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Location: In a happy place | I don't care I still love CC as much as ever. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-06-07 6:22 PM I don't care I still love CC as much as ever.
Me too he's still number one |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | komet. - 2014-06-07 6:00 PM Almost...
One day Komet we will see another Triple Crown  |
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Location: South Dakota | Southtxponygirl - 2014-06-07 6:16 PM Douglas J Gordon - 2014-06-07 6:09 PM Fresh horses are hard to beat at the Belmont. That was a really tuff race 
Not a level playing field when fresh horses allowed in....all in all...CC made dreams come true..and is an awesome horse...I feel for his owners, he is a man of passion, and you don't get far in life without passion...and sometimes you say the wrong thing...it happens. |
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| I havent heart a peep about "level playing fields" since this started and now that he lost everyone's bent out of shape??? I wanted CC to win as much as the next person but thats why winning the triple crown is so special. It takes that super horse to do it.
Didnt Curlin run all three? And he came in last. It shows how grueling this stretch is and CC did a fine job and finished with pride!!
Im a CC fan, triple crown winner or not... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | stayceem - 2014-06-07 4:41 PM
I havent heart a peep about "level playing fields" since this started and now that he lost everyone's bent out of shape??? I wanted CC to win as much as the next person but thats why winning the triple crown is so special. It takes that super horse to do it.
Didnt Curlin run all three? And he came in last. It shows how grueling this stretch is and CC did a fine job and finished with pride!!
Im a CC fan, triple crown winner or not...
Haha people keep shortening Ride on Curlin's name to just Curlin and I when I read that I got so confused. I was thinking "no he didnt, Curlin got 2nd when he ran in the Belmont..."
but that's the discussion a friend and I just had. CC did just fine for being a baby, never running that far and running in all three races. He just got tired, that's all. And I think his owners plan on continuing to run him so I'm sure we'll get to see him again!
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Southtxponygirl - 2014-06-07 6:13 PM Lobo - 2014-06-07 6:11 PM Well, poo! I even had the black cat in my lap for luck!!
I know it a horse race, but I'd be damn upset if it were my horse!!
Cut the owner some slack!! 
I wanted CC to win as much as anyone, but his owners rants were uncalled for. What he said, should not have been said on national television. The triple crown is a gruelling run, they knew that going in. 3 races in 5 weeks is tough on a horse no matter what caliber horse they are. His jockey said in an interview that CC was empty after a half mile. He should have been a little more tactful about what he was saying. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | total performance - 2014-06-07 6:51 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-06-07 6:13 PM Lobo - 2014-06-07 6:11 PM Well, poo! I even had the black cat in my lap for luck!!
I know it a horse race, but I'd be damn upset if it were my horse!!
Cut the owner some slack!!
I just hated it when he say that this was a cowards way of winning. I think thats how he put it, its sad that CC lost but this horse is one in a millon to me, Love you CC your still the best in my books. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Southtxponygirl - 2014-06-07 7:01 PM total performance - 2014-06-07 6:51 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-06-07 6:13 PM Lobo - 2014-06-07 6:11 PM Well, poo! I even had the black cat in my lap for luck!!
I know it a horse race, but I'd be damn upset if it were my horse!!
Cut the owner some slack!!
That is exactly what he said. Cowards way of winning. I understand his frustration, but lose with dignity. |
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| It needed to be said I knew the minute he got stuck on the rail he was done he doesn't like dirt in his face |
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Location: North Dakota | Anyone see the pics that just came up that show him getting stepped on by the #3 horse at the gate and how the bulb of his heal was ripped off? I saw them on my newsfeed on facebook. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Just Bring It - 2014-06-07 9:02 PM Anyone see the pics that just came up that show him getting stepped on by the #3 horse at the gate and how the bulb of his heal was ripped off? I saw them on my newsfeed on facebook.
Oh no I have'nt heard about this, Thats got to be why he was looking slower then what I have seen, poor guy. |
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Location: Ky | We just got in from Ellis Park where we went for a Belmont-Triple crown party. I haven't seen or read these comments by the owner or trainer. But if he is making excuses then he needs to stop.
I wanted CC to win and bet him to win heavily. I thought he would win.
But this is why the triple crown is so special and hard to win. It takes a super horse. CC is not that. He is a very good horse and I would love to own him but super horses take on all comers and win. I so wanted CC to be that super horse. He just isn't that horse. |
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| Can someone explain how long the "fresh" horses have been coming in to the Belmont? Is this something that has just started or has it been this way for 146 years? I am trying to understand this whole thing that CC's owner was talking about. I still love Chrome, he's a cool cat! |
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California Chrome, center, is flanked by Wicked Strong, left, and Tonalist, right, as they run down the backstretch during the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park, Saturday, in Elmont, N.Y. Tonalist went on to win the race, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown victory.
Jason DeCrow, AP Related article » BELMONT, N.Y. – California Chrome’s magical ride to history ended with the harsh reality that so many of his predecessors met.
The Los Alamitos-trained colt with the captivating back story fell short of completing horse racing’s first Triple Crown in 36 years when he lost Saturday in the 146th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
California Chrome became the 13th horse in that stretch to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes but fail to win the Belmont.
Tonalist played the spoiler with the victory; California Chrome finished in a dead heat for fourth place. Commissioner took second and Medal Count was third.
The loss in the Belmont was the first in California Chrome’s past seven races. He won the King Glorious Stakes in the final day of racing at Hollywood Park in December --- his first race with jockey Victor Espinoza aboard --- and stormed through his Derby prep races.
California Chrome then won the Kentucky Derby on May 3 by 1 3/4 lengths and the Preakness Stakes on May 17 by 1 1/2 lengths.
He simply couldn’t pull off the rare feat of winning the three Triple Crown races in a five-week span in three states.
Horse racing’s Triple Crown drought reaches back to 1978, when Affirmed edged rival Alydar in all three races.
Racing diehards and sports fans in general were eager for California Chrome to join the previous 11 Triple Crown winners, and the crowd at Belmont Park roared its support for the chestnut colt and showed up sporting the purple and green of his silks.
California Chrome had captured fans’ imagination with the story of his breeding that cost a little more than $10,000 and his friendly connections who turned into celebrities the past five weeks.
Others simply loved that he came from California and not some bluegrass farm in Kentucky or that his chrome --- his white stripe down his head and four white socks --- on his chestnut coloring made him so distinctive.
Following Saturday’s loss, California Chrome likely will get an extended rest before resuming his 3-year-old campaign. There are plans to pay tribute to him at his Los Alamitos home, though he’s unlikely to run in the July 5 Los Alamitos Derby.
Trainer Art Sherman said he believed California Chrome "grabbed a quarter" or injured his right front hoof.
When California Chrome returned to his barn, he was bleeding lightly from the back of his hoof.
The injury did not stop him from running, but a rival trainer said it likely was extremely painful.
"He's a pretty courageous horse to finish fourth," said Billy Gowan, the trainer of Ride On Curlin.
California Chrome's co-owner, Steve Coburn, blasted other owners who skipped one or both of the previous two races to have a fresh horse in the Belmont.
"That's the coward's way," he said
Edited by stayceem 2014-06-07 9:31 PM
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Location: fun meter pegged OK | This newsday link has the picture of his injury........... http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/big-crowd-big-disappointment-at-belmont-1.8368063 |
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Location: NC | After being there i have to say he ran a very good race. Just got home (traffic was insane leaving!!) and saw the pic of his foot. he ran a great race for being hurt |
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