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Old 01-14-2007, 07:30 PM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Well,I didn't bet her to win,but I think it is reasonable to think the smartest guy in the business would have known before hand whether she liked this track.It is not like this is Nick Hines "just taking a shot." I am just surprised that he used that excuse,because he should know whether she likes this track or not.The fact that he knew so quickly why she ran poorly shows me he did know that she didn't like it,and he ran her regardless..LOL..
I'm sure he knew there was a very good chance that she wouldn't like it. Horses with that breeding rarely run well on the dirt. I would say that it's less than 5% of the time that a horse with that kind of breeding runs well on the dirt.

This filly had never worked on the dirt at Santa Anita.
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