Outsports » Injury http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog Jock Talk Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Big Brown out, Casino Drive in http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2008/10/15/big-brown-out-casino-drive-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-brown-out-casino-drive-in http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2008/10/15/big-brown-out-casino-drive-in/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:32:12 +0000 Patricia Nell Warren http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=2201

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We horse lovers who have worried about Big Brown continuing to race on that problematical hoof can now breathe easy.  The other day, the colt was pulled from preparation for the Breeders Cup Classic and officially retired to stud.  The reason: a flukey new injury during a work, when a hind hoof clipped the back of a front [...]

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]]> We horse lovers who have worried about Big Brown continuing to race on that problematical hoof can now breathe easy.  The other day, the colt was pulled from preparation for the Breeders Cup Classic and officially retired to stud.  The reason: a flukey new injury during a work, when a hind hoof clipped the back of a front hoof– he has a very long stride.  The injury  is not serious, but it will take 2-3 months to heal, and the stallion deal with Three Chimneys Farms calls for BB to be delivered in December.  So the decision to retire him was clear.  Hopefully he has a long and good life, rolling in clover and doing what stallions love to do.

Meanwhile, this early scratch leaves the $5 million Breeders Cup Classic without the long-hyped duel between Big Brown and Curlin.  The meet needed a shot in the arm.  Like everything else, the racing game has been kicked hard by the market crisis, showing a decline in bets and purses.  But Curlin may well face another threat on October 25.  The Japanese-owned colt Casino Drive has come to town for the Classic, and he’s on a roll.  He may not have Curlin’s experience, but he’s got a blazing turn of foot. — Patricia Nell Warren

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So much for 32-0. I’ve gotten at least 15 emails and text messages of condolences from friends figuring I must be crying in my apartment at the thought of a Patriots season without Tom Brady. I’d certainly love him to be there, with a legit shot of winning a fourth Lombardi Trophy and a chance [...]

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]]> So much for 32-0. I’ve gotten at least 15 emails and text messages of condolences from friends figuring I must be crying in my apartment at the thought of a Patriots season without Tom Brady. I’d certainly love him to be there, with a legit shot of winning a fourth Lombardi Trophy and a chance to run the consecutive regular season wins record into the stratosphere.

But you know, I’m just not that bummed. It’s the same reason I wasn’t too disappointed about the Super Bowl loss in February. For a lifelong Patriots fan, the last seven years have been unbelievable. Truly, unbelievable. They’ve done virtually everything imaginable in football in those seven years. And yeah, I want to see them do more with Brady at the helm. But with such success has come stress. With solid teams like the Colts and Steelers and Chargers chasing them down every year, each game is potentially do-or-die. Now, with no expectations, every win will be a bonus. With three Super Bowl championships, a 16-0 regular season and a record-breaking offense in recent years, I’m kind of looking forward to cheering for an underdog for the first time in a long time.

Personally, I think the Pats will fall somewhere between 8-8 and 11-5 this year. They are one of very few teams that can potentially survive something like this because of their coaching and attitude. Hey, they’re 1-0, which is more than you can say for the Colts and Chargers . . .

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