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02-13-2008, 07:52 AM
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Face the Cat, Behindatthebar To Padua/Pletcher
ALA CURLIN!! FACE THE CAT HELEN PITTS GOOD 3 YEAR OLD WAS A PRIVATE PURCHASE AND TRANSFERRED TO TODD AT PALM BEACH DOWNS TODAY
!!!!!!!!! CAN LIGHTNING STRIKE TWICE !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!  THE DERBY TRAIL IS HEATING UP !!!!!!!!!
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02-13-2008, 07:56 AM
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You might want to think about limiting yourself to only three cups of coffee each morning.
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02-13-2008, 08:17 AM
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good for them its the right time to have an ok horse ...and sell them for big bucks..
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02-13-2008, 08:18 AM
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02-13-2008, 08:30 AM
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Padua.. 80%.
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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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02-13-2008, 05:27 PM
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ALSO SWIPE DOLLASE SOPH...
T-TIMES: Behindatthebar won a seven-furlong maiden race on February 2 at Santa Anita Park in his second start for trainer Craig Dollase and owners Michael Shustek and Don Stanley. The Forest Wildcat colt out of Rhiana, by Runaway Groom, will be based with Pletcher’s Southern California division at Hollywood Park.
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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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02-13-2008, 06:03 PM
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02-14-2008, 09:02 AM
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And I wonder who will get the 10 2YOs that Padua bought at the recent Ocala sale for over $2 million?
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02-14-2008, 10:08 AM
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I can understand or justify selling now as the odds that any colt will make the Derby are pretty long and cash in hand often beats illusions of glory.
It's less understandable when a super wealthy person like Mr Tafel sells a colt for stud as early as SS was sold. However, I've never been in that position. A friend of mine spoke to Tafel at Saratoga about selling SS. Mr Tafel is obviously very wealthy and as a man in his 80's he probably cannot spend it all. However, the sale of a horse like SS can mean that his children and their children can be "set for life." (I tend to feel that the wealthy ruin alot of kids by providing everything for them, but that is not part of the discussion.) It could allow him to set up a charitable foundation for something about whcih he cares and which would exist long after his passing. While I think that the game is hurt by the sale of talented young horses with so much left to prove, I cannot begrudge any individual who can foresee a host of options for themselves and their family with the big payday. Funny thing is that one of the most "hated" sets of owners in my lifetime was the "Slew Crew" and yet they never sold him and even went out and bought mares to support him.
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02-14-2008, 10:18 AM
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I do agree with the rest of your post that we all tend to overlook the bigger picture. Frankly, there is a very reasonable chance that someone like Tafel could, and does, put at least some of the money from that sale to much better use than having Street Sense make a handful of starts this year.
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