Horse Racing

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2006-06-14 03:24:59 · 13 answers · asked by idliwada_1205 1

Also is there ever any signs of sour grapes judging by horses' body language?

2006-06-13 11:59:11 · 9 answers · asked by Sattvik allanek 4

"Following the race the horse was taken to the veterinary treatment centre and several X-rays were taken of the injured leg."


"They revealed that Horatio Nelson had suffered fractures of the cannon and sesamoid bones and a dislocation of the fetlock joint."


"Sadly the injuries were considered to be too severe to be repaired and the horse has therefore been euthanized."


"There was damage to the ligaments and nerves around the horse's joints and with open wounds, which could already have been infected, there was a unanimous decision taken by the five vets present that it was a hopeless case and it was in the horse's best interests to put him down."

2006-06-13 08:43:42 · 48 answers · asked by weary_banker 2

well who was it....?

2006-06-12 12:07:28 · 8 answers · asked by nightfiremike 1

2006-06-12 10:58:34 · 7 answers · asked by cctuckersdad 2

How do the Jockeys get paid? By the win, place and show? By riding? Or by winning only? And for the same matter, what about the owner and trainer and staff? But, my main question is about the jockeys payment. If the horse finishes last, does the jockey get paid anyway?

2006-06-11 10:12:54 · 4 answers · asked by mnk6 3

2006-06-11 09:56:18 · 13 answers · asked by brouillettejames 1

2006-06-11 05:46:12 · 4 answers · asked by Troubled son 3

2006-06-11 05:25:50 · 14 answers · asked by mistymiss 6

2006-06-10 21:25:48 · 7 answers · asked by Robert Q 1

2006-06-10 14:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by bmiraclejr 1

2006-06-10 13:51:17 · 10 answers · asked by willye_hill1951 1

Jazil wins the 138th running of the Belmont Stakes in the time of 2:27 4/5....In looking back at the Preaknes and now the Belmont Stakes, would Barbaro have won the Triple Crown..??

Your thoughts....

2006-06-10 12:44:35 · 7 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5

2006-06-10 08:52:39 · 7 answers · asked by Alf B 1

2006-06-10 06:20:47 · 12 answers · asked by bgreve1 2

mine is 8-2-9

2006-06-10 05:49:47 · 2 answers · asked by ronzohooter 4

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAPPEN AGAIN?!

2006-06-10 04:40:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-10 03:45:33 · 3 answers · asked by Thomas J 1

I **think** it lost Preakness.

2006-06-10 02:58:17 · 4 answers · asked by Uncle Heinrich the Great 4

2006-06-09 10:50:18 · 4 answers · asked by bigaaron77 1

2006-06-08 21:32:47 · 3 answers · asked by msbluebells 3

My mother and I scrap all the time about which horse was better. She maintains that Secretariat still holds the record for a mile and a quarter, but he was on steroids. Man O'War raced 21 times in his short career, won twenty of them and came in second just once. (Damn that Upset.) Plus, he never ran the Derby because his owner didn't want to push him so hard so early in the season. Also, tracks are a lot faster now than in 1918 (1920? I can't remember.) So, please help! Who here thinks Man O'War is the better horse by far? Look what he did to Sir Barton?!

2006-06-08 12:36:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking to buy a saddle on ebay and need a saddle with a regular tree. Most saddles say they have medium trees and I was wondering if there was a difference between the 2.

2006-06-08 06:47:21 · 6 answers · asked by katsrkutesz11 2

It looks like an open field. Any of the 12 ponies could win it. Yet which one? Long shot? or a Favorite?

2006-06-08 00:57:09 · 5 answers · asked by mac 7

The last time there was one ticket in a large pick six payoff, it was a fix. Should this be investigated and reported to the public?

2006-06-07 19:31:03 · 3 answers · asked by buffoon 4

2006-06-07 16:23:33 · 4 answers · asked by Carol N 1

Who do u like to win the Belmont Stakes to be run in New York on June 10-2006 ?

Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Bluegrass Cat and Peter Pan Stakes (G2) winner Sunriver, excluded from the Derby due to insufficient graded stakes earnings, give trainer Todd Pletcher a formidable one-two punch as the respective morning-line favorite and second choice for the 138th running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Belmont Park.


Bluegrass Cat was listed by New York Racing Association oddsmaker Eric Donovan as the 3-to-1 favorite against 11 other three-year-old males entered on Wednesday for the final leg of the Triple Crown. Sunriver is next at 4-to-1 with Derby third Steppenwolfer at 9-to-2 and Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) winner Bob and John at 5-to-1.

The 1 1/2-mile Belmont will be run as the 11th of 13 races on Saturday with post time at 6:33 p.m. EDT. The race will be televised live during a two-hour broadcast on ABC that starts at 5 p.m.

Bluegrass Cat has not started since finishing 6 1/2 lengths behind Barbaro in the Kentucky Derby on May 6 and that plan by Pletcher to skip the Preakness Stakes (G1) was specifically designed to get the Storm Cat colt to the Belmont Stakes fresh and ready off five-week rest.

"We purposely gave him a few days off after the Derby and he's bounced back really well," Pletcher said. "He hasn't missed a day since and is doing well [heading into the Belmont]."

Bluegrass Cat is undefeated in two starts at Belmont, including a win in the Nashua Stakes (G3) on October 28. He later added the Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct to his two-year-old resume.

Bluegrass Cat is one of five entrants seeking to win the Belmont after running in the Kentucky Derby and skipping the Preakness, along with Steppenwolfer, Bob and John, Deputy Glitters, and Jazil. The last Belmont winner to run in the Derby but skip the Preakness was Birdstone in 2004; Empire Maker the year before and Commendable in '00 also accomplished the feat.

Sunriver comes into the Belmont after a hard-fought neck victory over Lewis Michael in the 1 1/8-mile Peter Pan on May 20 at Belmont. The last Peter Pan winner to capture the Belmont Stakes was A.P. Indy in 1992, although Lemon Drop Kid finished third in the '99 Peter Pan before his Belmont victory.

A full brother to two-time champion Ashado, Sunriver was third and 2 1/2 lengths behind Barbaro in the Florida Derby (G1) but was left out of the Kentucky Derby field. Being excluded from the Derby might not have been such a bad thing in the long run, Pletcher said.

"The long-term interest of the horse probably set us up better for the Belmont, but we still would have liked to take a chance in the Derby," Pletcher said. "But it was out of our control, so we went to plan B. The plan then was to run in the Peter Pan and he ran really well in the Peter Pan."

Steppenwolfer has trained impressively at Belmont for trainer Dan Peitz since his third-place effort in the Derby. The Aptitude colt turned in two sharp six-furlong workouts in 1:13 on the main track on May 27 and in 1:10.20 on the training track on June 2.

"[The 1:10.20 workout] indicates how well he's doing right now," Peitz said. "I hope he transfers that work to Saturday. He did it in hand and had a great gallop out afterwards. It wasn't like we were asking him to go that fast. If we had asked him for it, then I would have been concerned but he did it on his own."

Peitz said he expected Steppenwolfer, who was far back in the early stages of both the Arkansas Derby (G2) and Kentucky Derby before rallying, to be closer to the pace in the Belmont.—Tom Law

The field, in post-position order, with (sire), jockey, trainer, and morning-line odds (all horses carry 126 pounds):

1. Platinum Couple (Tale of the Cat), Jose Espinoza, Joseph Lostritto, 30-to-1;

2. Sunriver (Saint Ballado),Rafael Bejarano, Todd Pletcher, 4-to-1;

3. Hemingway's Key (Notebook), Jeremy Rose, Nick Zito, 15-to-1;

4. Bob and John (Seeking the Gold), Garrett Gomez, Bob Baffert, 5-to-1;

5. High Finance (Talk Is Money),Eibar Coa, Richard Violette, 12-to-1;

6. Oh So Awesome (Awesome Again), Mike Smith, James Jerkens, 20-to-1;

7. Deputy Glitters (Deputy Commander), Edgar Prado, Tom Albertrani, 15-to-1;

8. Jazil (Seeking the Gold), Fernando Jara, Kiaran McLaughlin, 10-to-1;

9. Bluegrass Cat (Storm Cat), John Velazquez, Todd Pletcher, 3-to-1;

10. Double Galore (Grand Slam), Mike Luzzi, Myung Kwon Cho, 30-to-1;

11. Steppenwolfer (Aptitude),Robby Albarado, Daniel Peitz, 9-to-2; and

12. Sacred Light (Holy Bull), Victor Espinoza, David Hofmans, 15-to-1.

2006-06-07 14:36:02 · 4 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5

2006-06-07 13:37:01 · 6 answers · asked by backofthemoon4 1

2006-06-06 08:05:43 · 4 answers · asked by get it 1

The British jockey George Baker is reputed to be the tallest jockey in the weighing room, and I just wondered how tall he is.

2006-06-06 01:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by David L 2