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08-29-2012, 10:35 PM
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Archwarrior
A whole lot of hype coming in on this Pletcher debuter tomorrow at Saratoga. He's been entered a few times before but failed to draw in.
In his August 12th workout at Saratoga -- he worked in company with Stay Thirsty and started off 2 lengths behind him -- he bested him in hand with Velazquez reportedly through splits of 25.2, 37.2 and finished in 101.2 getting his gallop out in 114.2 Archwarrior came out of the OBS March 2yo sale and brought $375,000 there. My notes on him: "Not the type of pedigree that normally does well here. Arch on top and the dam failed to break her maiden until her 7th try when she rallied from 7th early to win at 11 furlongs. The 3rd dam was a champion in South America and the tail female family is all Argentina bred. Very stamina slanted pedigree in general, extremely so for a 1f performer under-tack. The undertack drill was far from a disaster though -- good long fluid stride and average speed for a 1f drill at this sale while blinkered. Hartley/DeRenzio. Maybe not on debut sprinting -- but very good look in an elongated one-turn race when stretched out. Sold VERY well. 8f one-turn look" I think the horse is obviously training well -- but I sure didn't see a quick footed precocious sprint type -- if he doesn't do something impressive tomorrow -- Stay Thirsty is going to look like a huge bet-against to me. 
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08-29-2012, 11:08 PM
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His mere presence is going to be impressive.
There may be a walkover as everyone else may scratch. Churchill Downs called a special board meeting today to determine how many points towards the Derby tomorrows maiden race will be worth. The Hall of Fame has cleared out a wing for him. Zenyatta has already set a date with him for the Spring. NYRA may change rules to have short fields in 2 yo maiden races so owners can "evaluate" their horses....oh yeah they already did that... Wise Dan is already ducking him The real reason Frankel isn't coming for the BC is he wants to avoid being on the same continent with him. Gary Stevens said he is the greatest horse he never rode
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08-30-2012, 12:01 AM
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Dam of the super horse.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIeBiRMF58w
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08-30-2012, 01:50 AM
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When they hang in there and be fairly competitive with Doctor Chit, bury some terrible MCL bum, and outwork Stay Thirsty... that's the stuff such hype is made of. Even with the hype, if people expect to see some Kauai Katie like fractions and figures I think they will be disappointed. You can learn a lot from watching two horses going 25 under a hold and gradually picking it up -- but sprint races are run by busting out of a starting gate, running hard right away, and decelerating throughout.
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08-30-2012, 09:16 AM
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08-30-2012, 09:27 AM
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08-30-2012, 09:51 AM
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To make him even more unlikable, someone started a Twitter account and is "speaking" for the horse. Ugh.
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08-30-2012, 08:28 AM
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08-30-2012, 05:58 PM
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
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08-30-2012, 03:59 AM
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08-30-2012, 11:19 AM
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So is this guy blind? If Stay Thirsty is a bet against what does that say about the chalk in that race given this workout report from 8/26 and what your saying?
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"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"...Voltaire
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08-30-2012, 12:17 PM
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08-30-2012, 12:23 PM
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why not the hopefull..sounds like he may have issues..and trust me they will be race riding against him..imo
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08-30-2012, 02:50 PM
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08-30-2012, 03:04 PM
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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