Hey! I picked LAL and Goldikova!!!!:D

You're right she sucks. Since you're a real fan and expert you'll find something else to marvel at and rejoice in. Me, I'll trudge along with 19 for 19 and 5 second final 16th's.

Nice looking animal … but not sure what was so impressive about the NY-bred yesterday.

Allowed to run by himself thru slow early splits

Yeah, that was awesome.

He'll probably turn back into FC at CD…

It's a hell of a lot more impressive than Pepper's Pride - that's for sure.

Pepper's Pride was never even quick enough to get to the early at the first call in any of her races against New Mexico breds... which probably helped her go 19-for-19 more than anything else.

Basically, Pepper's Pride wasn't fast enough to ever get involved in any duels - and because her competition was so horrid - she merely needed to bide her time and wear them down.

Sacred Kingdom, who nearly died from colic earlier this year, making his triumphant return to Sha Tin. He won the Sha Tin Sprint Trophy.

Ultra Fantasy, 8 year old Hong Kong Raider, showing the Japanese once again that they can compete on the highest level by winning the Sprinters Stakes in a shocker.

Zipping. Grand old man who showed the kids how it's done by winning the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Nine years old... he beat a field comprised of I-can't-even-count-how-many multiple G1 winners. The field included Shocking, Shoot Out, Metal Bender, Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracey, Monaco Consul... shall I continue?

Better Than Ever, the Singapore sensation, who remains undefeated. 11 starts, 11 wins... a hard-fought edition of the G1 Kranji Mile. His 7 year old stablemate, the very popular Waikato, almost did it this time but he prevailed in a heart stopper.

... and of course the champions Goldikova, Zenyatta and Katie Lee. I just figured they get a lot of attention and these old guys? The racing world is lucky to have these old men. :tro:

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Where did I say sucks?

Come home times are exceptionally fast in synthetic races out West - especially when the early pace is so slow.

Here's a 13.54 final 1/8th from her when she had a fast pace in front of her ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOz9P...eature=related

Dude, be fair... she beat Hang Glide.:p

Seriously I liked Pepper's Pride (for what she was and for what she did... in her home state) but WHY CAN'T THEY STOP?

She shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Citation, etc.,

I can't believe TVG et al have her listed on their visuals

Ridiculous.

He was probably the guy who was sending in death threats to Rinterval.

Friggen Rinterval has lost 20 out of her last 21 races ... she got smoked at Presque Isle - of all the horses to recieve death threats.

You didn't say sucks. I did. I'm probably a little overprotective of the queen. Sorry.

Pepper's Pride would have been a high priced claimer if she didn't have her New Mexico bred status. She was good enough to eventually get through her alw conditions on a middling to decent circuit - and would have eventually been running for 32K to 50K claiming tags.

She's the greatest female synthetic horse of all-time as far as I'm concerned.

Better than even Nashoba's Key, St. Trinians, Informed Decision, Ventura etc.

She's probably the best North American based synthetic horse ever male or female as well.

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She would have been a Superstar in any era on any surfaces. Her races at Oaklawn were also dominant.

I wasn't at all impressed with her Apple Blossom win this year. Her '08 AB win was solid - but nothing really special. She gets another chance to prove what kind of dirt horse she is in the Breeders Cup to those who doubt her greatness on that surface.

Was the obviously enhanced crowd noise really necessary? It made it hard to hear you, even though it was obviously fishy to say the least. There was a time when it was suddenly gone too, like you clicked a button or something.

If you've done Saturday's card at Hawthorne yet - What did you get for pace and final for the Hawthorne Gold Cup?

I haven't, I'll let you know tomorrow.

Whats kinda sad is the predicament that her owners have put her in, if she loses many are going say "see I told you so", yet in reality its not all that easy for 6 year olds to win the Classic, its only happened a handful of times.

This could have been avoided quite easily.

She probably still jogs but you never know in horse racing.

Richard's Kid is no slouch - on synthetics of course.