In The Sulky Forum

I dont really have an opinion on the matter but I do think the arguement that when somebody claims a horse or gets it into their barn and the horse drops, they are using something is utterly ridiculous.  We have no clue what happened after the barn change.  There are many things that can be done to drop a horse that do not involve doping.  Maybe a vet found something that the previous trainers vet missed, maybe the training/jogging schedule/style was different and the horse responded to it, maybe it was as simple as a change of scenery.  For example, Lucky Jim was in Smedshammers barn, I believe, before team Orange Crush got him and he could trot at all but then boom the horse got good and he was the best horse in training for awhile, it happens in this business.

I know one thing, there is a nightmare looming for the BCS if Notre Dame loses to USC.  What's left is the winner of the SEC and a big mess at #2.  If Stanford wins Saturday they would go to the PAC 12 title game, leaving Oregon out.  Florida did not win its own division of SEC and K St just got blown out by Baylor and has no title game to play in. So who is #2, two teams in Oregon and Florida, who did not win their conferences', K St, who took a bad loss at Baylor, Notre Dame who just lost to a 4 loss USC team without its starting quarterback, or somebody else??

What an amazing animal, this horse just keeps coming at you week in and week out.  All of the other great ones have gotten tired or had soundness issues as their careers went on but not this horse.  I have never seen a horse quite like him, he never races bad, he is not the fastest horse all all time but he might be the toughest.  Just in amazement of what an iron horse he is, I just enjoy watching him to his work.  Incredible!!!

Dallas

I do want to clarify something, I never said it was the right move, just that I don't thinks its a big deal.  I probably wouldn't have done it in this particular situation but I just think its hypocritical to say that the act of pulling a driver is wrong while them choosing off isn't. 

Casie's horse has done it twice this year and she isn't bitching, quit whining about it just don't enter if you don't like it. 

I do not completely blame these officials because they are being asked to do something that they just are not prepared or good enough to do.  I believe that most of the blame falls on the NFL and the owners. Who in their right mind thought that NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA officials would be be able to handle officiating the best players in the world?  I do not understand why a deal was not made with the NCAA to allow the Big 10, SEC, Big 12 etc, to officiate these games until the regulars were back.  I am not saying that they would be as good as they regular officials but they surely wouldn't be as bad as these guys are.  Even the regulars miss calls but they do not miss that call last night.  To me, its not even about the missed calls as much as it is the lack of control they have over the game, they have zero control of these games and its ruining the product on the field.

imo there is no real #1 driver out there
give the same horsepower i think there are 4-5 that are interchangeable and after that maybe 20-25 that are equal

i have never seen what other people perceive as greatness in tetrick
i also don't think jc currently is as bad as some would have you believe

IMO, what makes Timmy better than just about everybody else is the abilty to keep one alive.

 

I knew our fearless leader would not like my comment about his man crush but it still does not change my mind on the issue.