Irwin and Romans word battle
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This is great for the sport, we need more interaction like this between trainers and so forth.
Team Valor Internationals Barry Irwin (left), the outspoken owner of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, was the first to throw down the gauntlet in advance of Saturdays showdown with Shackleford, saying he wasnt worried at all about the rematch with the Preakness winner in the Belmont Stakes.
Im not concerned at all about Shackleford, said Irwin at Tuesdays Belmont Stakes Media Luncheon at 620 Loft & Garden at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Mucho Macho Man is the horse Im worried about.
Trainer Dale Romans, who saddled Shackleford to a half-length victory over the Derby winner at Pimlico, was quick to fire back.
Thats not the dumbest thing that Barry's ever said, but its close, Romans said.
Irwin also hinted at an unorthodox summer campaign for Animal Kingdom.
After the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders Cup Classic would be a long-term goal at the end of the year, he said. But I have my own idea of how to get there that wouldn't include the Haskell or the Travers.
To which Romans responded: Ill meet Animal Kingdom on any track, at any distance.
--NYRA notes
Team Valor Internationals Barry Irwin (left), the outspoken owner of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, was the first to throw down the gauntlet in advance of Saturdays showdown with Shackleford, saying he wasnt worried at all about the rematch with the Preakness winner in the Belmont Stakes.
Im not concerned at all about Shackleford, said Irwin at Tuesdays Belmont Stakes Media Luncheon at 620 Loft & Garden at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Mucho Macho Man is the horse Im worried about.
Trainer Dale Romans, who saddled Shackleford to a half-length victory over the Derby winner at Pimlico, was quick to fire back.
Thats not the dumbest thing that Barry's ever said, but its close, Romans said.
Irwin also hinted at an unorthodox summer campaign for Animal Kingdom.
After the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders Cup Classic would be a long-term goal at the end of the year, he said. But I have my own idea of how to get there that wouldn't include the Haskell or the Travers.
To which Romans responded: Ill meet Animal Kingdom on any track, at any distance.
--NYRA notes
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I would LOVE to see Animal Kingdom @ the Secretariat this year for million day.