, was not at fault. The necropsies will be performed at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostics Lab, according to a statement from Churchill Downs.
"We’re going to have to figure out, ‘What’s the reason?’" Joseph said. "I don’t think it’s bad fortune. It’s not about that, to happen twice. … I don’t have an answer right now. I wish I did.
"Something’s not right. These horses, it wasn’t because of injury. They left the gate and didn’t even try and then dropped down. … Theories aren’t going to help. We need facts."
Joseph Jr. said both the Ramsey Farm horses had normal bloodwork and test results. The Ramsey Farm team plans to test feed, hay, supplements and other things that may have impacted the horses.
Take Charge Briana, owned by Willis Horton Racing, was euthanized due to a "catastrophic injury," according to the Daily Racing Form, suffered during the fifth race on turf Tuesday. The 3-year-old filly, daughter of Curlin and Take Charge Tressa, was Kentucky bred and trained by D. Wayne Lukas. Curlin won the 2007 Preakness Stakes and was third in the Kentucky Derby. Willis Horton Racing did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission spokesperson Kristin Voskuhl said, "The KHRC is aware of the incidents and is looking into it.
All this is so shocking. I would venture to guess there must have been some form of poisoning because this cannot possibly be a mere coincidence.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/n ... 178680007/
After two days of spring meet races at Churchill Downs, three horses have died. This is on top of 2023 Kentucky Derby contender Wild On Ice who was euthanized Thursday following morning workouts.
Churchill Downs confirmed the deaths of the horses Wednesday afternoon in a public statement. "While a series of events like this is highly unusual, it is completely unacceptable," the statement issued by Churchill Downs spokesperson Darren Rogers reads. "We take this very seriously and acknowledge that these troubling incidents are alarming and must be addressed."
Mark Partridge, farm manager at Ramsey Farms in Nicholasville, confirmed Wednesday two of its horses died following races Saturday and Tuesday.
Chasing Artie and Parents Pride, both owned by Ken Ramsey, trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., and ridden by Luis Saez, died following turf races at Churchill Downs.
Opinion: Horse welfare must be top priority. Wild On Ice is just one of many lost.
Why are horses euthanized: Here's how decisions are made after severe injuries on the track
Saturday, Parents Pride collapsed following the day's eighth race; Chasing Artie died Tuesday after similar circumstances following that day's eighth race.
The causes of death have not been confirmed pending necropsies, which Partridge said will take two to three weeks. Joseph said the turf, newly installed at Churchill Downs, was not at fault. The necropsies will be performed at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostics Lab, according to a statement from Churchill Downs.
"We’re going to have to figure out, ‘What’s the reason?’" Joseph said. "I don’t think it’s bad fortune. It’s not about that, to happen twice. … I don’t have an answer right now. I wish I did.
"Something’s not right. These horses, it wasn’t because of injury. They left the gate and didn’t even try and then dropped down. … Theories aren’t going to help. We need facts."
Joseph Jr. said both the Ramsey Farm horses had normal bloodwork and test results. The Ramsey Farm team plans to test feed, hay, supplements and other things that may have impacted the horses.
Take Charge Briana, owned by Willis Horton Racing, was euthanized due to a "catastrophic injury," according to the Daily Racing Form, suffered during the fifth race on turf Tuesday. The 3-year-old filly, daughter of Curlin and Take Charge Tressa, was Kentucky bred and trained by D. Wayne Lukas. Curlin won the 2007 Preakness Stakes and was third in the Kentucky Derby. Willis Horton Racing did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission spokesperson Kristin Voskuhl said, "The KHRC is aware of the incidents and is looking into it.
All this is so shocking. I would venture to guess there must have been some form of poisoning because this cannot possibly be a mere coincidence.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
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Secretariat's home & gravesite ~ A Shrine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKX8UBNJE3s
An amazing creature. It's now been 50 years since his three great wins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKX8UBNJE3s
An amazing creature. It's now been 50 years since his three great wins.
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Thrilling race! Mage really was flying down the stretch!
Joe
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Mage
Two Phils
Angel of Empire
Disarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUDgaN6iHFc
Great race.
16-1 odds. Here's what we really wanna know ~ the payouts:
Exacta: $330.44 ($2 bet)
Trifecta: $491.18 ($.50 bet)
Superfecta: $15,643.65 ($1 bet)
Sadly, it has now been reported that there has been a seventh equine death. Very sad.
Two Phils
Angel of Empire
Disarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUDgaN6iHFc
Great race.
16-1 odds. Here's what we really wanna know ~ the payouts:Exacta: $330.44 ($2 bet)
Trifecta: $491.18 ($.50 bet)
Superfecta: $15,643.65 ($1 bet)
Sadly, it has now been reported that there has been a seventh equine death. Very sad.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Kentucky Derby Longshot winner
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Kentucky Derby Longshot winner
Pimlico (leg 2 of the Triple Crown):
‘Treasure’ found at preakness
Baffert’s National Treasure wins at Pimlico, hours after another of his horses euthanized; Mage finished 3rd
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — Bob Baffert’s National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, ending Mage’s Triple Crown bid in the trainer’s return from a suspension — and just hours after another of his 3-year-old horses was euthanized on the track.
Baffert headed to the winner’s circle on the same day that his colt Havnameltdown went down with a fatal left leg injury in an undercard race. Baffert said he and his team were in shock.
“This business is twists and turns, the ups and downs,” Baffert said, choking back tears. “And then, to win, this — losing that horse today really hurt. ... It’s been a very emotional day.
The fatality was another dark moment for a sport already reeling from the deaths of seven horses at Churchill Downs in a 10-day span leading up to the Kentucky Derby.
Derby winner Mage finished third in the Preakness after going off as the 7-5 favorite. His defeat means there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive year.
National Treasure, the 5-2 second choice, held off hard-charging Blazing Sevens down the stretch to win the 1 3/16-mile, $1.65 million race by a head.
Jockey John Velazquez won the Preakness for the first time in his 12th try.
“It’s been a while,” Velazquez said. “The success that I had in other races, not having won this one — it was definitely missing, so special to have it.”
Baffert had a rollercoaster day in his return to Pimlico Race Course from a suspension that kept him from entering a horse in the Preakness last year. The thrill of victories by National Treasure in the Preakness and Arabian Lion in an earlier stakes race contrasted with the agony of Havnameltdown’s death.
Jockey Luis Saez was conscious and transported to a local hospital for treatment. A team of veterinarians determined Havnameltdown’s left front leg injury to be inoperable.
Black barriers were propped up on the dirt track while the horse was put down. All the while, 2Pac’s “California Love” blared from the infield speakers at what is intended as an annual daylong celebration of thoroughbred racing.
By evening, Baffert was celebrated for winning the Preakness for a record eighth time, breaking a tie with 19th-century trainer R. Wyndham Walden. In 2018, Baffert matched Walden with seven wins at the Baltimore race with Justify, who went on to become the sport’s 13th Triple Crown winner — and Baffert’s second, after American Pharoah ended a lengthy drought for the sport in 2015.
This was Baffert’s first Preakness in two years because of a ban stemming from 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s failed drug test that led to a disqualification in that race. Medina Spirit was Baffert’s most recent Preakness horse, finishing third.
Baffert didn’t arrive in Baltimore until Thursday this week, seeking to keep a lower profile than usual given the questions that have dogged him and clouded his reputation. A Hall of Famer and a longtime face of horse racing, Baffert sought to move past his suspension when asked Friday.
“We just keep on moving forward,” he said. “We have other horses to worry about. A lot of it is noise, so you keep the noise out and continue working.”
While horse racing deaths in the U.S. are at their lowest level since they began being tracked in 2009, adding another at the track hosting a Triple Crown race will only intensify the internal and external scrutiny of the industry. Those inside it have said they accept the realities of on-track deaths of horses while also acknowledging more work needs to be done to prevent as many as possible.
In that vein, new national medication and doping rules are set to go into effect on Monday. The federally mandated Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, which already regulated racetrack safety and other measures, will oversee drug testing requirements for horses that should standardize the sport nationwide for the first time.
source: Daily News
Superfecta only paid $74 ~ wouldn't be enough to cover your parking ticket with that puny payout
‘Treasure’ found at preakness
Baffert’s National Treasure wins at Pimlico, hours after another of his horses euthanized; Mage finished 3rd
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — Bob Baffert’s National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, ending Mage’s Triple Crown bid in the trainer’s return from a suspension — and just hours after another of his 3-year-old horses was euthanized on the track.
Baffert headed to the winner’s circle on the same day that his colt Havnameltdown went down with a fatal left leg injury in an undercard race. Baffert said he and his team were in shock.
“This business is twists and turns, the ups and downs,” Baffert said, choking back tears. “And then, to win, this — losing that horse today really hurt. ... It’s been a very emotional day.
The fatality was another dark moment for a sport already reeling from the deaths of seven horses at Churchill Downs in a 10-day span leading up to the Kentucky Derby.
Derby winner Mage finished third in the Preakness after going off as the 7-5 favorite. His defeat means there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive year.
National Treasure, the 5-2 second choice, held off hard-charging Blazing Sevens down the stretch to win the 1 3/16-mile, $1.65 million race by a head.
Jockey John Velazquez won the Preakness for the first time in his 12th try.
“It’s been a while,” Velazquez said. “The success that I had in other races, not having won this one — it was definitely missing, so special to have it.”
Baffert had a rollercoaster day in his return to Pimlico Race Course from a suspension that kept him from entering a horse in the Preakness last year. The thrill of victories by National Treasure in the Preakness and Arabian Lion in an earlier stakes race contrasted with the agony of Havnameltdown’s death.
Jockey Luis Saez was conscious and transported to a local hospital for treatment. A team of veterinarians determined Havnameltdown’s left front leg injury to be inoperable.
Black barriers were propped up on the dirt track while the horse was put down. All the while, 2Pac’s “California Love” blared from the infield speakers at what is intended as an annual daylong celebration of thoroughbred racing.
By evening, Baffert was celebrated for winning the Preakness for a record eighth time, breaking a tie with 19th-century trainer R. Wyndham Walden. In 2018, Baffert matched Walden with seven wins at the Baltimore race with Justify, who went on to become the sport’s 13th Triple Crown winner — and Baffert’s second, after American Pharoah ended a lengthy drought for the sport in 2015.
This was Baffert’s first Preakness in two years because of a ban stemming from 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s failed drug test that led to a disqualification in that race. Medina Spirit was Baffert’s most recent Preakness horse, finishing third.
Baffert didn’t arrive in Baltimore until Thursday this week, seeking to keep a lower profile than usual given the questions that have dogged him and clouded his reputation. A Hall of Famer and a longtime face of horse racing, Baffert sought to move past his suspension when asked Friday.
“We just keep on moving forward,” he said. “We have other horses to worry about. A lot of it is noise, so you keep the noise out and continue working.”
While horse racing deaths in the U.S. are at their lowest level since they began being tracked in 2009, adding another at the track hosting a Triple Crown race will only intensify the internal and external scrutiny of the industry. Those inside it have said they accept the realities of on-track deaths of horses while also acknowledging more work needs to be done to prevent as many as possible.
In that vein, new national medication and doping rules are set to go into effect on Monday. The federally mandated Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, which already regulated racetrack safety and other measures, will oversee drug testing requirements for horses that should standardize the sport nationwide for the first time.
source: Daily News
Superfecta only paid $74 ~ wouldn't be enough to cover your parking ticket with that puny payout
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Re: Kentucky Derby Longshot winner
interesting narration in this 1963 clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWBYdVlEss
At first glance, I had the feeling Billy Shoe held back or didn't end with the type of urgency he was always known for. Did he hold back or did he know it was hopeless as Candy Spots for all his speed was burned out after 10 furlongs (Candy Spots won Preakness just 2 weeks before)? I guess we'll never know.
One thing's for sure ~ Braulio Baeza handled Chateaugay superbly well for the victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWBYdVlEss
At first glance, I had the feeling Billy Shoe held back or didn't end with the type of urgency he was always known for. Did he hold back or did he know it was hopeless as Candy Spots for all his speed was burned out after 10 furlongs (Candy Spots won Preakness just 2 weeks before)? I guess we'll never know.
One thing's for sure ~ Braulio Baeza handled Chateaugay superbly well for the victory.
It has been proven a hundred times that the surest way to the heart of any man, black or white, honest or dishonest, is through justice and fairness.
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq
Charles Francis "Socker" Coe, Esq