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Old 08-29-2009, 05:37 PM
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I think Summer Bird wins the Travers, and Tim Ice sits in w/ Byk for the rest of the meet.
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:48 PM
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I think Summer Bird wins the Travers, and Tim Ice sits in w/ Byk for the rest of the meet.
I bet Kent D gives him a horrible ride...
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:53 PM
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He was much the best...regardless of who rode him today.
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:54 PM
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summer bird nice win. and looking good !!!!! well RA looks real good after this
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:56 PM
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I wonder how many people had posts typed out about how Kent was riding a horrible race when he was in front of Quality Road so early. About how he was moving to early, etc. He was a dominant winner. He's the champion 3yo colt.
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:59 PM
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If there's a LA Downs God, he'll let Summer Bird come out of this race a-okay and come here and show our fans how good he is in the Super Derby.
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If there's a LA Downs God, he'll let Summer Bird come out of this race a-okay and come here and show our fans how good he is in the Super Derby.
By the way, that was a good call on Hold Me Back. I couldn't give him a chance even now, knowing he just ran second.

I think he'd have to be at the Super Derby.
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Old 08-29-2009, 06:02 PM
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If there's a LA Downs God, he'll let Summer Bird come out of this race a-okay and come here and show our fans how good he is in the Super Derby.
You would think that would be the logical next step.

So much for Kensai/Quality Road's championship hopes. Thank God.
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Old 08-29-2009, 06:04 PM
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You would think that would be the logical next step.
We're a bit tight to the Travers, but by design because it's a quiet weekend and we've never really battled for Travers horses. Figures, we make the call and now this... but it's home for Dr. J and Tim Ice, so we'll see.
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Old 08-29-2009, 06:05 PM
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You would think that would be the logical next step.

So much for Kensai/Quality Road's championship hopes. Thank God.
Amen. I do think QR is a good horse. But he was not given a fair chance to do his best today. I could never believe the people that have been saying he's the best we've seen in awhile. I guess it depends on how awhile is defined because I don't think he was better than Big Brown last year or Curlin the year before or Bernardini the year before that or Afleet Alex the year before that or Smarty Jones the year before that.
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summer bird nice win. and looking good !!!!! well RA looks real good after this
He's showing some verstility also, he's not just a stone cold closer as some mistakeningly think he is, with blinkers it should be no surprise he has more early speed than most give him credit for. That brings me back to a point I have been trying to make over and over after his Belmont win, he COULD HAVE WON by more if Kent D wanted him closer. Some just don't want to see that and keep on insisting that MTB was the best horse in the Belmont but that is erroneous slanted type of thinking if you ask me.
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He's showing some verstility also, he's not just a stone cold closer as some mistakeningly think he is, with blinkers it should be no surprise he has more early speed than most give him credit for. That brings me back to a point I have been trying to make over and over after his Belmont win, he COULD HAVE WON by more if Kent D wanted him closer. Some just don't want to see that and keep on insisting that MTB was the best horse in the Belmont but that is erroneous slanted type of thinking if you ask me.
He won races with the worst non-bug rider in America, he basically had no rider for his first 5 races
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He won races with the worst non-bug rider in America, he basically had no rider for his first 5 races
Chris Rosier? In all credit to Kent I think he rode him well here, he knew he had the best horse and just made sure he no one snuck away on him and thus he made an early move, there were no confirmed closers in this field so once he made the lead in the stretch it was just a matter of him not standing up at the 1/16th pole.
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Chris Rosario? In all credit to Kent I think he rode him well here, he knew he had the best horse and just made sure he no one snuck away on him and thus he made an early move, there were no confirmed closers in this field so once he made the lead in the stretch it was just a matter of him not standing up at the 1/16th pole.
Rosier. Kent rode him like he had the best horse, which he did.
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summer bird nice win. and looking good !!!!! well RA looks real good after this
I agree. That makes her look even that much better.
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