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Old 08-20-2008, 09:49 PM
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The Pa Derby promises to be a much softer spot to run for $1M especially for a horse light on experience. I think if Bill Mott really thought he could win the Travers with You & I Forever he would've run him.
Are Coal Play and Smooth Air pointing to the Penn Derby? If so, it could wind up a tougher race than the Travers as you could make the argument going in that those two are better than anyone in the field even if I don't think they'd like 10 furlongs (like most of the Travers field).
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Old 08-21-2008, 07:10 AM
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Are Coal Play and Smooth Air pointing to the Penn Derby? If so, it could wind up a tougher race than the Travers as you could make the argument going in that those two are better than anyone in the field even if I don't think they'd like 10 furlongs (like most of the Travers field).
I don't think so with Coal Play - last I heard, the Jerome was a likely spot. It appears that Nick Zito was waiting to see how he was training before deciding where to point him next. I haven't heard anything about CP, though, in the last week or so.
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Old 08-21-2008, 12:13 PM
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Are Coal Play and Smooth Air pointing to the Penn Derby? If so, it could wind up a tougher race than the Travers as you could make the argument going in that those two are better than anyone in the field even if I don't think they'd like 10 furlongs (like most of the Travers field).

Mambo in Seattle and Harlem Rocker are much better horses than Coal Play and Smooth Air. The both have the potential to be extremely talented horses. The other two are really just grade 2 horses that are beating nothing.
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Old 08-21-2008, 07:21 PM
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Mambo in Seattle and Harlem Rocker are much better horses than Coal Play and Smooth Air. The both have the potential to be extremely talented horses. The other two are really just grade 2 horses that are beating nothing.
I'm a believer in Harlem Rocker still but there is a reason Mambo in Seattle just won a stakes race for NONWINNERS OF A GRADED STAKES IN 2008, it's cause he's won absolutely nothing.
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