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Originally Posted by Bogey
It's funny you mention Highest Degree out of nowhere because I have followed his career closely. I was at GP on FOY day and bet him in the ALW race where Chelokee won. He was 10-1 that afternoon and didn't fire. I know McPeek thought highly of him and he was starting with blinkers for the 1st time. As far as Melancon's ride on 4/14 at KEE, he broke alertly but didn't have enough speed to clear and got bumped in the clubhouse turn. He reacted negatively to the bump and Melancon had to pull him inside because he was headed towards the barn. Melancon was able to get him back on track (literally) and made a middle move because the fractions were pedestrian like. He came up empty in the final furlong mainly because of the energy he exerted on the 1st turn IMO. I know it was his 1st time riding him, but I don't blame him for the dull effort.
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Gus, I am not so sure he didn't fire inn the chelokee race. he was moving well with chelokee then got taken 8 wide by another horse. The problem with Mcpeek is he talks up all of his horses. It's funny how much Helen Pitts is better than him. Oh well, maybe he will win some races down here @ Ky Downs.