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07-24-2012, 05:08 PM
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3/14 seed shockers! Bold Ruler tops Barbaro, Citation fells John Henry
Those are the two big "upsets" in round #1 of the voting for most popular horse in Internet history.
 
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07-24-2012, 05:16 PM
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I botched the thread title.
I can't do anything correct today. Someone test me for Bath Salts.
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07-24-2012, 05:18 PM
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These results smell fishy. Current/recent wonderhorses Frankel, Black Caviar, Goldikova, IHA, Shackleford all lose?
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07-24-2012, 05:25 PM
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Afleet Alex did at least beat Silver Charm...but other than that, the right horse won in a surprisingly high number of instances. The person from the Paulick Report who choose the top 64 horses and made the seedings looks more dopey than the Internet voters.
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07-24-2012, 05:34 PM
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07-24-2012, 05:37 PM
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I think the premise is to find out how Zenyatta would do against other names from different generations and countries.
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07-24-2012, 06:30 PM
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07-24-2012, 06:36 PM
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07-24-2012, 06:49 PM
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07-24-2012, 06:55 PM
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Superb job.
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07-24-2012, 07:23 PM
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07-24-2012, 07:31 PM
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We really should work together as a message board on this, and make sure Afleet Alex wins it all.
Think about this ... if not for Afleet Alex, Giacomo wins the Kentucky Derby, Scrappy T. blows them out in the Preakness and Andromeda's Hero edges the maiden Nolan's Cat in the Belmont.
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07-24-2012, 07:34 PM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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07-24-2012, 10:40 PM
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We need to thank Afleet Alex not just for being there, but for his heroics in that Preakness. If he hadn't done what he did, Giacomo would have been going for the Triple Crown in the Belmont, and that 3 weeks and those asterisks would have been pretty difficult to deal with.
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07-25-2012, 08:00 AM
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Excellent points on all counts on Afleet Alex. My appreciation has grown for the horse in spades by the two minutes it took to read this thread.
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07-26-2012, 10:16 AM
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Rachel vs Buckpasser is going on now. It's fun trying to guess who of the Buckpasser voters genuinely prefers him as opposed to the ones who are bitter about a certain 2009 HOY contest. He deserves fans, and I'm one of them, but let's not kid ourselves. There's tactics going on here.
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07-26-2012, 12:33 PM
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Buckpasser was a better horse than RA. More popular among folks who inhabit the Internet in 2012? No.
Holy Bull VS Bold Forbes is fascinating. Similar style, similar ability, BF was a dual Classic winner despite his run-off speed, but Holy Bull was great after he failed to fire in the Derby. I'd take Bold Forbes as a 3yo over Seattle Slew, but probably give a slight edge to Holy Bull and certainly he was the more popular horse of the two.
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07-26-2012, 06:18 PM
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Spectacular Bid fails to make the sweet 16. He is eliminated in round 2. Considering how well females have done, I was surprised he got by Genuine Risk in round 1.
Zenyatta is going to own Dr. Fager in the next round. The two Cinderella horses, 14-seed Citation  and 14-seed Bold Ruler have both scored 2nd round wins. Citation looks to pull off another massive upset when he takes on Cigar in round #3.Personal Ensign is the last survivor of the horses to race in the 80's ... Spectacular Bid, Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, John Henry, Alysheba, etc have all fallen.
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07-26-2012, 06:31 PM
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If those yahoos get to choose between Native Dancer and the "dancer," you know who they'll chose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ZiI2wXVCA
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