For those who don't think a jockey makes a difference!

Thank goodness just about everyone who posts here knows how much difference a jockey makes in a race. For those of you who are reatively new to this forum, from time to time, we get some drive-bys who think the jockey is nothing but a Bobble-Head placed on top of Nervous Nellie or Sammy Stallion.

BULLSHIT!

What Mike Smith did today was phenominal. The horse had trouble loading the first time THEN had to load again after the scratch!  She was nervous, but not washed, so I am sure Smith knew he had a chance.

She came out totally rank and I thought she'd finish 30 lenghts behind, then like your old Uncle Delbert knocks on the door just as dinner is about to be served!

The move to gun down my three picks Gio, Summer Bird and Twice Over ( to kill my tri's and exactas) was as good as it gets, but as much as this hurt me, I have to tell you how great as a horseplayer it was to see all 13 of them busting their asses on the track.

I beseach all of you to watch the replay of this race anytime you start to doubt the importance of a jockey on a horse.

that horse was not to bad either.one of the greatest races i ever watched.14-0 now against the girls,boys, ladies and now the men.

jockey and horse you made my day

oh by the way i bet rrip van winkle  who spept through the action.

She came out totally rank....saw this and thought she was not ready today. What Smith normally does with her is just swing wide on the top and let her do her stuff. He knew he could not do this against these. Kept her inside and swung her deeper than normal. This horse (that I have never stopped talking about) showed that late kick and huge heart. To be honest I doubted her in this spot cuz she never ran agaisnt this tuff a group. I am sure you and I will ever agree on the RA/Z comparision but today belongs to my girlfriend. So I will rue the day until we can get them together. Both owners should agree (hope) that Z ships east (actually did but track was mud) to run on the dirt and RA ships west to run on the rubber. Would be good for whats left of the former King of Sports. Please no match race!!! Ruffian/Foolish Pleasure just turned my stomach.

KURSH: After today, I believe! She IS better than RTR...and maybe even Curlin and Big Brown too! My goodness....I still cannot believe here performance!

I'm so glad to see you two getting along...

Mikey, you know that I was with you on your thought about Z facing the boys.  I think even Kursh had his doubts about his girlfriend's spot this afternoon, but she has probably forever silenced her doubters as she'll probably never race again.

Sadly, I think the best we are going to get is seeing RA and Zs overspring duel it out

what we need is a dirt track to put a big purse for these two to meet up I think having a horse like  Careless Jewel in the race for speed pressure would help Zenyatta but what kind of closing horse could help RA  and how do u decide on a distance it must be a classic distance 1 1/4 or more u need other horses in the race so they should run for free to grab the money and make the purse pay out good enuff for there pieces something of that nature i think would make the race a great one i guess a speed freak like careless jewel would help Z and a big field would help RA thats how i think it should be done

Not sure if I ever saw a horse freak that bad...especialy with his kicking. Then he double-freaked when they put the hood on him. I did hear Lady C....what a dumbshit. These pepole need to get real, maybe spend a week on an assembly line or cleaning swimming pools.

I watched all of the BC race preview videos on drf.com with Crist and Watchmaker and when they discussed the BC Mile, they floated an idea ...... As more and more of these horses will be nearly all-bred for the poly in the future, the BC might have to add a "poly-special" race or two to be run at SA on the same day the BC is held at Churchill (next year) or other dirt tracks.

Pretty interesting.

I think win on dirt.  I'd love to see her and RA get to the Classic next year.  14-0 is unreal to say the least.  The traditionalist in me would still like to see her win on dirt.

Yes she did. Her 3rd start won by 4 1/2. First time Mike rode her.  In fact her beyer was 104 that race.   And she shipped to CD for the big Filly race before the deby but the track was soup.

VIN: Haven't been on in a few days, but I assume you got the $70.