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Old 08-11-2009, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Gander
The better question is what was up with that ridiculous call by Durkin? Could he have spent any more time telling us what a bad race Da Tara ran? Could he have sounded more dejected or shocked that Da Tara ran another horrible race? Its not like much was expected of this part of the entry anyways and doesnt Tom know that he still collects his bet because the other half of the entry blew the field away?

Man, you would have though that was Rachael Alexandra putting in such a shockingly bad effort.
It could be that TD holds the Belmont in high regard and thus could not possibly fathom such a pitifully slow horse winning it and looking like a 5k claimer at Evangeline only 14 months later.

NT
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