Comments on: With apologies to Rick Dutrow http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/ THE ODYSSEY OF A HORSE RACING ENTHUSIAST AND AMATEUR HANDICAPPER Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:18:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Stafford http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/#comment-2737 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:26:57 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-2737 @Ernie – indeed you have, and I know how much Big Brown means to you. I’m deeply saddened for you about today’s news.

@BMC – I think Casino Drive can improve, sure, but it’ll need to be a major improvement or a major regression from Curlin (or both) to capture the Classic.

@Val – Amen, not only that, but they also know overseas that fillies/mares can beat the boys with regularity (Zarkava anyone?).

@Brian – Yup, tragic news. We really needed that marquee matchup between BB and Curlin. Truth be told, Big Brown actually has more “star power” amongst the non regular fans by virtue of winning the KY Derby (much like Street Sense last year). I sure hope Curlin gets it done, but man we lost a shot at national relevance with this blow.

]]> By: Brian A. http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/#comment-2736 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:11:09 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-2736 Casino Drive may have just taken the place of Big Brown as the ultra-talented three year old looking to de-thrown the king. What a shame that Big Brown is out, forever. This is going to be a serious blow to the racing industry. Thank God Curlin is going to the Classic, and lets hope he makes it look like a joke!

]]> By: Big Brown injured, retired « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/#comment-2735 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:56:53 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-2735 [...] of all of this is rather funny to me.  Just yesterday I swallowed some pride and wrote the “with apologies to Dutrow” piece giving him a bit of credit for his role in engineering the big showdown between Curlin [...]

]]> By: Valerie http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/#comment-2734 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:26:58 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-2734 Considering he merely galloped nearly the entire race, and Espinoza only asked him to run in the last couple yards…I’d say yeah, Casino Drive will be more than ready in two weeks. Two seconds faster? Are Big Brown or Curlin known as speed horses? Their times this year haven’t set any records.

Americans just can not seem to grasp that Australian/Asian training and racing methods actually work. Their horses run with faster turn-around times, sometimes only 7 days, and for many consecutive weekends. It is not unusual for top horses to run successfully 4 times in 5 weeks, so don’t think for a moment that the two week turn-around leaves him at a disadvantage.

]]> By: BMC Racing http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2008/10/12/with-apologies-to-rick-dutrow/#comment-2733 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:49:01 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-2733 Casino Drive is a very nice propsect. Has a great future in 2009. Does anyone think he can get two seconds faster in two weeks?

BMC

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