Smarty Jones goes for the Triple Crown Thread

I have been waiting for a long long time for the chance to see a horse win the Triple Crown and Smarty Jones is right on the verge of doing it. I hope he does. Although Secretariat is a horse he was certainly one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century (have you SEEN the videos? All the other horses got served). It would be cool to be able to see a horse of Secretariat's caliber in my lifetime.

Triple Crown discussion goes here. I just hope the airing of the Belmont isnt pre-empted by pretentious reporters babbling endlessly over Reagan's death.

Who owns the horse?

If Smarty doesn't win the Belmont, he's gonna turn into a cheesesteak.

g0zen: two people named Roy and Pat Chapman. Elderly folks, they is.

The horse almost died in a gate accident and then rose through the ranks in Arkansas (most horses go to New York or California). He's not a Bob Baffert horse or anything like that.

i'm watching

No dice. Birdstone won. Too bad.

Shame, I think most everyone wanted to see Smarty win.

i couldn't believe it when Birdstone came on so fast in the last stretch, he did great. Too bad for Smarty Jones.

Glue it is then.

I watched it, too bad. The other horse came from out of nowhere and was taking off when they crossed the finish line.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

Glue it is then.

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God dammit, as a former rider and still horse enthusiast, that pisses me off. I know it happens and I can't stand it.


Pity, though. Triple Crown seems almost unattainable.

I was eating dinner with my folks at Smokey Bones when we saw it on the TV. Can't believe it ended like that. The bar was going nuts and then slowly fading into sounds of disappointment. Sucked.

the announcer jinxed it, he was calling Smarty Jones the first triple crown winner in years before the race was even over.

I watched this at a friends house and couldnt believe how that Birdstone horse came out of nowhere to win this thing.

I honestly thought that Rock Hard Ten was going to take it. That horse looked extremely pissed off before the race started, and was trying to kick the rider off and kick anyone that got anywhere near it.I dont watch many horse races, but Ive never seen one act like that.Assumed that it would take all of that agression and haul ass to win the race....well either that or jump into the crowd and fuck some shit up :D

Birdstone is like Leon.

The bitch shows up whenever he feels like it.

For anyone that wants to see the video of it. You can check it out at www.espn.com

Aww... Smarty was from a town around here, I believe.

Oh well.