Justify

Squeaky · Fri May 18, 2018 7:56 pm

Impressed with Bob’s Spanish. I wonder how many trainers who are non- native speaking also speak Spanish?

katmandu · Fri May 18, 2018 7:59 pm

Big Ten wrote:http://www.tmz.com/2018/05/18/bob-baffe ... o-pharoah/

We got Baffert at LAX earlier this week, and he told our camera guy the Triple Crown winner isn't in Justify's company at all, because Baffert -- who trained both horses -- thinks Justify is better.

"He's a superior horse," Bob says. "And he's come really quick. He's done it a little bit quicker than Pharoah."

Gads, consider the source. BB did NOT say Justify was a better horse than AP, the "he's a superior horse" is what he's said all along about the horse and is not relative to AP, but to racehorses in general. And yeah, he's done it "quicker" than AP, because, ummm, he didn't start at 2. But it's not in the context that he did it quicker than AP because he's a better horse.

And to think some people suck this stuff up with a straw.

Starine · Fri May 18, 2018 8:00 pm

Ballerina wrote:Justify wins tomorrow and he wins the Belmont. The knowing gut says so.

From your mouth to God's ears.

Treve · Fri May 18, 2018 8:39 pm

Kurenai wrote:You can hold his beer Ballerina, I hold the mic I can drop for him once he crosses the finish line tomorrow.

Not too sure about the Belmont though to be honest, while I can't think of any horse in particular that is able to beat him quality wise, I still don't know how he will do if he has to run longer and I also fear that with the frequent races now he might lose his head a bit and then get cooked in a speed duel in the Belmont (sort of what happened to Smarty Jones). On the other hand.... American Pharoah did just fine winning it wire to wire. Anyway, let's get over the Preakness hurdle first.

Every TC winner has done so winning their Belmont wire to wire, as an interesting bit of history/trends.

Ballerina · Fri May 18, 2018 8:54 pm

Starine wrote:
Ballerina wrote:Justify wins tomorrow and he wins the Belmont. The knowing gut says so.
From your mouth to God's ears.

More like the other way around. might not be God; however. Possibly Scat Daddy

stark · Fri May 18, 2018 9:40 pm

Squeaky wrote:Impressed with Bob’s Spanish. I wonder how many trainers who are non- native speaking also speak Spanish?

Probably similar to the restaurant business, the backstretch requires it from management.

MySaladDays · Sat May 19, 2018 1:06 am

Squeaky wrote:Impressed with Bob’s Spanish. I wonder how many trainers who are non- native speaking also speak Spanish?

Most know quite a bit of spanish, esp. if they were in the QH world for a while, or they also come from both breeding and training backgrounds. There's a lot of personnel on farms, and on the backside, and you hve to be able to talk to them. Baffert has a huge number of Mexican and Latin American workers ....

Cash Asmussen speaks FLUENT Spanish and French, as well as English. Michelle Nihei speaks fluent spanish, many others I have heard .... I bet most do.

Flanders · Sat May 19, 2018 6:12 am

What he actually said was "He's a superior horse, just like American Pharoah." Meaning he is a superior to other horses, not AP.

ThreeMustangs · Sat May 19, 2018 9:06 pm

I''m just going to enjoy this win and not worry about the Belmont right now. That was a brave race by a heckuva horse who has done something unprecedented.

ThreeMustangs · Sat May 19, 2018 9:06 pm

I''m just going to enjoy this win and not worry about the Belmont right now. That was a brave race by a heckuva horse who has done something unprecedented.

ThreeMustangs · Sat May 19, 2018 9:06 pm

I''m just going to enjoy this win and not worry about the Belmont right now. That was a brave race by a heckuva horse who has done something unprecedented.

stark · Sat May 19, 2018 9:17 pm

ThreeMustangs wrote:I''m just going to enjoy this win and not worry about the Belmont right now. That was a brave race by a heckuva horse who has done something unprecedented.

Amen.

katmandu · Sat May 19, 2018 9:18 pm

ThreeMustangs wrote:I''m just going to enjoy this win and not worry about the Belmont right now. That was a brave race by a heckuva horse who has done something unprecedented.

Apparently your 3 mustangs are all of the same mind. . .

Somnambulist · Sat May 19, 2018 9:19 pm

If you aren't being masochistic then I have to question how much of a fan you guys really are...

CoronadosQuest · Sat May 19, 2018 9:39 pm

https://twitter.com/DRFRusso/status/997992131821211648

Here is Justify on the way back to the stakes barn after the Preakness.

Here he was before the race

https://twitter.com/Brisnet/status/997971547867484161

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat May 19, 2018 9:46 pm

I can't view either video.
Twitter being very 'if ya not signed up, fahgeddaboutit'.

LostADream · Sat May 19, 2018 10:44 pm

Love seeing him dancing back to the barn while the armchair trainers and vets are posting that he's exhausted, gutted, nose dragging on the ground. Someone forgot to run that script by him.

stark · Sat May 19, 2018 10:49 pm

LostADream wrote:Love seeing him dancing back to the barn while the armchair trainers and vets are posting that he's exhausted, gutted, nose dragging on the ground. Someone forgot to run that script by him.

The end, bingo, we have a winner, congrats!!!

Ballerina · Sat May 19, 2018 10:52 pm

LostADream wrote:Love seeing him dancing back to the barn while the armchair trainers and vets are posting that he's exhausted, gutted, nose dragging on the ground. Someone forgot to run that script by him.

Baffert talked about his quick recovery time.

Somnambulist · Sat May 19, 2018 10:52 pm

You were both encouraged by that finish?

I'm not sure who is saying their opinion is fact. Its merely speculation. A lot of us here and in general have experience in and around horses.

It's this level of haha all the questioners are so wrong that make it difficult to want this horse to do well. It's racing. This sport is not kind to fairy tales.