Patience Is Shah's Virtue - by Eric Mitchell

re: Patience Is Shah's Virtue - by Eric Mitchell

TXLonghorn — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:40:52 GMT

I don't think it's particularly accurate or fair to say Shah's horses just started winning, either. I'm not a fan of Baffert, but dang... There's very seldom any moderation on here. Either someone is a blessed saint or a boil on the backside of humanity. Man, why do we have to be so damn vehement in our opinions of people we have never met and know very little about?

I enjoyed the article, and it is consistent with Mr. Shah's reputation - as I've heard it presented - in the industry.

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Ekuestrian Sarawak — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 05:03:15 GMT

As a former owner and trainer, I commend Kaleem Shah for his way of being the owner and his passion for TB racing. As for his choice of Bob Baffert as his trainer, well, any owner have his/her own preference and by the way, Bob Baffert is not a bad trainer as some people assume he is.

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EJMitchellKy — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:23:12 GMT

DaniG, I don't think it is accurate to say Shah's horses suddenly started winning. Fed Biz has been a stakes winner since 2012 and won his first graded stakes (San Fernando S., gr. II) in January 2013. He would go on in 2013 to win the Pat O'Brien Stakes (gr. II) in track-record time (7f, 1:21.12). So the horses has been showing talent for awhile but definitely needs space between races. He made eight starts in 2013. His start in the San Diego was his first start of the year. As for Bayern, he's a 3YO and made his first start of the year in January. Bayern also showed ability relatively early, placing third in the Arkansas Derby (gr. I). It is not as if they were $15,000 claimers a couple of months ago and suddenly started winning stakes.

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DaniG — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:36:50 GMT

If he cared so much about his horses he WOULDN'T have them in Baffert's Barn. I don't buy any of it for a second. His horses weren't winning a few months ago & all of sudden are. Are they on the thyroid program, too? Really not impressed.

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anna12 — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:57:58 GMT

horses come first with him, if he raced his horses like that, he would've retired take control, the first foal of azeri, who broke down after a career of injuries, over urging baffert to train him for the bc marathon.

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JlvsZnytt — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:26:44 GMT

Got to love his attitude to his horses.

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smarie — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:28:15 GMT

Kaleem Shah is a prime example of someone who doesn't see horses as cash cows only. He loves them and cares about them. I admire him for this and I wish him well with his racing stable.

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Donut Jimmy — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:47:41 GMT

Nice to see this approach rewarded.