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Originally Posted by JJP
I'm not talking about it being speed favoring, which it isn't. I'm talking about the dead rail; its been gone now for about a month but will likely resurface (no pun intended) at some point; it was prevalent for the first month of the meet and was prevalent for virtually the entire 2004 and 2005 meets. One thing about AP, it is definitely NOT like every other track.
Like Habersham said, Mike's Pride, the 3-5 ultra chalk in the 3rd on Friday was a Catalano trainee who broke down. Is Catalano that different from Rivelli? Both claim lots of horses and both will be aggressive in dropping horses. I'd be hesitant to claim a horse of EITHER of them.
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I guess I am wrong about the Catalano not having one that broke down. I will say that Rivelli and Catalano ARE different. Catalano trains for one guy, who all he cares about it getting the owners title. Rivelli, while from all accounts a decent guy, runs horses that shouldn't be running...I understand that it is part of the game to run a horse with minor aliments, and to try and 'get' them off your hands, but if you would see what some of his horses look like when they come out of the paddock, at short odds, you would be amazed.