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Originally Posted by Kasept
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No one is indicting "I.C." while praising "O.B." But she left the '05 F&M from the 13 hole and Intercontinental got away clean on the front end and Ouija Board fell short.. Was also on well less than firm turf (which she prefers a great deal), and she was indeed coming around from a career-threatening injury. She got beat on the square as Ed Dunlop and Lord Derby readily acknowledge, but let's be honest; any kind of pace challenge up front last year and Ouija very likely is a winner of three straight F&M Turfs.
The horse that gets lost in the shuffle in these discussions continually is Film Maker... Directly behind Ouija three years in a row...
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Yeah, but Film Maker has also gone 2nd or 3rd to a lot of worse horses too and she only seems to win when facing G2 or G3 company (she does have one G1 win in the '03 Queen Elizabeth though). I think more credit goes to her trainer for having her at her best for the BC...although I do say her 4 race campaign this year was a bit weak.