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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
It's not fun. You've got a 14% trainer who's horses seem to run, at random, Grade 1 races....before slipping off routinely into oblivion.
Mr. Contessa is so impressed with Missile Motor's 111 ( over a length faster than the number Midnight Lute earned in winning the BC Sprint ) that he is offering him tomorrow for the same $50K price he was in for before his Grade 1 effort.
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111 is, what, top 15 or so sprinting for the year? I don't track the NY figures but it is truly unbelieveable. In the horse's defense and not necessarily Contessa's, Missle did break his maiden in his FTS in the mud (not slop) and won his first five. I also don't track at all the NY repeat winners but Contessa's 19% off a last out win.
So there's a couple mitigating things on MM (and perhaps a third if you don't believe the number). But if the # is solid and especially since he's back for $50k, you just got to wonder.