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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
Fischer really needs to hone his trip handicapping skills (among other things). And when you quote him, I'm left to read his amateurish assessment of races.
This horse was PUSHED on the backstretch to get into contention in POODLE fractions, and then was all out, under steady whipping to get by the leader in the stretch. Why in the world would anyone want him back; and at a short price too? But understanding the layoff is the key. Uh huh.
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The Fat Man is one of the best trip handicapper's I have spoken with. For whatever reason he is anti-social. He really is close to genius with his trip handicapping. Believe it or not we used to communicate in a civil manner.
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Originally Posted by BF
BF: "Hey Fat Man
Hope all is well with you.
Derby is here.
Do you have any opinions on the draw and various contenders?
My main win contenders are Street Sense, Hard Spun, Curlin. ..."
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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
"TFM: it's almost as comical over there as it is on PA. ******* has a new thread pointing out that the Beyer for *********** is inflated and he got a biased trip. NO ****. Like I ever thought this horse is much. I cashed at 2:1 in the ****** and went on my way.
And ********** is bitching about the fact that ********* didn't try for the lead. I watched *******'s 3 previous races: he's a dead DRAFTER. He drafted bigtime against *****, didn't pick up his feet against NoCount and.."
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We actually exchanged daily notes, many emails, pps, charts, velocity, but our "friendship" ended when I was unwilling to trade bris PPs for fat-charts for a week while family was in town.
Now that means I am on permanent "ignore"
and am a lousy judge of races...
Whatever Fat Man. It isn't that serious. Horseplaying is an individual game. The nature of the beast says that you have to have an ego, and you have to to be an individualist. (other than pooling for carryovers or high-fives...) I never altered a bet for a Fat Man opinion, and he sure as hell didn't for one of mine. I respect your talent but life is too short to get crabby over something "trivial"...