2014 Awesome Again

[TGJB]

Someone who’s better at this than me should post video of that race.

[trackjohn]

Thjs one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZYIKaXPtPU

[TGJB]

Sky Kingdom was the uncoupled entry mate of the 1 horse.

[JR]

I remember that race. This stablemate stuff is bullshit.

[jbelfior]

The 2016 Sword Dancer and Flintshire is another one that comes to mind.

Apparently the Bafferts and Browns of this game feel that they are the game. The hell with everyone else.


Good Luck,
Joe B

[BitPlayer]

Espinoza got days for that ride.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/people/espinoza-suspended-seven-days-for-careless-riding-in-awesome-again/

[bobphilo]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Sky Kingdom was the uncoupled entry mate of the 1
> horse.
Espinoza was rightly given days for this stunt. At least those stewards were doing their job. Sadly, Baffert, who probably orchestrated the whole thing got away with it again.

[JR]

That’s the one I was trying to recall. That was criminal. I don’t remember who the jockey was.

[JR]

Gryder. That was as close to a fixed race as you can find.

[shanahan]

Hardly

[bobphilo]

JR Wrote:
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> That’s the one I was trying to recall. That was
> criminal. I don’t remember who the jockey was.

It was Espinoza who earned himself a suspension as well as the future rides on California Chrome and American Pharaoh from a grateful Bob Baffert for doing his dirty work.

[johnnym]

Chrome was not Baffert’s
But get your point

[bobphilo]

johnnym Wrote:
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> Chrome was not Baffert’s
> But get your point

I stand corrected. It seems like Baffert gets all the top horses.

[Caradoc]

And Espinoza had the mount on AP well before this incident.  He rode him to win the Del Mar Futurity on September 4th, weeks prior to the Awesome Again.

[bobphilo]

He knew which side his bread was buttered on.