yeah I've been when there wasnt a triple crown and still had a good time. Im still gonna go.
Triple Crown? I'll Have Another NOT Racing at Belmont
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yeah I've been when there wasnt a triple crown and still had a good time. Im still gonna go.
Mantle Drunk
All Star
Ive never been i was thinking about going but everyone decided tomorrow was the best day to plan everything under the sun. So everyone bailed on the idea so i'm just going to a BBQ.
How is it you just chill in the picnic area? Whats the crowd like?
How is it you just chill in the picnic area? Whats the crowd like?
I was gonna go for my bday tomorrrow i only live about 5-10 minutes from Belmont but made other plans
ive been to belmont tons of times but never for the big race..i heard its a fukking madhouse that day
Crowd will be lighter now since the horse got scratched. The Smarty Jones race back in 2004 was WILD. 150,000 ppl were there. You could bring as much booze as you wanted back then. It was a shyt show, but then again I was in college at the time.
The crowd when I went two years ago was tame, you had to buy beer there(they banned bringing beer in after the 2004 disaster)...but it was a nice day, chilled, looked at females in sun dresses and gambled.
Theres a picnic area in the back and there's bleacher seating in front of the track. It's a good time.
Boutdatlife
Shoe & music connoisseur
Another Triple Crown hopeful bites the dust I swear this shyt will never happen in my lifetime. It does open up the field maybe theres actually some money to be made
something always happens didnt one horse step on a nail?
Mantle Drunk
All Star
The last hopeful Big Brown what didnt happen he got spooked by someone taking a picture he lost a shoe and got taken off steriods right before the race.
My brother went to Smarty Jones i heard all about that shyt but i was wondering more about now without bring your own beer. I'll just have to check it out next year i'm going next sunday which the crowds not bad for Fathers Day.
My brother went to Smarty Jones i heard all about that shyt but i was wondering more about now without bring your own beer. I'll just have to check it out next year i'm going next sunday which the crowds not bad for Fathers Day.
QuarterCenturyLegend
Stoopid Life
A lot of people feel the same. I almost don't want to bet tomorrow but I will cause it's a tradition but i'm still shocked. I'm starting to think i'll never see a Triple Crown winner in my lifetime. I hate talking about horses like people, but dude didn't have all the 'measurements' you look for in a winner but he was a flat out winner. fukked up my Saturday.. The Celtics can ease the pain
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
So they're about to take this horse out back to let off a few rounds?
QuarterCenturyLegend
Stoopid Life
Didn't really understand your ? but basically, the horse got injured some time this past week and he's not running tomorrow & the trainer said he'll never race again. He even joked w/ suicide this morning, which now has me thinking if he was serious or not
This sucks for so many people
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
Didn't really understand your ? but basically, the horse got injured some time this past week and he's not running tomorrow & the trainer said he'll never race again. He even joked w/ suicide this morning, which now has me thinking if he was serious or not
Just a joke about how a lot of these horses get murked after they can't race anymore.
QuarterCenturyLegend
Stoopid Life
Oh, ok. I'm geeked, geeked so i'm in slow motion but yea. It's stupid... Best case scenario, spread these races out so they have time to live
FloorGeneral
I don't even know anymore...
Just read Forde's article on this. He brings up a good point: as I said earlier, (per the New York Times): IHA's Trainer has been the subject of numerous violations related to drugging horses (and has been suspended, which will go into effect in July barring appeal), and the fact that his horses show a very high rate of injury/break downs (more than twice the national average).
The state of New York took control of shyt this week for the Belmont with all them accusations, and made the horses stay in one centralized barn, where they could be watched and secured around the clock. IHA moved into the barn Wednesday, supposedly hurt himself Thursday, and was scratched and retired on Friday.
An interesting turn of events to say the least. He obviously coulda hurt himself, but with the Trainers past, and the heightened security at Belmont, there's naturally gonna be some other theories about what really happened. Too bad we'll never know.
The state of New York took control of shyt this week for the Belmont with all them accusations, and made the horses stay in one centralized barn, where they could be watched and secured around the clock. IHA moved into the barn Wednesday, supposedly hurt himself Thursday, and was scratched and retired on Friday.
An interesting turn of events to say the least. He obviously coulda hurt himself, but with the Trainers past, and the heightened security at Belmont, there's naturally gonna be some other theories about what really happened. Too bad we'll never know.
QuarterCenturyLegend
Stoopid Life
Speculation. His drugs was this year on another horse and it's been reported about checking the food, etc. I'll not dap you for your conspiracy theory, and i'll say fukk you to your pos rep. Do you know how much the owner of this horse just lost? If I was the owner, i'd get that shottie out like BOOM! This horse can't race again, ever
Mantle Drunk
All Star
If it can live they wont lose out on the breeding guap they can make off him. They only kill horses that wont live because of there injuries.