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					Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
					
				 
				I don't know if he has improved from last year. I think the two best dirt races he has ever run were both last year. I was most visually impressed with his wins in the Californian and the Hollywood Gold Cup last year. I'm not big on figures but I belive that all the speed figures have those two wins as huge races. I know the Beyers on those two races were 116 and 120. I'm sure the sheet numbers on those races wee really high. 
			
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 Well, he did put up those two big numbers last year, but he is much more consistent this year.  I think the most impressive of LM's races was this year's Hollywood Gold Cup.  He really showed what the heart of a true champion and a great racehorse is all about with all the adversity he faced in that race.  I really like it when a horse guts out a win like that.  It's those kinds of races that show what a horse is really made of, and a horse's heart will carry him when his body has given out.  Lava Man is all heart.  I think he has really pulled it together this year.