OT: Justify wins the Preakness.
the same training group as American Pharoah? I thought I read that earlier today. I don't follow horse racing much.
Is Justify a mudder?
Was his mudder a mudder? How about his fadder???
And I have but one upvote to give.
What kind of loathsome, offensive brute downvotes The Kramer?
Larry Colmas is really, really good.
It's Larry "Collmus" and yes, he's "really, really good", as his calls of the 2018 Kentucky Derby and Preakness in miserable weather conditions have shown!
Here's one of his most memorable calls:
Thank you for that.
Well, you know with how the weather played out for the Kentucky Derby and The Preakness, it's going to be an absolutely beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, day on Long Island in three weeks for the Belmont!
both the surface (known as Big Sandy) and the distance 1.5 miles on the dirt, a distance rarely run in North America (turf races at that distance are more common).
Being gassed at the end of 1 3/16 miles does not necessarily mean that 1.5 miles will be tougher. It is all about pace. Not surprisingly the Belmont is usually run at a slower pace. Let's say you go through the half at 47.5 seconds in the Derby or Preakness (this year's Derby was actually 45 seconds and change. If you go through the half in the Belmont at say 49 seconds the horses are far less gassed. A rule of thumb is that each second equals 5 lengths for a thoroughbred. So if you go a second and a half slower- that is 15 lengths!
Usually the horse with the highest "cruising speed" wins the Belmont if they are fit and take to the surface. I'd give Justify a 50-50 chance subject to who decided to enter the race in opposition.
You're right, that's was must see! Thanks. That horse coming on like a feight train at the end was also incredible.Good thing that race wasn't another 20 yards. Justify ran a perfect race.
Test that horse! He might just have Apple Pie in his system.