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			|  | Randwyck |  | 
					Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: VA and Saratoga 
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 While we made a decent chunk of money betting Shackleford across the board, I was so wishing Animal Kingdom would win.  I was so wishingnot because I bet all of my wager money on him to win - I just wanted the TC to get more hype.  I really feel bad that I didn't give this horse some respect early on.  I'm not going to discard a horse because they never raced on dirt until they prove they can't.  
 Shackleford is one handsome hunk of horse flesh - reminds me of one the knights of yore would have ridden in their jousts.  All but wrote him off thinking he blew 50% of his energy going postal before being loaded in the gate.  But, he was making his way back to the barn as quickly as he could.
 
 Both very nice horses - The Shack and AK.
 
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