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Old 05-29-2010, 10:54 AM
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Can we get Gales on here to tell us about how Musket Man is going to run huge? Or is he just going to get beat by Warrior's Reward for the 3rd time and Quality Road too?

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Old 05-29-2010, 11:18 AM
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Can we get Gales on here to tell us about how Musket Man is going to run huge? Or is he just going to get beat by Warrior's Reward for the 3rd time and Quality Road too?

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I kinda want a cameo by xx1985 to give us all this exacta.
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A. Jerkens this morning. Le Grand Cru blowout gets the best of 39 bullet..

Le Grand Cru :47.11 B 1/39
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Old 05-31-2010, 04:58 PM
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Damn,I thought Musket Man was gonna take him at the end there.What a race!
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Impressive! Way to go Quality Road.
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Old 05-31-2010, 05:03 PM
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This should be interesting... Quality Road is hands-down the leader for Horse of the Year at this point. Now there's plenty of time to go, and yes, he's not a 10f horse, but lots of funky scenarios could manifest themselves between now and the end to help elevate the interest level with the whole Rachel/Zenyatta thing losing steam.
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This should be interesting... Quality Road is hands-down the leader for Horse of the Year at this point. Now there's plenty of time to go, and yes, he's not a 10f horse, but lots of funky scenarios could manifest themselves between now and the end to help elevate the interest level with the whole Rachel/Zenyatta thing losing steam.
Quality Road will be the leader for Horse of the Year when he crosses the Rockies again.
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Impressive! Way to go Quality Road.

Nice race by Quality Road. I limited my wagers and just had the 3 and 8 in tri boxes hoping for a score in case Quality Road faltered.

I thought "no way" at the time I could make much money playing Quality Road, though in retrospect the $6.10 to $1 exacta payout with Musket Man makes me say "woulda coulda shoulda."


Pretty race. Velazquez positioned QR to where he never had to look at another horse's tail during the race, and had his choice of track position the entire route.

Grip it and rip it.
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Can we get Gales on here to tell us about how Musket Man is going to run huge? Or is he just going to get beat by Warrior's Reward for the 3rd time and Quality Road too?

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How do you think Musket Man ran?
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I've been trying to figure out what Warrior's Reward was doing so close to the pace, and moving with 3/8's to go, when we've seen how he excels in his most recent few starts.
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I've been trying to figure out what Warrior's Reward was doing so close to the pace, and moving with 3/8's to go, when we've seen how he excels in his most recent few starts.
Borel must have an evil twin that rides outside of CD. That was a silly ride to be kind.
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Old 05-31-2010, 08:25 PM
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It looks like the raw number is 114 which makes sense given a 98 for Miner's Reserve and 104 for Driven by Success.
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It looks like the raw number is 114 which makes sense given a 98 for Miner's Reserve and 104 for Driven by Success.
Does the raw figure mean that it's just a preliminary figure and will be adjusted? I would have figured a BSF of at least 100 based on the fact that the races prior to Miner's Reserve seemed slow.

In any case, it was nice to see him run back to his maiden win. I never liked him running in the Florida Derby, but I expected him to do better than he did; I suppose he just hated the mud at CD.
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Did someone mention Dunkirk ?
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It looks like the raw number is 114 which makes sense given a 98 for Miner's Reserve and 104 for Driven by Success.
I get similar numbers for those two (99 & 104)... which would give QR a 120 or 121 because 1:33.11 should be 16 or 17 points faster than 1:21.75. It should be a -14 point variant for the day so the first race gets a 69 and the 3rd a 56.
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Old 05-31-2010, 09:29 PM
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I get similar numbers for those two (99 & 104)... which would give QR a 120 or 121 because 1:33.11 should be 16 or 17 points faster than 1:21.75. It should be a -14 point variant for the day so the first race gets a 69 and the 3rd a 56.
Sorry, but I don't see how a 1:33 corresponds to a 1:20 1/5 which is basically what you are saying.
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All in all, I don't think anyone needs a number to know what an incredible performance that was anyways.

Tizway also ran monster.
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Old 05-31-2010, 10:01 PM
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Agreed.

Tizway is a terrific horse. I was particularly happy he ran so well.
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Old 05-31-2010, 08:05 PM
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How do you think Musket Man ran?
I think he ran a phenomenal race, he got a beautiful ride and ran clearly the best race of his career.

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