Mike Smith sticks with Hopportunity over Intense Holiday

[TGJB]

Pdub-- when did you go on Prozac?

[P-Dub]

May 18, 2012

[TGJB]

Must be time release, took a long time to kick in...

[big18741]

Funny thread but I have to interrupt.

Calvin Borel gets the mount on Ride On Curlin.

[covelj70]

JB,

did you win a big bet or something?

you are only this funny when something good happens

otherwise you are more grumpy!!!!!

[TGJB]

By the way-- my friend\'s dog is on Prozac. Seriously. It\'s the apocalypse.

Enough, I\'m going home.

[TGJB]

Yeah, giving the IRS lots of money puts me in a good mood.

I\'m punchy.

[FrankD.]

Not a Rosario fan here by any stretch of the imagination; I knocked him pretty good here 2 years ago when he came in for the Spa meet. He sucks on the turf courses and is very fond of the 4 path. In fact I named him wider than wide Mike!
Sorry P-Dub your guy is on a big time big race roll and riding like he did in the late 80\'s early 90\'s before his nasty spill that broke him up.

In the 40 years that I have been betting horses Cordero, Chavez and Joel are the 3 most aggressive riders out of the gate period. This guy guns, can rate them on the engine and will steal lots of races when he is far from the best.

Not an aggressive front end rider!!! WOW is all I can say to DAT !

Good luck,

Frank D.

[toppled]

One of the best gate riders I remember who didn\'t get much ink was George Martens.  In 1979 at Belmont there was a horse who had severe gate problems who was switching to Martens. (I think it was the last race opening day in May, trained by Nat Krone (sp?), but since it is 36 years ago I won\'t swear to the day or race)  I bet him with confidence & he didn\'t disappoint.  Whenever I saw a horse like that who was switching to Martens, I gave the horse some serious consideration.

[magicnight]

\"By the way-- my friend\'s dog is on Prozac. Seriously. It\'s the apocalypse.\"

Forget the Prozac. Marrow bones from Esposito\'s on Ninth Avenue got us through the winter.

[Silver Charm]

PVal in his prime....end of debate!!

[moosepalm]

It has been great reading this board lately.  I have learned that jockeys, surface, and pedigree can seemingly give one sufficient information to pick or dismiss a potential Derby winner.  Saves me $25 on the seminar.  Sorry JB.  More bad news on April 15.

[FrankD.]

Roger are you ready for opening day at Fingers on Friday!!!!!

[TreadHead]

For as much talk as we\'ve had about theories and opinions that involve gray areas, there couldn\'t be much more factually incorrect than this garbage about Rosario.

In 2011 he won his THIRD STRAIGHT riding titles at both Del Mar and HOL and his first riding title at SA.  Any assertion that he left Cali because he couldn\'t perform is laughably wrong.

[moosepalm]

FrankD. Wrote:
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> Roger are you ready for opening day at Fingers on
> Friday!!!!!


Frank, those 4 1/2 furlong races can be tricky, so I\'ll be focusing on the 6F routes.