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Old 09-16-2010, 03:25 PM
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Still remember that joke of a track which carried the distance-challenged LH to a second place finish in the Derby back in '04.

Wouldn't let the big mare anywhere near a strip like that if it was my call...
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Old 09-16-2010, 03:41 PM
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I can't remember what happened on Oaks day 2009. How did that track play? Were there any really nice horses running on that track? My memory is really deceiving me.

And gosh, I can't remember. Did Lion Heart ever win any GI races going a route of ground on a dry track? Again, memory is failing me horribly.
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Old 09-16-2010, 04:16 PM
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And gosh, I can't remember. Did Lion Heart ever win any GI races going a route of ground on a dry track? Again, memory is failing me horribly.
Yeah, getting the best of a monster like MSB on the MP speedway clearly proves that a horse is a legit router. lol


Loved when LH got exposed by that classic distance at Toga … just like RA did the other week…
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Old 09-16-2010, 04:17 PM
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Yeah, getting the best of a monster like MSB on the MP speedway clearly proves that a horse is a legit router. lol


Loved when LH got exposed by that classic distance at Toga … just like RA did the other week…
You do remember that the 2004 Travers was run in a freaking monsoon, right?
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You do remember that the 2004 Travers was run in a freaking monsoon, right?
Old article on BH.com said the heaviest stuff held off till just after the race … or well after LH folded like a cheap lawn chair on the turn…
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Old article on BH.com said the heaviest stuff held off till just after the race … or well after LH folded like a cheap lawn chair on the turn…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg-TQS12M3c

I was there. It was run in a driving thunderstorm. It's obvious in the video.
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Old 09-17-2010, 01:36 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg-TQS12M3c

I was there. It was run in a driving thunderstorm. It's obvious in the video.
Yes, but since it rained at a .01 inch per hour greater rate after the race, nothing else matters.

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Wouldn't let the big mare anywhere near a strip like that if it was my call...
And save her for...?
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And save her for...?
A perfect record. Not that she will have that anymore if she meets BL.
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Still remember that joke of a track which carried the distance-challenged LH to a second place finish in the Derby back in '04.

Wouldn't let the big mare anywhere near a strip like that if it was my call...
but she's the best ever, so why worry?
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but she's the best ever, so why worry?
Come on … everyone knows GZ was the best ever…
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Come on … everyone knows GZ was the best ever…
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Come on … everyone knows GZ was the best ever…


he lost a few, and he certainly never danced or bowed.

i think everyone understands what you're doing lately regarding zenyatta. i doubt anyone can blame you.
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So what are you guys trying to say … that LH would've wired the Travers on a clear day?


Lol … maybe in one of Rock's dreams
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So what are you guys trying to say … that LH would've wired the Travers on a clear day?


Lol … maybe in one of Rock's dreams
At some point, do you even really know what you're arguing or does it all just become words?
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At some point, do you even really know what you're arguing or does it all just become words?
I have always liked how he laughs at his own words with his excessive use of 'LOL'.
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Yes, your point was that Lion Heart only finished second in the 2004 Derby because of the track, and you'd hate to see Zenyatta have to run on a similar track. When confronted with evidence that Lion Heart was, indeed, a stayer, you bring up a race run in yet another monsoon as proof that Lion Heart couldn't go a route of ground. Perhaps it wasn't the track that had him second in 2004 and instead it was talent? It doesn't seem to be implausible considering the horse won the freaking Haskell.
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So what are you guys trying to say … that LH would've wired the Travers on a clear day?


Lol … maybe in one of Rock's dreams
Not saying that at all. Just correcting your error about the weather during the race.
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Not saying that at all. Just correcting your error about the weather during the race.
Think you mean the error in the BH.com article…
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:11 AM
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i think everyone understands what you're doing lately regarding zenyatta. i doubt anyone can blame you.
Very clever sticking the word "blame" in there

Made my prediction for the BCC many months ago in the BC forum … and I wholeheartedly stand by it…
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