Smarty Jones

[Ken King]

No Triple Crown here. Caught and overtaken by Birdstone in the last 100 yards.

 

[mainman]

I thought for sure SJ was gonna pull it off to be the 12th TC winner..

 

[Sharon]

Smarty still walked home with $11 mil+ ...not bad.

 

[vraiblonde]

That's why I hate horse and dog racing. Your guy is out in front and some ham n' egger comes out of nowhere and slips right by him.

 

[dems4me]

Originally posted by Ken King
No Triple Crown here. Caught and overtaken by Birdstone in the last 100 yards.

I felt bad for SJ because he was coming out of the last gate and had to burn energy to go to the front and then the inside track and then stay there. At the end I thought I was nice that people were still giving SJ his props even though he lost. Then it became annoying... the winner should not have to apologize, the owners should not have to apologize.... they acted like they killed SJ or something... they just won a race... my friends also said they thought everyone was overly apologetic and still focused on SJ after the race than they did Birdstone. JMO :shrug: