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Old 05-08-2009, 01:51 PM
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and you sir, would be a chicken for that

I couldnt live with myself if I entered horses to keep a filly out of the race.
It is the same sheet as putting rabbits into a race to f up the pace giving your horse a better chance of winning. If there is a remote chance to keep her out of the race I would not be surprised if it is taken advantage of.
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Old 05-08-2009, 02:16 PM
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It is the same sheet as putting rabbits into a race to f up the pace giving your horse a better chance of winning. If there is a remote chance to keep her out of the race I would not be surprised if it is taken advantage of.

In my opinion, if an owner is so scared about RA beating their horse, that they decide to enter more horses to exclude her there is a much more respectable and less chickensheet way to go about it..

Just dont enter your own horse if you think the only way you can win is if she is not in there.

I wouldnt be surprised if it happens either, I just be embarrassed.
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Old 05-08-2009, 10:49 PM
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I just don't get all the people saying it's too soon to run her back but it's not too soon for the boys that ran a harder race and have one less day. Plus the fact that she's better than them. I don't see why it has to be either/or in regards to the fall races. Why can't she run in the Preakness and run in the Haskell/Whitney then the Travers? Nobody would suggest that was an insane schedule for a colt and it shouldn't be for her. Serena's Song and Winning Colors are two examples of females that took on the males multiple times during the year and didn't suffer because of it.
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Old 05-09-2009, 10:35 AM
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I predict she wins the Preakness and maybe runs once more. They will ruin her.
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Old 05-08-2009, 12:58 PM
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Old 05-08-2009, 02:04 PM
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I actually hope this race over-subscribes and she gets blocked from running...
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:15 AM
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If Rachel Alexandra goes to post, it will be with Borel. Does anyone have some insight on who might ride Mine That Bird?
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:18 AM
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Mike Smith continues to be a rumored replacement on Mine That Bird.
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If Rachel Alexandra goes to post, it will be with Borel. Does anyone have some insight on who might ride Mine That Bird?
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#2 Mine That Bird 100lbs over
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:33 AM
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Wouldn't it be ironic if they sided with Smith, they will be going from a renowned rail rider in Borel to one that wouldn't know a rail if he was born next to one. If there were a case of 2 more different riding styles this is certainly it.
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Friday was a "Race for the Cure" festival, pink ribbons and pink clothing everywhere. Oaks race for fillies, campaign against breast cancer, a marketing match made in heaven, right?
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Bizarre article by the normally poignant Ray Kerrison in the NY Post today...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05122009...ful_168767.htm
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