total agreement fella
horses today are considered far superior to even 5-10 years ago
but they cant go to Delaware and race 2 heats ??
they feel the need to baby these 3 yr olds late in the season
but the same owners /trainers blast the shit out of them in june/july of their 2 yr old season
like it or not the jug is the only place the sport gets 40,000 people to watch the races
it should be more of a festival of racing spread over more days having al the best horses there  for at least 3 days
the sport continually shots itself in the foot

Many years ago, you had no Pepsi North America Cup and Breeders Crown, so the Messenger, and the Jug were go to races for the money.  Priorities have changed.  More bigger races yield more competition coming out of the woodwork.  It's easy to map out a schedule of big races, actually racing them all is a more difficult thing to accomplish!

Not to diminish your list, but let's be honest, the average person is most concerned in how their investments are doing no matter who you support.

LIWP, I agree about people being most concerned about their investments, but only around half of Americans have investments.   The rest are concerned about how far their dollar goes, are the streets safe, is my welfare check on time etc.    Priorities are very much reflective of socio economic status. 

Thanks sweet.  My horizontals suck. I should only post verticals. Good luck todat

It's really nonsense that these Top horses donot show up at the

Jug..

They need their "Blankee" cause the HMT and (2) heats

too tough..


Beau Jangles impressed me until someone mentioned he was

basically a Canada Sire Stakes horse...and now skipped

the Pace in NJ.....If he is a No Show in Jug....it will be

a writeoff horse.

Cant sit at home beating weaker.....in Sire Stakes

padding your earnings..

and this was the Horse of the Year in our sport ??

Great horse...so lets see him race!!!!!

"Your" out?  I think "you are" out of your fucking mind with stupidity writing like a fifth grade dropout.

I'm not crazy about some of the things that are said or go on here but that's to be expected on a chat board. Nobody forces you to come on here, if you don't like what's being said, then either ignore it or take a powder. Coming on here to brag about this and that doesn't fly well nor does coming on here to attack or discredit another person. If you can't take the heat, then take a hike.