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07 Jun 2012 11:59 PM   |   2900 clicks   |   My Fox DC
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cmunic8r99    [TotalFark]  
Only 20-1?

07 Jun 2012 08:20 PM
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expobill     
img717.imageshack.us

08 Jun 2012 12:31 AM
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Representative of the unwashed masses     
cmunic8r99: Only 20-1?

It's not like it only has 3 legs or something. The headline would make you think it's a donkey or something.

08 Jun 2012 01:41 AM
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cptjeff     
Optimizer, who finished 11th in the Kentucky Derby (beaten by 12 lengths) and sixth in the Preakness (15-and-a-half lengths behind I'll Have Another)


doesn't think his colt is outclassed.


Yeah, 'bout that...

He has the pedigree

But apparently not much more than that. You got the rebellions stoner kid running, not the loyal kid imitating dad.

08 Jun 2012 02:06 AM
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Gosling     
The only reason anyone even gives a damn about the Belmont is that someone has already managed the first two legs of the Triple Crown. Nobody cares unless that's on the line.

08 Jun 2012 02:37 AM
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moodwalker     
Begs to differ.

www.nyra.com

08 Jun 2012 03:13 AM
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hurdboy    [TotalFark]  
If only there was something that could hold my interest to this story.....

08 Jun 2012 07:32 AM
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sephjnr     
I'll bet a TV, a gold tooth and someone's wooden leg.

sephjnr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

08 Jun 2012 08:07 AM
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LineNoise    [TotalFark]  
Gosling: The only reason anyone even gives a damn about the Belmont is that someone has already managed the first two legs of the Triple Crown. Nobody cares unless that's on the line.

I usually go to the Belmont (will be there tomorrow). Its about a 75,000 person difference between a tripple crown bid and non.

08 Jun 2012 08:10 AM
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Farkin' Uke     
Fark would have me believe that this horse is more popular and has more draw than the whole of Euro 2012?

/Nice 10 comment thread ya got here...
//Goes to mix a drink

08 Jun 2012 08:16 AM
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sephjnr     
Farkin' Uke: Fark would have me believe that this horse is more popular and has more draw than the whole of Euro 2012?

The horse will get farther than England will.

08 Jun 2012 08:21 AM
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MugzyBrown    [TotalFark]  
Are they going to gang up on I'll Have Another like they did to Smarty Jones to run him out of the race?

08 Jun 2012 08:31 AM
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skinink     
Just pump him full of lasix and let him run.

08 Jun 2012 08:36 AM
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Twist2005     
moodwalker: Begs to differ.

Who?

08 Jun 2012 08:55 AM
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LegacyDL     
So off to the glue factory then?

08 Jun 2012 08:56 AM
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CheatCommando     
Farkin' Uke: Fark would have me believe that this horse is more popular and has more draw than the whole of Euro 2012?

/Nice 10 comment thread ya got here...
//Goes to mix a drink


Horses are not nearly the annoying douches that soccer players (and fans) are.

08 Jun 2012 09:00 AM
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bark_atda_moon     
If I'll Have Another wins the Belmont will he be remembered as:

A) The underdog who proved everyone wrong and won it all

B) A decent horse who benefitted from the worst year for 3-year olds in racing history

C) Roid horse

08 Jun 2012 09:07 AM
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MAYORBOB     
What position is Sarah Jessica running?

08 Jun 2012 09:09 AM
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hurdboy    [TotalFark]  
bark_atda_moon: If I'll Have Another wins the Belmont will he be remembered as:

A) The underdog who proved everyone wrong and won it all

B) A decent horse who benefitted from the worst year for 3-year olds in racing history

C) Roid horse


D) All of the above.

08 Jun 2012 09:10 AM
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Mateorocks     
MugzyBrown: Are they going to gang up on I'll Have Another like they did to Smarty Jones to run him out of the race?

Count on it. Though, I'll Have Another seems to have good closing speed. I just don't see the other riders letting him come from behind again.

/Dullahan

08 Jun 2012 09:37 AM
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Carth     
Farkin' Uke: Fark would have me believe that this horse is more popular and has more draw than the whole of Euro 2012?

/Nice 10 comment thread ya got here...
//Goes to mix a drink


I didn't know horse racing was popular enough in the EU to have a whole tournament for it.

08 Jun 2012 09:38 AM
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Debeo Summa Credo     
CheatCommando: Farkin' Uke: Fark would have me believe that this horse is more popular and has more draw than the whole of Euro 2012?

/Nice 10 comment thread ya got here...
//Goes to mix a drink

Horses are not nearly the annoying douches that soccer players (and fans) are.


And they dont flop as much. Well, except for Barbaro but now that i think of it Barbaro sounds like a soccer players name.

08 Jun 2012 09:43 AM
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johnny queso     
had money on that nag in the derby. was drunk.

08 Jun 2012 10:23 AM
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animal900     
Hey bros, I have a cool story: There was a travelling fair (rides, games, etc) a few weekends ago on the parking lot of the local horse track. At the entrance there were some picketing workers on strike from the track with signs telling me how important horse racing was for the economy.

I'm not a union guy per se, I'm in one because I have to be, but I can see both sides of the argument when there's a labor dispute. Having said that, I can't even begin to muster up any interest whatsoever in the striking race track worker's cause.

Other than the morons in the big hats at the Kentucky Derby and the degenerates betting on the ponies, who actually gives a rat's ass about this crap?

08 Jun 2012 10:48 AM
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Khazar-Khum     
animal900: Hey bros, I have a cool story: There was a travelling fair (rides, games, etc) a few weekends ago on the parking lot of the local horse track. At the entrance there were some picketing workers on strike from the track with signs telling me how important horse racing was for the economy.

I'm not a union guy per se, I'm in one because I have to be, but I can see both sides of the argument when there's a labor dispute. Having said that, I can't even begin to muster up any interest whatsoever in the striking race track worker's cause.

Other than the morons in the big hats at the Kentucky Derby and the degenerates betting on the ponies, who actually gives a rat's ass about this crap?


People who love horses. People who enjoy watching athletes who aren't overpaid crybabies. And while they may have several babies by different mommas, the momma pays them, not the other way round.

08 Jun 2012 10:58 AM
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CheatCommando     
animal900: Other than the morons in the big hats at the Kentucky Derby and the degenerates betting on the ponies, who actually gives a rat's ass about this crap?

You did to comment on it.

08 Jun 2012 11:06 AM
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grinding_journalist     
hurdboy: bark_atda_moon: If I'll Have Another wins the Belmont will he be remembered as:

A) The underdog who proved everyone wrong and won it all

B) A decent horse who benefitted from the worst year for 3-year olds in racing history

C) Roid horse

D) The Horse from that damn Disney movie.

E) All of the above.


FTFY.

/you KNOW it'd happen

08 Jun 2012 11:12 AM
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animal900     
CheatCommando: animal900: Other than the morons in the big hats at the Kentucky Derby and the degenerates betting on the ponies, who actually gives a rat's ass about this crap?

You did to comment on it.


My comment was more about how the people on strike think they have any kind of leverage, like ambulance drivers or teachers. If horse racing went away tomorrow, it would have a very small effect on society.

08 Jun 2012 11:25 AM
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Gosling     
Khazar-Khum: People who enjoy watching athletes who aren't overpaid crybabies

Athletes who compete only if they feel like it, have to be plied with girls all the way to the starting block, compete in the biggest race of their careers maybe five or six races into their career, and if they win, they get to retire to a life of constant sex where they can essentially auction off their seed.

08 Jun 2012 11:31 AM
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StRalphTheLiar    [TotalFark]  
And now ESPN is reporting he won't run in the Belmont.

08 Jun 2012 11:38 AM
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H31N0US     
StRalphTheLiar: And now ESPN is reporting he won't run in the Belmont.

He got all itchy

08 Jun 2012 11:39 AM
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Mateorocks     
Dammit.

08 Jun 2012 11:40 AM
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Gosling     
And now I don't care. Toodles, horse racing, see you next Derby.

08 Jun 2012 11:42 AM
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johnny queso     
the folks at espn must still keep a very close eye on dan patrick.

08 Jun 2012 11:46 AM
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MugzyBrown    [TotalFark]  
johnny queso: the folks at espn must still keep a very close eye on dan patrick.

They're the only ones

08 Jun 2012 11:52 AM
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johnny queso     
MugzyBrown: johnny queso: the folks at espn must still keep a very close eye on dan patrick.

They're the only ones


them and i, i suppose.

08 Jun 2012 11:55 AM
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m1ke     
Aww man I was looking forward to this race. Now I'll probably just watch a re-run of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader competition.

08 Jun 2012 12:33 PM
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