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Old 02-17-2007, 10:44 PM
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i really dont see anything wrong at all with the horses performance today. the horse did it pretty easy and wasnt fully extended and thats notta bad thing this time of year when youre on the trail. the horse has proven himself@3 different tracks now and has already showed churchill isnt gonna be a problem for him if he makes it. hes a half length from being undefeated and theres no shame in losing to the lone horse who has defeated him. i think the harshness on him is unwarranted at this point
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Old 02-17-2007, 11:26 PM
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i really dont see anything wrong at all with the horses performance today. the horse did it pretty easy and wasnt fully extended and thats notta bad thing this time of year when youre on the trail. the horse has proven himself@3 different tracks now and has already showed churchill isnt gonna be a problem for him if he makes it. hes a half length from being undefeated and theres no shame in losing to the lone horse who has defeated him. i think the harshness on him is unwarranted at this point

I don't think it's " harshness " at all. It's just a reasonably honest evaluation of TODAY'S race. I don't think anyone suggested he couldn't ( and shouldn't ) improve.....it's really just as DrugS said......he didn't run very fast. Even in a first start he probably should have run a little faster for a horse who is getting so much hype. More it's just a slight cause for pause.
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Old 02-17-2007, 11:54 PM
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I don't understand how anyone can say that this horse doesn't have heart after the way he battled with Tiz Wonderful, who would probably be one of the top three derby contenders at this point if he hadn't gotten hurt. I agree that his race today wasn't exactly incredible, but he did pretty much everything that was asked of him. I was looking forward to seeing AGS run again to try and get a better feel for his talent level, but unfortunately, I think his race today was inconclusive.
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