I'm tired of racing against humans who give me no competition - I think horses would make for tougher competitors. I would like to enter the Preakness. I understand the prize is 1.5 million and think I have a shot at it.
Can a human race in the Preakness
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Do you identify as a stallion?
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There was a kid in Texas named L.G.Dupree he lived on a ranch just outside El Paso. Story goes he ran with his horses and dogs, had the nickname "Long Gone" Dupree, talking early 40's here. He was winning all the races from the 50 to the 800m in west Texas, and more than once beat a horse at 100 yards, story goes he was running sub 9.0 times. Many times he'd show up at a local track meet he did have a rep and was well known. Nobody ever saw the kid lose, it just didn't happen.
Being the war was going on he had to skip college for the Army, there his "Long Gone" rep was well known so he became a messenger which meant running from battalion to battalion with info.
Dupree did survive the war but had to give up running messenges because of an injury he sustain on his last tour of duty off the coast of Germany, who put that mine there?
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Bill Diesel wrote:
Do you identify as a stallion?
I identify as Colt Mustang Stallone.
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Preak fitness wrote:
Bill Diesel wrote:
Do you identify as a stallion?
I identify as Colt Mustang Stallone.
In that case. Yes you can!
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Bill Diesel wrote:
Do you identify as a stallion?
Better yet, enter as a filly.
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The Preakness is for three-year-olds only. So I figure you are past the qualification age for Preakness competition. Sorry to break it to you.
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Bill Diesel wrote:
Do you identify as a stallion?
You know that joke about the guy making the horse cry by showing it his manhood?
<-------------- Actual true story about this guy
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M.C. Confusing wrote:
The Preakness is for three-year-olds only. So I figure you are past the qualification age for Preakness competition. Sorry to break it to you.
Also you have to be registered as a thoroughbred.
Nonsense. I'll tell them I'm entering as a master.
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I'm too busy training for the preakness for your games. A million and a half is on the line here.
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No. They don't call me Mustang for nothing.
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No, no you can't.
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coach wrote:
Bill Diesel wrote:
Do you identify as a stallion?
Better yet, enter as a filly.
A filly from Philly.
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be s7egeg wrote:
No, no you can't.
Boring. Try harder next time.
My dad who is well connected and has the ear of the mayor of Baltimore has been on the phone with a race director. I think they're going to let me run.
They aren't giving me the best odds, but I have a feeling. If you want to waste your money gambling on a horse, that's on you. Its really exciting because a college coach from San Antonio is going to come up to watch. This could lead to a full ride scholarship.
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A human could have a fair chance against a horse at the 1 to 2 mile distance if it was cross country with the right sort of obstacles. Rocks, pits, holes, fences, things horses tend to balk at or have to move carefully.
This used to be very important in war if your infantry wanted an escape route from cavalry.00 -
Deno wrote:
There was a kid in Texas named L.G.Dupree he lived on a ranch just outside El Paso. Story goes he ran with his horses and dogs, had the nickname "Long Gone" Dupree, talking early 40's here. He was winning all the races from the 50 to the 800m in west Texas, and more than once beat a horse at 100 yards, story goes he was running sub 9.0 times. Many times he'd show up at a local track meet he did have a rep and was well known. Nobody ever saw the kid lose, it just didn't happen.
Being the war was going on he had to skip college for the Army, there his "Long Gone" rep was well known so he became a messenger which meant running from battalion to battalion with info.
Dupree did survive the war but had to give up running messenges because of an injury he sustain on his last tour of duty off the coast of Germany, who put that mine there?
'bout the only thing you got right was his nickname.
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Bad Wigins wrote:
A human could have a fair chance against a horse at the 1 to 2 mile distance if it was cross country with the right sort of obstacles. Rocks, pits, holes, fences, things horses tend to balk at or have to move carefully.
This used to be very important in war if your infantry wanted an escape route from cavalry.
Uh hmm. Anti horse tactics involved caltrops, pits, deploying on rough terrain. I won't be making any modifications to the track though. I have a felling the horses will get nervous and go for super shoes like the vaporfly.
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Had to believe but true.
High school kid Frank Lombardi false started the100yard dash at the1928 Cali champs, so he had to move back a yard. At the gun he's gone, would stop the watchs at 9.6 to tie the then world record for 100 yards, but......this was 101 yards so Frank Lombardi will always hold the 101 yard dash world record at 9.6.
No mention of racing a horse, actually after 1928 we never heard from Lombardi again, yep....poof!!!!
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