War Monger dropped a nuclear bomb on that field.

Someone needs to apologize to kent d.
He kept the horse out of trouble with a nifty little move so he would not get trapped on the rail.

I think that Rene Douglass grabbed a hot dog in the stretch, that's how wide he was!

yes he did the 7 would have toasted him with the same trip

War Monger is for real. Soldier's Dancer is a nice horse.

I'll watch the race again but I think you need to be careful about equating these two horses.

good money after bad sa race 7 w/p 5

fair enough.........i was wrong again...im like whipping boy around here..lol

I doubt that. War Monger didn't exactly have a dream trip. Checked slightly on the backstretch.

Persecution complex?

It doesn't suit you.

Let me watch the race again. War Monger had a sweet trip....no doubt.

No, that is my title, get a new one

I've been following SD since last year. He teases, he makes IMPRESSIVE runs, YET, he never gets it done. In that stake down at CNL (that Red Giant won), for example, he had a clear inside run and HUNG like a dog.
I'm not doubting that he has ability but he's not running up to it, for whatever reason.

This is a case where experience/intuition needs to transcend the trip. They could rerun this race any number of times and WM still beats him and buries the field.

I got this chalky taste in my mouth

Nope.
He easily could have gotten trapped.
I dont think you can make this statement
about a turf race like this.

Thank Kent. Watch the replay.

i dont think so

Why do I need to thank KENT, Bro? Do I need to thank him for his ride two back on the horse? He didn't do anything special. After running behind horses on the BS he realized that he had to get out. Isn't that obvious to anyone with a brain?
Or are we assume that all these jocks are idiots?

yes I guess we do.
they dont ride bikes enough.

Actually I kinda agree with you
about the idea though. I have always
thought they need to run a good 5K race
on their own so they understand.

There are any number of jocks that would sit
chilly on the rail and not make that move.
It was a good decision. But he did have a lot
of horse.

Calling Dr. Phil....
 

all I know is that I normally look forward to betting Kent/Mott on turf, but on stakes days I look for any rationale to chase a price.... memo to self, the bigger the days, the more collective wisdom setting prices... market more efficent.

I/L

I pretty much agree with the Fat Man. However, Soldier's Dancer did run very well. He had a dream trip until they came for home and that horse took him out of the race. He was very impressive to recover from that.

He's a war horse. He dances the dances and runs well most of the time. However, he's not as good as War Monger. I can understand the argument that in an isolated situation he ran a better race than War Monger did today. However, and maybe I'm wrong, I feel like all things being equal War Monger would beat him 4 out of 5 times.

Now, if they swapped trainers......

Let me reiterate something I told some others.....when you quote him it defeats my purpose of having him on ignore.

sa race 8 pp 2 w/p and an ext box of 2/4/8

He likes it on top.
So please do what he says.
Reminds me of a sophisticated Oracle.

so dont question him.
be good boys and do what he says.

If you say a jock screwed you,
give em credit for coming through
just every once in a while.

Dont think its quite as easy as it looks.

lol just for you andy,,,,,,,,:eek: :D

BTW can take care of himself.....
 

what about my psychoanalysis......? :D 3,9,11 in the 9th

I/L

Actually I like reading his posts.
Very insightful.
Its just his head has its own gravitational field.
Massive.

I could put you on ignore as well.

Super Call Andy.

My indebtedness to you continues to grow. Some day I will ABSOLUTELY have to buy you a cocktail.

I liked War Monger in the finale at GP, but with your vote of Confidence I played a small ticket for $ 2 and a large ticket for $1. I hit both.

My only regret was that I was going to play my AAAA for $5 but I only managed to pull the trigger for $2 ($16 ticket) while my spread was $80.

Oh well the lesson for today was to have some confience in my own picks.

Thanks again.

I'll either catch you at Siros or some where at Aqueduct at Belmont before than. When you go to the Big A where do you spend most of your time. I have never seen you there, I usualt hang in the Man O War room.

Good job HH. I'm very convinced that wieghted dollar plays are the way to go with pk4.

Now, if I could only learn to handicap...

You can definitely handicap. You have come up with some winners that I never would have.

I'm actually looking forward to getting together with you (and maybe our sons) at the Big A for the Wood Memorial in early April.

Holland Hacker
 

I'm glad you won, but I'll reserve my bows for 5-1 shots I tout a month before a race that some dude halfway across the country tells me is lame ( not that such a thing could ever happen ), and not 9:5 shots.

My trips to Aqueduct are pretty infrequent and I usually hang out in Equestris. But, you know where to find me at Belmont. I'll be there in roughly three months.

Sounds like a plan...

Oh no...not that.

Good Call

Whatever he says "carrys weight". Fat Man knows his ponies.

stop humping the fat man s leg dont you have some "show dutching" to do..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Lord the horse was 9/5 and the favorite.
The field was big. So this was a huge
secret?

Still like reading the fat man also.
Good stuff.

Since King Glorious now feels all past posts should be brought back if they come to fruition......here's one for you.

i laughed..again..

Bumping this thread as Don't Stop Dreamin' FINALLY ran back to her IDIOT TRIP and won at almost 4:1. And the exacta over the chalk was a very generous $44.00.

I write 'FINALLY' as she (curiously) had 2 dirt sprints since that last turf race. One of two possibilites:

1) the trainer was trying to obscure her form and get a price --- didn't happen (see above)

2) he's clueless


Let it not be said that this game doesn't make sense OR isn't fair. :rolleyes: