tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23411101.post114623596577044924..comments2023-11-02T04:59:06.277-04:00Comments on The Bug Boys: Jorge ChavezBaloohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13545153702733450246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23411101.post-1147177558490420842006-05-09T08:25:00.000-04:002006-05-09T08:25:00.000-04:00I have a different image of "Chop Chop". It's an ...I have a different image of "Chop Chop". It's an ordinary weekday race and he'a ahead by five or six inside the sixteenth pole - and he's still banging away on the horse (and I had the horse so this is not sour grapes).ballyfagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946523913002020541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23411101.post-1146243530760075452006-04-28T12:58:00.000-04:002006-04-28T12:58:00.000-04:00I'll never forget that 2001 Derby call "Jorge Chav...I'll never forget that 2001 Derby call "Jorge Chavez gets busy on Monarchos," and then "he's pulling away by two, he's pulling away by three". And the big fisish: "Jorge Chaves atop the Kentucky Derby winner, Jorge Chavez ON TOP OF THE WORLD!!!!!"<BR/><BR/>I had Monarchos to win, the cold exacta, Invisible Ink to place, and a worth trifecta with Monarchos-Congaree-Invisible Ink. Cold. I didn't put IE in the 2 slot in that tri, which paid ~10k if memory serves. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for chop chop after that.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329697943812963362noreply@blogger.com