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Old 08-22-2010, 12:20 PM
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I suck at handicapping, my last winning week was......well its been a long time.

I just thought your opinion was so poor it deserved special recognition. Keep it up I am sure you will find a 2/5 shot who will win for you.
I am sure, too, just as I'm sure I could handicap races better than you with my eyes closed. That says ALOT, seeing how poor I've been playing lately.

Maybe one of these days, you'll chime in on one of these threads before the race is run, and we all might be smarter and richer players for listening to you. But until then, stay posting the same stale $hit in a Zenyatta thread or something.

Or take me up on a handicapping contest, loser not being allowed to post on the board ever again. Put your laughably bad opinion up on the line against mine. Loser lurks forever. You'll probably chickenshit and pussyfoot your way out of it with a 'chalk eating weasel' cop-out with some clever line that you've conjured up over the past few hours. Let's see if you have any real ''move up's'' or you are just the lame person that you've painted yourself out to be all these years. In or Out, homey.
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Old 08-22-2010, 02:57 PM
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http://drf.com/news/blind-luck-devil...gain-cotillion

It seems like we might see Blind Luck, Devil May Care, and Havre de Grace show up in the Cotillion at 1 1/8.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:18 PM
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If they run against Blind Luck again - they better allow DMC to get much more early separation than they had yesterday.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:23 PM
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If they run against Blind Luck again - they better allow DMC to get much more early separation than they had yesterday.
Give me a setup, other than a speed biased track where DMC gets to sit behind a 3 horse speed duel, where she beats BL or, even, HDG. Clearly, she can't run with these two in crunch time. Is she, essentially, done? Even at 9F, I don't think she beats these horses without a perfect trip.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:25 PM
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Blind Luck completely out-ran Devil May Care yesterday. It's hard to find an excuse for DMC to be honest.

Blind Luck is legit, relative to the crop anyway. Her KY Oaks was an amazing performance.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:44 PM
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Blind Luck completely out-ran Devil May Care yesterday. It's hard to find an excuse for DMC to be honest.
If Devil May Care competed against Blind Luck at her best distance - which is probably 7 furlongs or a mile in my opinion - do you still think she'd only have 2 lengths early separation on her?

After 8fs in the Derby - Devil May Care was still in hand and clearly infront of good miler horses like Conveyance, Discreetly Mine, and Sidney's Candy ... when put to a drive in the final quarter mile, she proceeded to give 10.5 lengths away through a final quarter mile of 26.80

She basically staggered her final quarter mile in a trotter like 28.50 while horses like Ice Box and Make Music For Me absolutely ran over the top of her in the stretch.

I agree that she ran like the 4th best horse in the Alabama field yesterday - but the 10f distance is an excuse - and she is not the 4th best horse in that race. At 7 furlongs - I believe she'd take that field apart. Velazquez thought his best chance was to take her back and try to outfinish Blind Luck.
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Old 08-22-2010, 10:01 PM
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I just noticed Life At Ten is by Malibu Moon as well. She won the Del Cap at 10 furlongs. I wonder if she can beat Rachel next Sunday at 10 F.

According to some, Rachel cannot get 10 F, despite never even trying the distance. Should be an interesting race of who will last the longest.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:27 PM
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Give me a setup, other than a speed biased track where DMC gets to sit behind a 3 horse speed duel, where she beats BL or, even, HDG. Clearly, she can't run with these two in crunch time. Is she, essentially, done? Even at 9F, I don't think she beats these horses without a perfect trip.
Watch this race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNemv...feature=search
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:41 PM
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I've seen the race. We discussed it in detail a while back. All this race shows me is that she can't run under adversity. Granted no horse wins with that trip but her GP and other recent races in NY show that she CAN run when she gets a good setup.
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Old 08-22-2010, 03:26 PM
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I am sure, too, just as I'm sure I could handicap races better than you with my eyes closed. That says ALOT, seeing how poor I've been playing lately.

Maybe one of these days, you'll chime in on one of these threads before the race is run, and we all might be smarter and richer players for listening to you. But until then, stay posting the same stale $hit in a Zenyatta thread or something.

Or take me up on a handicapping contest, loser not being allowed to post on the board ever again. Put your laughably bad opinion up on the line against mine. Loser lurks forever. You'll probably chickenshit and pussyfoot your way out of it with a 'chalk eating weasel' cop-out with some clever line that you've conjured up over the past few hours. Let's see if you have any real ''move up's'' or you are just the lame person that you've painted yourself out to be all these years. In or Out, homey.

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