and Barbaro wins

[wildhorses]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He ran a really good race, didn't he?

My dear wildhorses.....

Perhaps I'll keep track of Barbaro for the next leg of the Triple Crown...

He reminded me a little bit of Secretariat.....the way he ran away from the rest of the field.....

Now THERE was a horse! :kick:

[wildhorses]

2. YES

:woohoo:

[terrya]

3. So, could this horse win the Triple Crown?

Didn't watch it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I'd say he sure could.....

He looked very strong......VERY!

:hi:

[wildhorses]

6. yes if he wins Belmont and Preakness

[DS1]

4. SPOILER!!!!! ARGH!!

just kidding :D

[Ava]

LOL!

:spray: :rofl:

[wildhorses]

7. and then Bluegrass Cat and Steppenwolfer

:P

[Scooter24]

8. Woohoo!

I had $200 on him to win!

cha-ching! :party:


:woohoo:

[wildhorses]

9. Good for you!!!!

party at Scooter24's house...

[aaronbees]

10. Nice!!!

That's quite the payoff! :) My boy, Bro Derek, did ok for a bad trip (5th).

Barbaro has Triple Crown shot written all over him. As Tom Durkin said, he's "sublime."

:toast:

[u4ic]

19. He's the ONLY one

with a shot...;-)

Seriously, it was an incredible performance by him, considering the nice field he wired.


Did you get to the racingpost? They have the 2000 Guineas video up. Brilliant performance there, too.

[aaronbees]

22. yeah yeah

smarty pants :P

I mean ... I think he has a "realistic" (ie, solid) shot of sweeting the Triple -- didn't feel that about Giacomo last year, though technically he was the "only one" who had a shot then. Barbaro could very well be a superstar. But then again, Bro Derek looked mighty good for going 9-wide on the final turn. We'll see how it plays out in the Preakness.

Pretty amazing that George Washington is bred by Lael Stables, the Barbaro owners. Quite the day for their horse sense (and cents).

[Ava]

11. awesome! congrats!

[Flaxbee]

12. Don't have TV here -- which network carried it

so I can see an Internet rerun?

Thanks!

[Ava]

13. NBC

[Flaxbee]

17. thanks, Ava!

nt

[wildhorses]

14. thanks Ava...you are on top of it!!!

:hi:

[Ava]

15. haha! i beat you to it!

:P ;)

what's up wildhorses ?

[wildhorses]

16. not much...just trying to keep up with 2 threads right now

is enough:P Did you vote in my "spirit" poll?

[Ava]

18. sure did!

:hi:

[riderinthestorm]

20. I'm actually an acquaintance of Mike Matz, the trainer

He was an extremely successful Grand Prix jumper rider. It is very, very strange to think of him as a racehorse trainer now....

But the area of PA where he is working is big time, OLD money, and he has ALL of the right connections.

Go Mike!

[AccessGranted]

21. What Happened to Brother Derek????

Barbaro took off, didn't he? Wow!