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05-05-2008, 02:21 PM
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It really is not that bad of a post. I rather be there than in the 1 or 2. He has a wide trip but a clear one.
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05-05-2008, 02:24 PM
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05-05-2008, 02:28 PM
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Of all the issues, post position was the least of my concerns. Going 10f at Churchill, post is never an issue. Being 3-4 wide is absolutely meaningless.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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05-05-2008, 02:38 PM
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05-05-2008, 03:01 PM
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05-05-2008, 07:19 PM
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05-05-2008, 07:30 PM
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That was one of the reasons he was a toss for me. I didn't think he would be able to handle being wide near the front of what I thought was going to be a very fast pace. Let alone the whole way around. At the half I thought I was going to be ok, waiting for the Col Johns and Pyro's to show up. Boy was I wrong. I also didn't expect him to rate as nicely as he did. I thought Kent would have had a stranglehold on him. All I can do is just tip my hat, they ran a big race.
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05-06-2008, 06:57 AM
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People make such a big deal about him being in post 20. I've heard countless times how a horse hadn't won from that post since 1929. How many have started from that post since then? How many of those that started in post 20 were horses that were considered legit contenders going in? Those factors are more relevant than just saying it hasn't been done in 79 years.
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05-06-2008, 09:07 AM
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From Equibase:
Saturday at Churchill: Race 1-winner was 3 wide Race 2-winner was 6 wide, runner up was 5 wide Race 3-runner up was 3 wide and lost by a neck Race 4-winner was 4 wide, runner up was 3 wide, show horse was 3 wide Race 6-runner up was 4 wide and lost by a neck Race 8-winner was 3 wide, runner up was 5 wide Race 10-winner was wide (Big Brown) Race 11-winner was 3 wide So of nine dirt races, the winner was at least 3 wide in six of them. In two more, horses that were at least that wide lost by a neck. In three of them, the exacta was completed by horses that were at least three wide.
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