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| Keen Ice overtook him by 3/4 of a length for a 2nd place finish.
Mr. Zayat says that he has a 'gut feeling' that AP will be retired following this defeat. I'm sure Bob Baffert is thinking 'I told you so' since he didn't want AP to run in the Travers at all.
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Location: Mountains of VA | They should have let him retire after the Triple Crown, he would have gone out on top of his game. I thought it was stupid not to. Obviously, his owners do not really understand horses. Every horse is beatable, no horse can stay at the top of their game for very long. |
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| I agree that it wasn't the best choice to try for the Travers. He had only 3 weeks to recover from the Haskell...and was shipped from California to New York just days ago. Bad timing. They should have given him some more recoup time and a shot in the PA Derby then on to the BCC, but I think the hype train got a little derailed. We did, however, get to see how he handled not bringing his A game to the table, and he came in second to a longtime challenger. A respectable defeat, in my opinion. I'm sure his connections are weighing the options and I'm sure retirement and the Breeders Cup Classic are on the table. My opinion is that he's a race horse. He's born, bred, and trained to race. It's ok with me if they take him to the breeding shed. He doesn't owe anybody anything. It's also ok with me if they take him to Keeneland, because I've got tickets to be there and also because I'm curious to see if he can do it. |
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| Just Plain Lucky - 2015-08-30 8:00 AM
I agree that it wasn't the best choice to try for the Travers. He had only 3 weeks to recover from the Haskell...and was shipped from California to New York just days ago. Bad timing. They should have given him some more recoup time and a shot in the PA Derby then on to the BCC, but I think the hype train got a little derailed. We did, however, get to see how he handled not bringing his A game to the table, and he came in second to a longtime challenger. A respectable defeat, in my opinion. I'm sure his connections are weighing the options and I'm sure retirement and the Breeders Cup Classic are on the table. My opinion is that he's a race horse. He's born, bred, and trained to race. It's ok with me if they take him to the breeding shed. He doesn't owe anybody anything. It's also ok with me if they take him to Keeneland, because I've got tickets to be there and also because I'm curious to see if he can do it.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Just Plain Lucky - 2015-08-30 7:00 AM I agree that it wasn't the best choice to try for the Travers. He had only 3 weeks to recover from the Haskell...and was shipped from California to New York just days ago. Bad timing. They should have given him some more recoup time and a shot in the PA Derby then on to the BCC, but I think the hype train got a little derailed. We did, however, get to see how he handled not bringing his A game to the table, and he came in second to a longtime challenger. A respectable defeat, in my opinion. I'm sure his connections are weighing the options and I'm sure retirement and the Breeders Cup Classic are on the table. My opinion is that he's a race horse. He's born, bred, and trained to race. It's ok with me if they take him to the breeding shed. He doesn't owe anybody anything. It's also ok with me if they take him to Keeneland, because I've got tickets to be there and also because I'm curious to see if he can do it.
Also agree. I can't wait to see what he does as a sire, but he IS a racehorse and still has the want to from every thing I have seen in his races. If they chose to keep racing him that is great too. He could get hurt, that is a chance they take but it was also a chance they took with every race after the KY Derby. |
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Location: Kansas | Rough trip I thought for this great horse as Frosted kept him pretty tight on the rail where the ground is always looser.
Owners got greedy in my opinion. He's only three and has been asked for his life in a very short span of time.
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | I guess I didn't see the same race you guys did.... I think when AP jock had frozen beat he was in cruise mode and never saw keen ice coming and not enough track to react after he went by. |
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| luluwhit - 2015-08-31 9:13 AM
I guess I didn't see the same race you guys did.... I think when AP jock had frozen beat he was in cruise mode and never saw keen ice coming and not enough track to react after he went by.
I have to respectfully disagree with this. When Keen Ice came by he had nothing left. He was being asked and he didn't fire. I think what everyone is missing is just how great this horse really is. He showed more in this losing effort than people realize. Not even taking his short layoff between races, his many, many miles logged traveling (that even does us mere humans in) but take a good hard look at race itself. I would first mention that he was pressured by Frosted from the get go. Being pressured is a lot different than sitting back on cruise control. He went with Frosted step for step which isn't an easy task as Frosted is a beast. Furthermore, when Frosted made a move he had to go with him. He could not risk getting trapped on the inside as he was on the rail. Research the times mid race and you will see a race that was run in blazing fractions. It was clear this race would be won by a closer as the final quarter slowed down to snail speed. AP showed just how great he really is. He is incredible. |
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| hotpaints - 2015-08-30 6:28 AM They should have let him retire after the Triple Crown, he would have gone out on top of his game. I thought it was stupid not to. Obviously, his owners do not really understand horses. Every horse is beatable, no horse can stay at the top of their game for very long.
I agree, nothing to lose my retiring him a champion after the Triple Crown, risking injury and defeat by continuing to run him. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | luluwhit - 2015-08-31 7:13 AM I guess I didn't see the same race you guys did.... I think when AP jock had frozen beat he was in cruise mode and never saw keen ice coming and not enough track to react after he went by.
I agree, I have seen him cruise past the finish line a few times and was wondering when it was going to catch up to him. |
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Location: Kansas | I saw his stud fee was going to possibly be $200K!!! |
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Location: Kentucky | rodeomom3 - 2015-08-31 11:48 AM hotpaints - 2015-08-30 6:28 AM They should have let him retire after the Triple Crown, he would have gone out on top of his game. I thought it was stupid not to. Obviously, his owners do not really understand horses. Every horse is beatable, no horse can stay at the top of their game for very long. I agree, nothing to lose my retiring him a champion after the Triple Crown, risking injury and defeat by continuing to run him.
I disagree. While I understand your reasonings, if they would have retired him after Belmont, he would have only ran 8 races total. He was bred to run. Secretariat had 21 starts in his life time, and only 16 of those were 1st place finishes. I like watching AP run, so maybe it's for selfish reasons, but I'd love to see him at the Breeder's Cup. |
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Location: Kansas | I think if American Pharoh had been in the middle of the track there might have been a different outcome but who knows. It's horse racing. Always a gamble.
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Location: Midwest | 2nd place is respectable given the circumstances.
Racing him is bringing attention to a dying sport. I hope he runs again at the Breeders. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I could understand running him in the Haskell. Winning that gave him something he didn't have up to that point, an automatic slot in the Breeders Cup Classic. Why they ran him again before the BCC is beyond me. |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-08-31 12:57 PM
I saw his stud fee was going to possibly be $200K!!!
Around there I believe, I heard it was second highest TB stud fee behind Tapit at $300,000. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | They ran him because the industry wants him to and the connections want him to. He was bumped into by Frosted all down the stretch. That's enough excuse right there. I think he was amazing in defeat, as was Zenyatta when she was barely outrun by Blame. They both had excuse enough to spit the bit and finish well back. But they battled on. If nobody had the courage to risk defeat, nobody would run. We can all sit in our lazyboys criticize, but, I trust the connections to make the best decision based on the facts; how he is looking and feeling.
ETA: I think they should have and would have DQ'd Frosted IF it would have made any difference in the final results. Frosted still got outrun and Keen Ice had no part in the interference so he still would have won.
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | banjomia - 2015-08-31 10:48 AM luluwhit - 2015-08-31 9:13 AM I guess I didn't see the same race you guys did.... I think when AP jock had frozen beat he was in cruise mode and never saw keen ice coming and not enough track to react after he went by. I have to respectfully disagree with this. When Keen Ice came by he had nothing left. He was being asked and he didn't fire. I think what everyone is missing is just how great this horse really is. He showed more in this losing effort than people realize. Not even taking his short layoff between races, his many, many miles logged traveling (that even does us mere humans in ) but take a good hard look at race itself. I would first mention that he was pressured by Frosted from the get go. Being pressured is a lot different than sitting back on cruise control. He went with Frosted step for step which isn't an easy task as Frosted is a beast. Furthermore, when Frosted made a move he had to go with him. He could not risk getting trapped on the inside as he was on the rail. Research the times mid race and you will see a race that was run in blazing fractions. It was clear this race would be won by a closer as the final quarter slowed down to snail speed. AP showed just how great he really is. He is incredible. 
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Location: 31 lengths farms | It'll be interesting to see how he responds after being beat. Zenyatta broke my heart after her loss, I don't think she knew why they weren't headed to the place where they put flowers over you and take pictures. To me she kept looking back like "hey, we are supposed to go over there arent' we?" I hope AP has a nice recovery and some time off and comes back strong in the BCC to win it, get his winners circle picture and enjoys a long gig as a TB Baby Daddy. That 3 year old has been asked for and given his guts. |
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| There was 27 days between Haskell and Travers-one day less than four weeks. I do agree that it was too soon in between races due to all his previous coast to coast flying, but it also was the fastest mile and a quarter that AP had ever run in. He showed lots of class coming back and passing Frosted in the stretch, but Keen Ice had his A game on. |
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