Horse of the Year Crowd Falls Short

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Brooke — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:09:33 GMT

This was my second consecutive Woodward and it was thrilling. But I did notice more people showed up Sunday for the crappy cooler bags than for Curlin. Gotta love racing fans!

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JordanA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:19:02 GMT

Vic, will miss your stories about Saratoga, didn't get to attend this year due to my injury. Of course you too got bit by the Draynay bug. Never misses a chance to diss Curlin and therefore think he's hyping BB.

Sadly I think the ecomomy has the most to do with the decline in attendance, isn't it down overall for the meet, and those of us who actually attend the races know how expensive it is in Saratoga and Del Mar. Of course the rain didn't help either. We'll hope for bigger and better things next year and connections of a horse that we can all love as much as we like the horse itself. Plus one that will grace us with it's presence at the race that Draynay declared unimportant, The Travers.

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Clay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:42:49 GMT

Curlin ran as fast as he had to to win. Again he had too much ground to make up to catch the leader. When you run against 1&1/8th mile horses you get into a different kind of horse. Curlin is a 1&1/4 mile horse and Asmussen says that is his favorite distance. Also Curlin does better later in the year when he doesn't have so much time between races. Curlin is a grinder who beats horses on sheer stamina. But this race is very comparable to BB's Haskell in the fact that that both horses had to reach down in their gut to win, and ran into a horse that was giving their A game at that time.

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Draynay — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:15:08 GMT

It was nice to see Curlin run but he did not perform all that well. He had to struggle to catch a horse that has never won anything and only beat him by a length. Delta Sea in the first race that day ran in a 20k claiming race and finished the last 8th of a mile faster than Curlin did.

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Bellwether — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:45:41 GMT

Brian, it's people like you that will help us bring our National Treasure back to the top...thank all of you...GO CURLIN & PEPPERS PRIDE!!!

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fast eddie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:21:05 GMT

Curlin did it again! I love it. And its not always about how the horse did it, sometimes its about just getting it done. Please, Please race in Kentucky again Curlin!!!

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Householder — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:53:42 GMT

Culin's last 1/8 was 13 seconds...if he ran this in Dubai Well Armed would have outran him. I hope he is heading in the right direction but it does not look like he will meet either Well Armed or Go Between again this year.

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Luvthehorses — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:38:03 GMT

Wish I could have been there.

Curlin is beautiful and very

much loved.

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Clay — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:50:28 GMT

I agree Bellweather. The economic strain is tough on the regulars. If I can play the races just once a month I find that it takes cutting back on something just for the privilege to go. And if you happen to lose, like I did Saturday, the cutting back intensifies, and hampers the chance that I may return anytime soon. Most of the time I just like to watch them run, but its impossible when you don't have the programming in your area.

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Brian A. — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:38:05 GMT

I went to the Woodward this year and was not dissapointed at all. Curlin definetely delivered. Not as big as everyone was expecting for sure, but it was still very exciting, I screamed myself practically hoarse rooting him home!! This is the horse that got me hooked on racing last year when I was 19, and since that time I've been able to "convert" at least 15 different people my own age into fans of his. People that weren't even really aware of horse racing before, now they all watch every single Curlin race, and look for updates on him online. He's an amazing symbol for the sport, and definitely able to generate great excitement with the next generation. Go CURLIN!!

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Bellwether — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:00:21 GMT

you have to be a promotor if you want the people to come...Governor Patterson told them that & Bellwether has been telling em for five years...good crowd considering the the hard times for reg. people...Long Live The Dirt!!!