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Location: SE Louisiana | I never realized until now... just how good looking he is... CC at Pimlico.
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Location: Kansas | such a handsome boy!!!! |
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | Wow! He is a good looking boy!  |
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Location: Oklahoma | I love pretty horses that know they're pretty! |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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 The best bad guy on the internet
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Location: Arizona | He should walk away with this win, no problem!!! |
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| He is beautiful...
I also cant get over the way they can pull up to that ramp and not have to drop their ramp down.. he just walks straight off the trailer. pretty need and first class for a handsome guy. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:18 PM
He should walk away with this win, no problem!!!
It depends on how he handles sharp turns... Honestly.. I call it 'The Look Of Eagles'... This is the 1st time I've seen it since 1973.. Yes he knows what he is.. |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Watching him run the Derby gave me goosebumps. I'm looking forward to the next race!  |
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Location: Arizona | komet. - 2014-05-13 11:35 AM
LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:18 PM
He should walk away with this win, no problem!!!
It depends on how he handles sharp turns... Honestly.. I call it 'The Look Of Eagles'... This is the 1st time I've seen it since 1973.. Yes he knows what he is..
He's yet to be really "challenged"! He has a lot more and we have yet to see it!! The Belmont, this will be his challenge!! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:37 PM
komet. - 2014-05-13 11:35 AM
LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:18 PM
He should walk away with this win, no problem!!!
It depends on how he handles sharp turns... Honestly.. I call it 'The Look Of Eagles'... This is the 1st time I've seen it since 1973.. Yes he knows what he is..
He's yet to be really "challenged"! He has a lot more and we have yet to see it!! The Belmont, this will be his challenge!!
2:24 flat is the time to beat.. I don't see that ever being done... I have tears running down my face remembering that race...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18ui3Rtjz4
Nothing but a hand ride....
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| komet. - 2014-05-13 12:47 PM
LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:37 PM
komet. - 2014-05-13 11:35 AM
LIVE2RUN - 2014-05-13 12:18 PM
He should walk away with this win, no problem!!!
It depends on how he handles sharp turns... Honestly.. I call it 'The Look Of Eagles'... This is the 1st time I've seen it since 1973.. Yes he knows what he is..
He's yet to be really "challenged"! He has a lot more and we have yet to see it!! The Belmont, this will be his challenge!!
2:24 flat is the time to beat.. I don't see that ever being done... I have tears running down my face remembering that race...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18ui3Rtjz4
Nothing but a hand ride....
He was such a gorgeous runner ... took that field handily :) Makes me smile every time I watch. |
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| California Chrome all the way!! He's our home town hero!
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 Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I so hope he gets it done, but I fear it won't happen. I'm a huge fan of the connections and how this has played out....seeing regular Joe's have the success they have had who love the horse more than the money. There will never be another Secretariat if for no other reason that today's trainers aren't preparing these horses to work and sustain like he was able to. This is a different time and different mentality than was being used in the 70's I think.
That being said, I will be wearing purple and green and cheering like a wild woman for CC to cross the wire first and go into the Belmont with at least a chance to obtain the final jewel of the Triple Crown. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | I never tire of watching that race. CC may be a good race horse, but he won't be another Secretariat. |
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| Herbie - 2014-05-13 12:57 PM
I so hope he gets it done, but I fear it won't happen. I'm a huge fan of the connections and how this has played out....seeing regular Joe's have the success they have had who love the horse more than the money.  There will never be another Secretariat if for no other reason that today's trainers aren't preparing these horses to work and sustain like he was able to. This is a different time and different mentality than was being used in the 70's I think. Â
That being said, I will be wearing purple and green and cheering like a wild woman for CC to cross the wire first and go into the Belmont with at least a chance to obtain the final jewel of the Triple Crown.Â
I agree. Along the lines of trainers not pushing the horses like they used to, I find it interesting how the industry as a whole has been trending towards lighter made horses - I'm talking bone structure here - that don't hold up as well to the training push as the heavier built horses from 30 years ago. (just my observation - nothing scientific)
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Location: NE Texas | lindseylou2290 - 2014-05-13 1:05 PM Herbie - 2014-05-13 12:57 PM I so hope he gets it done, but I fear it won't happen. I'm a huge fan of the connections and how this has played out....seeing regular Joe's have the success they have had who love the horse more than the money. There will never be another Secretariat if for no other reason that today's trainers aren't preparing these horses to work and sustain like he was able to. This is a different time and different mentality than was being used in the 70's I think.
That being said, I will be wearing purple and green and cheering like a wild woman for CC to cross the wire first and go into the Belmont with at least a chance to obtain the final jewel of the Triple Crown. I agree. Along the lines of trainers not pushing the horses like they used to, I find it interesting how the industry as a whole has been trending towards lighter made horses - I'm talking bone structure here - that don't hold up as well to the training push as the heavier built horses from 30 years ago. (just my observation - nothing scientific ) And yes I will be cheering CC on too!!
I will have to disagree with you on the lighter boned horses being weaker boned. The diameter of bone doesn't determine density....in fact, smaller/lighter bone is stronger and more forgiving that big thick bone considering both are conditioned the same way. Bone density is built, not bred. That being said, in order for bone to be dense, these horses have to be conditioned to perform what they are being asked to to. A finer boned horse equals a quicker turn of foot, requires less energy to exert the same motion as his big footed/heavy boned counterpart. Smaller bones also have higher tensile strength than that of larger/thick boned horses. Look at it this way....if you take a big thick tree limb and apply force to it, what happens when it does break......it shatters into a million pieces. Now do the same with a branch about half the size....it will bend before it breaks, and typically will break clean in two. Same goes for bone.....bone with smaller diameter will result in fewer catastrophic injuries than that of its larger, thicker, heavier counterpart. The problem is, the large majority of trainers are putting these horses in bubble wrap and not preparing them structurally to perform the task at hand. And what we have is a big, strong, beautiful horse that is literally running on toothpicks. |
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Location: Kentucky | I'm not looking for another Secretariat, and I'm sure CC's owners aren't either... they just want their boy to go all the way and win the Triple Crown!! I want to see it too! |
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