@LASHYBILLS@ryanwhitney6, how about the Pink Whitney taunt from the bleachers before the dude who bought the Pink Whitney beats the brakes off of his buddy?
Ever since @TheNYRA made their changes to the timeframe in which CAWs can steal from their retail bettors, their tote system has been absolutely brutal. What is going on? Charles Town settles races in twenty seconds ...
Lovely Grey's path is a chaos scenario. Speed duel cooks the pace, stalkers get compromised in traffic, closers inherit it. Based on figs, she has the best late kick in the field. So, three or four things have to break right, but if they do, yahtzee ...
CC: @dkhorse / #lovelygrey
@stoolpresidente@stoolpresidente, well, the chances are definitely better than what I stated a few weeks ago and I stand corrected. Is Lovely Grey on the grounds in Louisville waiting for any defections to get bumped in? If she is, I assume she'll be working this week or next week there, right?
@MikeMutnansky How about this? The Triple Crown should be limited to horses that qualified for the Kentucky Derby, and to run in each next leg, a horse must have competed in the previous one. No new shooters. Same path, same playing field, same existing structure.
@Jackpotkimm@bflay @FanDuelTVSimon @theTDN@jockeyclub@NTRA@RepoleStable Definitely a terrible situation for all of those that will be impacted by this decision, but this is the solution to the problem. Some would go stat heavy, some would go schtick heavy, some would go contest heavy, etc. Everyone gets to choose their flavor ...
@stoolpresidente Save the bullets and have her prep for a run at the Triple Tiara -- Acorn, CCA Oaks, and Alabama. No filly has pulled off that feat in the current format (though @MikeMutnansky can correct me if Iβm wrong). Make that the goal.
What if this was the plan all along? Maybe safety and oversight were the Trojan horse, and HISA was really designed to lay the groundwork for long-term consolidation in the sport to preserve what is left. HK is proof that fewer tracks and tighter control can still support a thriving industry. Maybe that is where this ends.
@stoolpresidente Rosario needs to try and fight that lugging in. That ground loss, as small as it was, was the difference between winning and losing that race ...