@clarkmccormick - Really?..A world champion Horse first go on a Cuppy oval dirt track and your so quick to just dismiss his class. He is a dual Continent GR1 Winner....8 in total. So because some one disagree's with your racing you really feel the need to discredit horses bred in New Zealand, or Australia?. Watch on Dubai World Cup night, and watch them probably win both Sprint races, and probably the World Cup too. With Sepoy, Black Caviar and So You Think.
Your racecallers in the US are not my favourite drink. If you want to see some great horse action, do a search for videos on Black Caviar and So You Think.
Your racecallers in the US are not my favourite drink. If you want to see some great horse actiom, do a search for videos on Black Caviar and So You Think.
Really classy colt, Blame is. I knew when I saw him beat Quality Road at 1-1/8, which was certainly not an easy task, that he would have what it took to really push Zenyatta in the Classic as long as 1-1/4 was in his wheelhouse. Which, as we now know, it was. Especially going on the surface at Churchill Downs. Which has always been the most successful racetrack of Blame's career.
Like I sadi all along, Quality Road looked great beating up on absolute garbage at Gulfstream earlier in the year, put him up against a decent foe at 1 /8th and he loses. Any hypester who thought this horse would be effective at 1 1/4 in the BC Classic when he could not even hold on at 1 1/8th after setting snail like fractions needed a Pletcher Drug Test, lol.
QR had the dirt mile on a platter and yet Pletcher is going for the Classic. He knows more than any of us do about QR's ability, it will be a great training performance if he is to pull off a win. Everything about that horse tells me he will not run out a strong 10f......
@Kulaness I think they put to much stress on MTB to early on in the season. They stuck him in a turf race, when he's never trained on turf in his life and after he disliked synthetic. Then he was put right into the Whitney with Blame Quality Road and other top horses, without getting any races for him to sharpen him up. I think that the trainer Chip Wooley suited well with MTB and should have stuck with him. I think he would have tried to race him at Sunland or somewhere down in New Mexico.
QR wants no part of 1 1/4. Anyone playing QR in the BC Classic deserves to be parted with their cash, period. This horse got as easy a lead as you could ask in this race 24 1/4, 48 1/2 1:12 6 furlongs and he still got beat. Sorry dreamers, but there is no way the BC Classic goes in 48 and 1 :12. QR should be entered in the BC Mile, he doesn't want 1 1/4.
As for Mine That Bird, much like Rachel Alexandra, his best racing days are now behind him. He overachieved as a 3yr.old. Period. That's not a knock at him. It just is what it is. He's just not in Quality Road or Blame's league anymore. Neither is Rachel Alexandra. As impressive as she was in 09', she's been as unimpressive in 2010. Zenyatta, is the horse that they all have to try and beat in the Classic. Mathematics don't lie. 18 for 18. I think Zenyatta win's again. Only Blame will be close.
A great race between two great colts. Personally, after this defeat to Blame, as much as I like Q.R., I see nothing that makes me think he'll stay 1-1/4 and win the Classic. Unless he goes back and win's the 1-1/4 JCGC. But Pletcher says the Woodward is next. If Q.R. loses in the Woodward too? I think you'll see him in the B.C. Dirt Mile instead of the Classic. Blame, IMO, will stay a 1-1/4. But in the Classic, he'll be out on the lead with a big mare making a run at him for the wire.
@Kulaness thanks for being yet another typical you tuber that can only argue with insults.
Funny Cide, by the way, won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, and yet was never a dominant horse or could beat afterwards the best at the best races, so your "stupid" argument falls flat on its face. I'm not saying, by the way, that MTB is a useless horse, but that he is overmatched against the very best, and should seek lesser races if they want to win again.
In the Breeders Cup Classic, I see Quality Road, Rachel Alexndra, Zenyatta, Blame and Looking at Lucky, while Super Saver is 3 for 3 over the Churchill strip, With them and other very worthy compediters....A superb field, can't wait, great race shaping up!!
Mine That Bird needs to be whipped a little at the beginning of the race to give him the message that he should run with the leaders. If you leave the horse on its own, he will settle into last place out of memory. It is time to give the horse a different jockey in order to change his outlook and running style.
@clarkmccormick - Really?..A world champion Horse first go on a Cuppy oval dirt track and your so quick to just dismiss his class. He is a dual Continent GR1 Winner....8 in total. So because some one disagree's with your racing you really feel the need to discredit horses bred in New Zealand, or Australia?. Watch on Dubai World Cup night, and watch them probably win both Sprint races, and probably the World Cup too. With Sepoy, Black Caviar and So You Think.
TicinoParadise 1 month ago
Your racecallers in the US are not my favourite drink. If you want to see some great horse action, do a search for videos on Black Caviar and So You Think.
wilbon1975 10 months ago
Your racecallers in the US are not my favourite drink. If you want to see some great horse actiom, do a search for videos on Black Caviar and So You Think.
wilbon1975 10 months ago
Really classy colt, Blame is. I knew when I saw him beat Quality Road at 1-1/8, which was certainly not an easy task, that he would have what it took to really push Zenyatta in the Classic as long as 1-1/4 was in his wheelhouse. Which, as we now know, it was. Especially going on the surface at Churchill Downs. Which has always been the most successful racetrack of Blame's career.
GBeret83 10 months ago
Like I sadi all along, Quality Road looked great beating up on absolute garbage at Gulfstream earlier in the year, put him up against a decent foe at 1 /8th and he loses. Any hypester who thought this horse would be effective at 1 1/4 in the BC Classic when he could not even hold on at 1 1/8th after setting snail like fractions needed a Pletcher Drug Test, lol.
ghostzapper2006 11 months ago
the jockey of quality road it was watching behind all the time he was worried about the other horses may be running with blame.
DOMINICANINC 1 year ago
QR had the dirt mile on a platter and yet Pletcher is going for the Classic. He knows more than any of us do about QR's ability, it will be a great training performance if he is to pull off a win. Everything about that horse tells me he will not run out a strong 10f......
schardy80 1 year ago
@Kulaness I think they put to much stress on MTB to early on in the season. They stuck him in a turf race, when he's never trained on turf in his life and after he disliked synthetic. Then he was put right into the Whitney with Blame Quality Road and other top horses, without getting any races for him to sharpen him up. I think that the trainer Chip Wooley suited well with MTB and should have stuck with him. I think he would have tried to race him at Sunland or somewhere down in New Mexico.
BigBrown2332 1 year ago
QR wants no part of 1 1/4. Anyone playing QR in the BC Classic deserves to be parted with their cash, period. This horse got as easy a lead as you could ask in this race 24 1/4, 48 1/2 1:12 6 furlongs and he still got beat. Sorry dreamers, but there is no way the BC Classic goes in 48 and 1 :12. QR should be entered in the BC Mile, he doesn't want 1 1/4.
ghostzapper2006 1 year ago
is it just me or did the rider on Quality Road stop ridig half way through the stretch?
UrGatorBaitFLA 1 year ago 2
As for Mine That Bird, much like Rachel Alexandra, his best racing days are now behind him. He overachieved as a 3yr.old. Period. That's not a knock at him. It just is what it is. He's just not in Quality Road or Blame's league anymore. Neither is Rachel Alexandra. As impressive as she was in 09', she's been as unimpressive in 2010. Zenyatta, is the horse that they all have to try and beat in the Classic. Mathematics don't lie. 18 for 18. I think Zenyatta win's again. Only Blame will be close.
GBeret83 1 year ago
A great race between two great colts. Personally, after this defeat to Blame, as much as I like Q.R., I see nothing that makes me think he'll stay 1-1/4 and win the Classic. Unless he goes back and win's the 1-1/4 JCGC. But Pletcher says the Woodward is next. If Q.R. loses in the Woodward too? I think you'll see him in the B.C. Dirt Mile instead of the Classic. Blame, IMO, will stay a 1-1/4. But in the Classic, he'll be out on the lead with a big mare making a run at him for the wire.
GBeret83 1 year ago
@Kulanessobviously you can't detect sarcasm either.
Kthxbye.
samsam29 1 year ago
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@Kulaness thanks for being yet another typical you tuber that can only argue with insults.
Funny Cide, by the way, won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, and yet was never a dominant horse or could beat afterwards the best at the best races, so your "stupid" argument falls flat on its face. I'm not saying, by the way, that MTB is a useless horse, but that he is overmatched against the very best, and should seek lesser races if they want to win again.
samsam29 1 year ago
In the Breeders Cup Classic, I see Quality Road, Rachel Alexndra, Zenyatta, Blame and Looking at Lucky, while Super Saver is 3 for 3 over the Churchill strip, With them and other very worthy compediters....A superb field, can't wait, great race shaping up!!
ginzo2284 1 year ago
Gotta Love It!
lovedbysweetie 1 year ago
tslband: was that NOT the easiest triple to hit? I had that and hit the pick 3.
Do I see Quality Road in front at the top of the stetch in the Breeders Cup Classic when Zenyatta and Blame fire and we have a nice stretch run?
TheDenisSugrue 1 year ago
Was at the track today, great race, hit the trifecta!
tslband 1 year ago
Mine That Bird needs to be whipped a little at the beginning of the race to give him the message that he should run with the leaders. If you leave the horse on its own, he will settle into last place out of memory. It is time to give the horse a different jockey in order to change his outlook and running style.
siroptimistic 1 year ago 3
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kmpranks69 1 year ago
Super race, really nice horse.
hexiconned 1 year ago
blame a nice horse...
ericcontroversy 1 year ago
JR should have been working instead of looking in the rear view
laclippers89 1 year ago