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AeWingnut 03-01-2008 08:17 PM

I liked Heat Seeker the previous race and laid off of him this time
so Jim
you're welcome
if I bet him he has a heart attack and dies

ArlJim78 03-01-2008 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
I liked Heat Seeker the previous race and laid off of him this time
so Jim
you're welcome
if I bet him he has a heart attack and dies

thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

miraja2 03-01-2008 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
So instead of cheering at having a 14-horse field in a major race you grouse about the quality. Heads up, lads - 14-horse fields of the past contained questionable horses, too, who got real weight concessions (105 lbs vs 130 on the top-weight) to give them a shot. Not every SA Hcp winner has been one for the ages, either - do the names Azucar, Olhaverry, and Linmold ring any bells? Milwaukee Brew, who won this one twice (the first such dual winner who didn't have help from the stewards' room), didn't look like much, either, until he got to run 10f.

If you have a star, or two or three, you get a small field. If you don't have a star, you get a big field and an interesting betting contest. Be thankful for what you have, and shed a tear for the grand old Gulfstream Park H, once a 10f test of champions, like Round Table, Coaltown, Armed, Kelso, Pretense, Forego, etc., now merely a shadow of its former self.

I think you are basically right about this, but it wasn't always that way. In the 1979 Big Cap, Affirmed ran in an 8-horse field. I am pretty sure he was something of a star. As for field size in general, big fields are of course nice for betting, but as a fan, I would take the 4-horse field of the 1988 Big Cap (Alysheba, Ferdinand, Super Diamond, and Judge Angelucci) over the big field for the race today.

As for the winner, he does seem like at distances of 9f and up on synthetic, he is a pretty decent horse.

AeWingnut 03-01-2008 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

looking at my 9-12-1-2 ticket and thinking
expletive me
...I didn't get to see the race I bet it and left early.
was it even close

my miss storm cat 03-01-2008 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArlJim78
thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

I want to find the replay of his 3rd to George Washington. :)


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