Doug Black

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling @adamv26 And if you need perfect circumstances to win the Derby cavalry charge....

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling $455 million for that eyesore? Why do new racetracks need to look like bloated cruise ships? Why not take a cue from the popular throwback baseball stadiums? Why not look at -- oh I don't know -- SARATOGA, a beloved anachronism. The new Belmont is a tasteless waste of money.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling @depazracing Andy, unrelated, but is there any discussion about the planned length of the Belmont at Saratoga? IMO, in a nod to tradition, the race should be at least 1 5/16ths or 1 3/8ths. 1 1/4 erases the "Test of Champions" Belmont aura, don't you think?

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling @pfaffer528 As do I!

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@mig4450 How about a Harvey Pack Handicap??

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling Andy, off topic, is there a Saratoga race named for Harvey Pack? If not, shouldn't there be?

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@terrapinwill @ridgedalefarm @andyserling It's Chad Brown's world, we just live in it.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@DRFLivingston @TheSirBarton Me too! After the Derby and Preakness losses, seeing Easy Goer's Belmont romp is the best racing moment I've seen in person.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@DRFLivingston @nmrhof I saw his 2 MassCap wins. Cigar trailored through Massachusetts escorted by a phalanx of state troopers and the races drew 25,000+, unheard of at Suffolk Downs. Talk about an exacta bet!

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@DRFLivingston @Equinepilot1 Or just hang around at Siro's, that's beautiful too.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling Part of me is disheartened. To hell with Baffert, the Preakness, racing, the whole thing. Another part is waiting for all this to cool off, wash over, get half forgotten. After all, it's the only game in town.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling Andy S. & B. got the key to the Derby right: Medina's deceptively good SAD. He ran in SA's deep sand mid-track and almost beat Rock World on golden rail. I was all over Medina to win and e xacta, my 1st KD win since Funny Cide. Beyer's 1st KD win ever?

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@HR_Nation

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling Ignorance knows no limits.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling My picks that don't count consistently come in. Authentic was my paddock pick, he looked absoltely demonic as Baffert threw the saddle blanket on him. I knew right then he'd win. Course, this was Sunday, I DVR'd it.

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling @TrakusRacing So was it 17 or wasn't it?

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@mcap7 @HumanaryStew @andyserling Better than some? You kidding me? Gary Stevens in Seabiscuit was easily, by 10 lengths, the best movie acting I've ever seen by a pro athlete, most of whom, in front of a camera, are painfully, cringeworthily, bad.

[Andy Serling @andyserling]

When horses get left up after these kinds of incidents what’s the point?

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@andyserling Dk if The Recruit is underappreciated, but he was great. "Ya gotta give me one thing. I am one scary judge of talent."

[Doug Black @DougBlack1]

@DRFLivingston Camera artistry -- wow!