ARISTIDES: Fabulous Strike 'comes out'..
 

10th (5:51)
Aristides Breeders' Cup S. (G3)

6 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

Prg. # PP Horse Jockey Trainer Wt. Claim $ Equip. Med. ML
1 1 Off Duty Leparoux J R Whiting Lynn S 118 L 8-1
2 2 Greg's Gold Flores D R Hofmans David 122 L 2-1
3 3 Gaff Bridgmohan S X Asmussen Steven M 122 L 5-1
4 4 Saint Anddan Bejarano R Frankel Robert 124 L 3-1
5 5 Fabulous Strike Dominguez R A Beattie Todd M 120 L 5-2
6 6 Santana Strings Borel C H Asmussen Steven M 118 L 12-1
7 7 Cougar Cat Albarado R J Werner Ronny 118 L 15-1

http://www.drf.com/news/article/85403.html

5-2 on this freak is a gift. . . I don't expect him to go off at that. . .

This is a race that I have a great deal of interest in watching, but I don't think I'll be able to come up with any appealing way to wager on it.

The Dogwood looks like a decent race. This one...not so much.

saint anddan. even if frankel has him.

has gaff ran since his turf win derby w/e??

Yes...back to the topic....I think I'd possibly use Santana Strings somewhere underneath.

Fabulous Strike and Greg's Gold will run 1st and 2nd.

It's a thread about a race.. Talk about the race.

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Fabulous Strike at 5-2? I'm not commenting on what is the required value for me to bet on him, but looking at his numbers compared to the rest of the field, this could be one of the worst morning line odds I've seen. The betting public will see his high numbers and I bet we might not see even money. What would you all guess he goes off at?

I'll say 4/5

No Problem...I was just trying to ease what was at first a very upset BackthroatedWind over a previous post by another member.

I can't see the odds being that low. Not when Frankel has a contender.

The MNR angle should keep the odds a little higher. . . If anyone hasn't seen video of this horse run, they should. . . He just floats over the ground. . .

They're giving money away

Greg's Gold will crush this field

I honestly don't see how he beats 'Strike.. he's just not fast enough

Why even run it?

The only way Fabulous Strike loses is if they forget to pack his prerace.

If anyone crushes this field its going to be Fabulous Strike. If for some reason he doesn't run to his Mountaineer/Penn speed fig's, then I agree that Greg's Gold is probably the next most logical horse but he's not going to crush this field.

I haven't looked at the PP's or the conditions but I agree Danzig, watch out for Saint Anddan and Gaff too. I wouldn't leave them out. I might change my mind after looking at PP's and conditions, but just based on entries that's where I am leaning. They both like that kind of a surface.

This is completely off topic, but...

GEAUX SAINTS!!!

Good Luck Fabulous Strike!

I know he has a lot of fans on the board.

He should beat this field, although a few of these could step up. Frankel's Anddan could be dangerous.

I can't see Fabulous Strike winning. He's probably going to run as good as he did in the Stephens, the only time he ran vs real horses. Can't wait to bet against him if he's less than 2-1.

If he runs as well ( you know I can't resist ) as he did in the Woody Stephens, at 7F, then he is long gone in this race.

I wouldn't be too excited to jump on him as an odds-on gamble just based on the competition factor, but the fact remains that on just about every numerical scale meant to measure speed of thoroughbred races (Beyer, TG, etc) this horse simply towers above every other horse in the field based on recent form.

I'd have to dig in more based on class/pace etc, but his raw numbers are just way too good for this group.

Mayhaps yes. Mayhaps not. I just don't see this going slower than sub :22 and sub :45, with him more likely to be 3 wide than 2 wide on the turn. He hasn't seen the latter and missed the one time he saw the former at Philly. Maybe he's as good as his figures; at a short number I'll say no. Should be a good race.

I have also been waiting for Strike to draw into a big race, to bet against him, but this field isn't that strong IMO. FS will give you a good 6 furlongs and his style can throw other early speed horses out of their game. This is about a Grade 3 level race, unless some others step up. The field is only 7 deep, its hard to get Strike out of the exacta even if he doesn't run well.

I am rooting for FS to win in visually impressive style this time.

Well it is a Grade 3 race...

There were some smoke and mirrors trip wise in those three WVA wins---all soft trips, against moderate company----however, his figures are stone cold legit.

He figures to get his trip here---so we should find out if he's just a freak at MNR and only a good horse elsewhere...or if he improved and developed since his loss as the 2/5 favorite to Diabolical four starts back.

We'll see. He's got about a 1 in 5 chance of NOT being 3 wide on the turn. If Off Duty breaks decent or better, he could be 4 wide. He's going to have a hard time passing two graded winners and holding off another graded winner off the trip he's likely to get.

and he looked effortless doing it as well Jay.

Missed Churchill Downs track record for six furlongs by just 0.05 seconds.......

Impressive indeed!

It is pretty rare I would call a horse an overlay at 4 to 5, but this is one of those times.

How soon do you think it will be until we see a horse with such gigantic figures, earned multiple times, go off at that price?

Sure seemed to me like if he wanted it, it would have been no problem.

great!

:eek: that..

:eek: was..

:eek: impressive..

Did Dominguez even move on him? Horse did it 'upright'.. Wow.

That Ramon's style to win by just enough and to save some energy for the next race. Hard to believe one of the top sprinters in the country is stabled at Penn National.

wow Byk...that's like a years worth of emoticon's use for you all in one post:D


wonder where they will point him next?