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Old 05-03-2015, 05:39 PM
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Folded up is questionable and he got beat by two better horses that day. His first loss in 7 starts 2 more weeks of rest than the others. Then there's the chance and the money.

Asses him and if he's fit and kicking down the barn run'em. Baffert'll figure it out I'm sure and do the right thing. I've told Bob, after meeting him at Saratoga a few years back, to call me any time he needs advice.

Then again AP may be more likely to take the Belmont than the Preakness. He may have run a mile and half to win yesterday.
I didn't realize he had that going for him. Game Changer.
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Old 05-03-2015, 05:53 PM
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I didn't realize he had that going for him. Game Changer.
Lol
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Old 05-03-2015, 05:54 PM
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Why does he have to prove that he can take dirt in his face? If he can win doing what he's doing and look the same at the end of a race as he did when he started . . . nothing wrong with that and win the way he does too . . . no flies on that milk. If it ain't broke, etc, etc. He didn't even look like he broke a sweat when he finished yesterday. I don't think we've seen his best yet. Sure he had to work a little to win but . . . you have to get nit picky to down play his performance.

Don't throw the time thingy at me either. You don't run horses to set track records, you run them to win. Who cares what his time was except all the number crunchers . . . he knows where the finish line is and what he has to do to get there before anyone else and he has a good pilot on him to help make that happen.
Someone here raised the ground loss as if it was a negative. I disagree, I think he got a very good trip in the clear where he was comfortable not having dirt in his face. Incidentally the same trip that California Chrome got last year and both times that trip won with the first two years in recent memory without stretchout sprinters due to the points system. There were certainly many more worse trips in the race than the one that AP got. To suggest he is better suited for the Belmont because "he may have run a mile and half to win yesterday" is absurd to me.


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Old 05-03-2015, 07:01 PM
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I didn't realize he had that going for him. Game Changer.
lol

Guido's on a roll. First the biggest red board post I've seen in years now this.
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Old 05-03-2015, 07:26 PM
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lol

Guido's on a roll. First the biggest red board post I've seen in years now this.
Curious...Did you win or lose yesterday?
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Old 05-03-2015, 07:46 PM
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Curious...Did you win or lose yesterday?
I had decent day overall. Made mistake leaving firing line out of exacta and tris. Thought he would be one to fade. I posted some picks in selection thread.
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Old 05-03-2015, 08:01 PM
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I had decent day overall. Made mistake leaving firing line out of exacta and tris. Thought he would be one to fade. I posted some picks in selection thread.
Cool . . . I'll check your picks out next time . . . NOT!!?? I rarely bet the odds on favorite but when I do and win paying $7.80, I always drink Dos Equis . . . stay thirsty my friends!!!
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Old 05-03-2015, 08:02 PM
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Cool . . . I'll check your picks out next time . . . NOT!!?? I rarely bet the odds on favorite but when I do and win paying $7.80, I always drink Dos Equis . . . stay thirsty my friends!!!
Jesus....
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Jesus....
Now that's putting me on a ridiculous pedestal, I don't deserve!!!
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Cool . . . I'll check your picks out next time . . . NOT!!?? I rarely bet the odds on favorite but when I do and win paying $7.80, I always drink Dos Equis . . . stay thirsty my friends!!!
Don't think I was talking to you and really don't care who you pick. Fyi lots of us bet ap.
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Old 05-03-2015, 09:01 PM
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Don't think I was talking to you and really don't care who you pick. Fyi lots of us bet ap.
BTW - my friends call me The Don, DonGuido or DG. Guido is my ugly maniac brother I only let out of his cage to take care of my light work. Grazie!
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