I’m happy for War of Will’s connections. Sometimes people do get what they deserve. They showed their class in the Derby, and again today.
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And Improbable acted up again. He was acting up in Arkansas when I saw him, and even in the paddock there, well before his gate fit, he looked hot and anxious. He simply doesn’t impress me. Hasn’t all year. Watch him make me eat those words later in some big one, but horses will do that to you. 
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Considering the bathroom situation, the trainer’s wife’s look might have been for another reason, such as needing a ladies room. (Just kidding about the ladies room).
I’m just glad the horses were all OK.
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Yeah, I saw/heard that later. Somebody wasn’t paying attention …
Immediately after WoW crossed the finish line, NBC cut to the trainer and his wife, and they were hugging, and she was smiling and clearly elated. I think her expression later in the interview had to do with the Derby situation and, like someone said above, biting her tongue. But go back and watch it on NBC. Right after the finish, even before the gallop out, there is a shot of her looking plenty happy for you.
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You can see the starter holding onto #9 saying #$@%@#!!! when the gate opens. About 1/2 way through the video.
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I thought this was a thoroughly satisfying Preakness.
Looking forward to the Belmont in three weeks.
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He has stringhalt.
Why I do not bet… one of my choices dumped the jock at the start in a pseudo bucking bronc routine (although not a bad as Thunder Snow a few years ago in the Derby :lol: ).
Other choice ended up 3rd last… sigh
Time to get off the Improbable bus (which I wasn’t on). Finishing 6th with best placement at the head of the stretch in 4th.
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Here’s a nice OP ED. I am in complete agreement. https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/op-ed-deserving-preakness-win-for-a-classy-bunch/
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You really can’t blame the horse. He couldn’t go forward, so he went up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrMg-KGZG8
So the puppy predictors were replaced by piglets-- and yes, I know that this is for the Kentucky Derby and not the Preakness, but just found this… uncanny… uncanny… there were only 15 piglets, so CH was not represented by a piglet.
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- No. I was too.
- Yes. I heard them say he did.
- I agree. There was another horse running in another race at Pimlico today, named Overdeliver. I guess Bodexpress could have been named that.
- I agree.
- Me too.
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Wow, that’s what I thought, but I know almost nothing about stringhalt other than an idea of what it looks like. So stringhalt did not stop him from being a classics winner!
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Do you know the horse and his connections, or is this a guess? Stringhalt would be a pretty rare diagnosis for a 3yr old Thoroughbred.
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