I backed Colonel John to win this race. I was rooting for Colonel John to win this race. But when I watched it live, I thought for sure that Mambo in Seattle had just nipped Colonel John by a whisker on the wire. I remember cursing like a sailor after they crossed the wire, because I just knew Mambo in Seattle had won the Travers. LOL. I couldn't believe when they announced Colonel John had actually won in the official photo!!
Absolutely classic watching these two horses dig it out. Mambo isn't consistent, but he's got class, so has C. John...I was absoultely SCREAMING at the end (my pick, Macho Again, was like...eighth :( ). Tom Durkin dissapointed me a little with his call, but the end was amazing enough.
I thought his call was good up until the end. "Its gonna be a photo finish in the Traveerrrrrrrrrs... To close to Call!" He could have fit something more creative in there.
woo hoo! da tar allways stays on lead! they might want to make da tara a stalker in his position instead. wow! i was not expecting colonel john to come on the outside and take it by a photo finish! what a battle in the streach!
If you look at the photo, Colonel John is about a millimeter ahead. A mere nose hair. Can't get any closer than that. If the wire were at a different spot it could have been the opposite.
I backed Colonel John to win this race. I was rooting for Colonel John to win this race. But when I watched it live, I thought for sure that Mambo in Seattle had just nipped Colonel John by a whisker on the wire. I remember cursing like a sailor after they crossed the wire, because I just knew Mambo in Seattle had won the Travers. LOL. I couldn't believe when they announced Colonel John had actually won in the official photo!!
GBeret83 1 month ago
macho uno lol
jpmato920 3 months ago
I bet Robby felt like an ass after the photo XD
SEABaSS979 10 months ago
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GBeret83 1 year ago
this race WAS SOO AMAZING!!! CJ WON BY THE WIDTH OF A CREDIT CARD!!
nyletakatelyn 2 years ago 2
I thought for sure CJ lost it- look at the finish! MIS is clearly ahead. anyway, CJ did deserve this after being tugged around coming off the turn.
jfurry616 2 years ago
Saratoga is gorgeous, i go there a lot.
taylorluvshorses16 2 years ago 2
Me too i live about 20 mins from the track. should be another great travers race this year.
RadxxRyan 2 years ago
Absolutely classic watching these two horses dig it out. Mambo isn't consistent, but he's got class, so has C. John...I was absoultely SCREAMING at the end (my pick, Macho Again, was like...eighth :( ). Tom Durkin dissapointed me a little with his call, but the end was amazing enough.
TXRider 3 years ago
I thought his call was good up until the end. "Its gonna be a photo finish in the Traveerrrrrrrrrs... To close to Call!" He could have fit something more creative in there.
Arps103 2 years ago
What a thriller this was! Colonel John got it by the flare of a nostril. What guts he showed coming down the stretch.
MotorCityPinup 3 years ago
Colonel John is my favorite racehorse.
dapokercat 3 years ago
woo hoo! da tar allways stays on lead! they might want to make da tara a stalker in his position instead. wow! i was not expecting colonel john to come on the outside and take it by a photo finish! what a battle in the streach!
mingorules1 3 years ago
If you look at the photo, Colonel John is about a millimeter ahead. A mere nose hair. Can't get any closer than that. If the wire were at a different spot it could have been the opposite.
gmurray122 3 years ago
I think it should've been a dead heat. The photo clearly shows that it was a tie. I don't get why it wasn't a dead heat!
ChrisLikesSooners22 3 years ago