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Old 06-24-2011, 06:05 PM
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Steve, any thoughts on these ridiculous comments from Zito?
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Old 06-24-2011, 06:42 PM
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I thought the main gripe about both Dialed In's classic efforts was that he was kept too far off the pace.

Not saying I buy into that, but it seemed to be an acceptable excuse for Animal Kingdom's Preakness loss, so why not Dialed In?
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Old 06-24-2011, 06:54 PM
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Not saying I buy into that, but it seemed to be an acceptable excuse for Animal Kingdom's Preakness loss, so why not Dialed In?
I don't think it was in AK's case in the Preakness. In fact, AK wasn't fast enough to get any closer to that pace.

To me - the weird horse is Shakleford. He's only run two decent races in his entire life - the Florida Derby and Preakness - and both times they absolutely let him rip early on.

Shakleford's Kentucky Derby 4th was a terrible performance because of the pace - and his Belmont performance was equally terrible - basically he hated the restraint and the two piece of sh!t who sat 2nd and 3rd behind him (Ruler On Ice and Stay Thirsty I believe are the names of those two horses) inherited the lead and winning exacta when he stopped.

I was telling people before the Belmont: "If Castanon doesn't have 15 on this field in a blink of an eye - he's riding his horse wrong. That horse runs like sh!t when they try to nurse his speed - and when he goes fast - at least he pulls everyone behind him out of their comfort zone all the way back through the deepest closers in the race"
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Old 06-24-2011, 09:54 PM
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Not saying I buy into that, but it seemed to be an acceptable excuse for Animal Kingdom's Preakness loss, so why not Dialed In?
Because AK won the Kentucky Derby and almost won the Preakness, while Dialed In's best race out of those two was a sh!tty suck up in the Derby?
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Old 06-24-2011, 10:57 PM
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Because AK won the Kentucky Derby and almost won the Preakness, while Dialed In's best race out of those two was a sh!tty suck up in the Derby?
Wasn't Dialed In nearly 20 lengths back of the slowest paced Derby in decades?
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:02 PM
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Wasn't Dialed In nearly 20 lengths back of the slowest paced Derby in decades?
Wait for it.....But AK was dead last and somehow won.
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Wait for it.....But AK was dead last and somehow won.
Animal Kingdom wasn't dead last in the Derby.
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:06 PM
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Animal Kingdom wasn't dead last in the Derby.
I thought at one point he was. Maybe I am thinking of the Preakness
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:36 PM
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Steve, any thoughts on these ridiculous comments from Zito?
They feel like an attempt to mollify the impossibly difficult owner he has to deal with.
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:39 PM
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They feel like an attempt to mollify the impossibly difficult owner he has to deal with.
Unacceptable. You are only as good as the company you keep. Would Farish make or sanction comments like this? Or shug? We should aspire to better as a racing community.
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:40 PM
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Unacceptable. You are only as good as the company you keep. Would Farish make or sanction comments like this? Or shug? We should aspire to better as a racing community.
Do everybody a favor and give your tired act a rest already..
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Old 06-24-2011, 11:42 PM
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