I Told You So.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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1. Nick Kling says:
   02 Apr 2008  at  10:13 am | #
   
   Congratulations on your early assessment of Curlin. No matter whether a person is a writer, handicapper, bettor, or fan, being correct in this sport is not easy.
   
   However, I would caution against using absolutes like "only" and "before anyone else." Unless you have read every paper and website, or listened to every talk show, you are speculating. For example, we had a caller to our OTB show "Trackfacts" who predicted similar things. Whether he did it before or after the Arkansas Derby, I can't recall.
   
   Horse Race Insider has received frequent comments from a gentleman named Wendell Corrow. Mr. Corrow likes to use absolutes -- "never," "always," et al, which reveal that he is not as well-read as he believes and exposes a lack of humility which does not become him.
   
   Having an opinion is a great and glorious thing. Asserting that you alone are correct is not. I would humbly suggest when Vice-President Cheney recently responded, "So?" to a question about the many Americans who oppose the war in Iraq, he exposed an unseemly arrogance.
   
   Almost everyone craves acceptance for their work. Success is always sweeter when it was predicted beforehand. I recall having a similar feeling to yours about Curlin when Mahogany Hall won the 1996 Whitney at Saratoga. The newspaper for which I was working at the time had chosen to headline my column about the race with "Bet It All on Mahogany Hall." When the longshot horse won I violated the unwritten rule about no rooting in the press box. Cashing a bet had nothing to do with it.
   
   Nevertheless, experience has taught me that I know better than anyone else when I've nailed it, whether it is my racing work, or the prose and poetry I write in my spare time. Satisfaction like that needs no validation from others. And saying "I told you so" only sullies the achievement.
   
   
2. Nick Kling says:
   02 Apr 2008  at  10:14 am | #
   
   Congratulations on your early assessment of Curlin. No matter whether a person is a writer, handicapper, bettor, or fan, being correct in this sport is not easy.
   
   However, I would caution against using absolutes like "only" and "before anyone else." Unless you have read every paper and website, or listened to every talk show, you are speculating. For example, we had a caller to our OTB show "Trackfacts" who predicted similar things. Whether he did it before or after the Arkansas Derby, I can't recall.
   
   Horse Race Insider has received frequent comments from a gentleman named Wendell Corrow. Mr. Corrow likes to use absolutes -- "never," "always," et al, which reveal that he is not as well-read as he believes and exposes a lack of humility which does not become him.
   
   Having an opinion is a great and glorious thing. Asserting that you alone are correct is not. I would humbly suggest when Vice-President Cheney recently responded, "So?" to a question about the many Americans who oppose the war in Iraq, he exposed an unseemly arrogance.
   
   Almost everyone craves acceptance for their work. Success is always sweeter when it was predicted beforehand. I recall having a similar feeling to yours about Curlin when Mahogany Hall won the 1996 Whitney at Saratoga. The newspaper for which I was working at the time had chosen to headline my column about the race with "Bet It All on Mahogany Hall." When he won I violated the unwritten rule about no rooting in the press box. Cashing a bet had nothing to do with it.
   
   Nevertheless, experience has taught me that I know better than anyone else when I've nailed it, whether it be my racing work, or the prose and poetry I write in my spare time. Satisfaction like that needs no validation from others. And saying "I told you so" only sullies the achievement.
   
   
3. Nick says:
   04 Apr 2008  at  04:39 pm | #
   
   Congratulations on your early assessment of Curlin. No matter whether a person is a writer, handicapper, bettor, or fan, being correct in this sport is not easy.
   
   
   However, I would caution against using absolutes like "only" and "before anyone else." Unless you have read every paper and website, or listened to every talk show, you are speculating. For example, we had a caller to our OTB show "Trackfacts" who predicted similar things. Whether he did it before or after the Arkansas Derby, I can't recall.
   
   Horse Race Insider has received frequent comments from a gentleman named Wendell Corrow. Mr. Corrow likes to use absolutes -- "never," "always," et al, which reveal that he is not as well-read as he believes and exposes a lack of humility which does not become him.
   
   Having an opinion is a great and glorious thing. Asserting that you alone are correct is not. I would humbly suggest when Vice-President Cheney recently responded, "So?" to a question about the many Americans who oppose the war in Iraq, he exposed an unseemly arrogance.
   
   Almost everyone craves acceptance for their work. Success is always sweeter when it was predicted beforehand. I recall having a similar feeling to yours about Curlin when Mahogany Hall won the 1996 Whitney at Saratoga. The newspaper for which I was working at the time had chosen to headline my column about the race with "Bet It All on Mahogany Hall." When he won I violated the unwritten rule about no rooting in the press box. Cashing a bet had nothing to do with it.
   
   Nevertheless, experience has taught me that I know better than anyone else when I've nailed it, whether it be my racing work, or the prose and poetry I write in my spare time. Satisfaction like that needs no validation from others. And saying "I told you so" only sullies the achievement.
   
   

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