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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I'm not ashamed to admit that the horse turned out to be better than I thought he was.
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Yeah, but POTN is small potatos compared to Munnings.
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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
You'd be surprised at some of the horses that sell really well who don't look like they can run a lick. There was a Speighstown colt at Fasig Tipton Calder that sold for around $1.7 million. I didn't like the horse at all. I wouldn't have paid $100,000 for that horse.
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Barbaro, while sharply improving, was vastly overrated as a dirt horse anyway. He had narrow wins over Great Point and Sharp Humor .. and he hammered Bluegrass Cat and Steppenwolfer with a sweet stalking trip. I was more impressed with Barbaro the turf horse.