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Old 04-13-2007, 10:08 PM
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Fee Fi Fo Fum has run two career races and neither is particularly good and you are talking about her like she's done something noteworthy. I don't understand.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:16 PM
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Fee Fi Fo Fum has run two career races and neither is particularly good and you are talking about her like she's done something noteworthy. I don't understand.
Don't really know what there is to understand. Every horse at some point only has two career races. Hers are first in a maiden on turf and third in a G2 on dirt, better than most. I think she'll turn out to be a very good horse. Only time will tell.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:17 PM
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But she's never run a good race.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:22 PM
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But she's never run a good race.
I don't think any of these have run a 'good' race. Perfect Forest hasn't had to overcome anything in any of her races, although it is looking like she might not have to tomorrow either.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:27 PM
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I don't think any of these have run a 'good' race. Perfect Forest hasn't had to overcome anything in any of her races, although it is looking like she might not have to tomorrow either.
A number of these have run better races than Fee Fi Fo Fum. There's more than a reasonable chance she won't get a perfect trip everytime she runs.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:32 PM
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A number of these have run better races than Fee Fi Fo Fum. There's more than a reasonable chance she won't get a perfect trip everytime she runs.
Honestly I see Perfect Forest tough to beat even though she isn't that much of a spectacular filly.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:48 PM
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Honestly I see Perfect Forest tough to beat even though she isn't that much of a spectacular filly.
I don't know if I would call her THE horse to beat but she's certainly one of them. It's actually kind of an interesting race.

I guess Perfect Forest will be the favorite but it should be close. It's not an easy race to get a read on.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:34 PM
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A number of these have run better races than Fee Fi Fo Fum. There's more than a reasonable chance she won't get a perfect trip everytime she runs.
Granted she's hard to like anywhere close to her 7/2 m/l given her short resume, but her Bonnie Miss race was a good effort IMHO, especially since it was her first effort vs winners and only 2d l/t start. Bravo gave her a poor ride that day, forced to steady 2 or 3 times down the backside and still she kept her composure and finished with good energy in the lane vs a couple of very good fillies. If she moves forward off that effort she's in the mix late vs these.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:50 PM
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Granted she's hard to like anywhere close to her 7/2 m/l given her short resume, but her Bonnie Miss race was a good effort IMHO, especially since it was her first effort vs winners and only 2d l/t start. Bravo gave her a poor ride that day, forced to steady 2 or 3 times down the backside and still she kept her composure and finished with good energy in the lane vs a couple of very good fillies. If she moves forward off that effort she's in the mix late vs these.

Believe me, I think Bravo's riding performance at Gulfstream this meet was downright pathetic, but I can neither fault his ride on Fee Fi Fo Fum nor see what trouble you are talking about. Mildly steadying along, while inside in the pocket, especially in a two turn race at Gulfstream, is pretty close to a perfect trip to me.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:23 PM
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But she's never run a good race.
I think the Bonnie Miss will turn out to be a pretty good race. Her last out Brisnet figure is tops in the field tomorrow. The top two from the Bonnie Miss went on to run 1st and 4th in a G1 that was on poly. You can dismiss that cause of the poly but at the same time maybe they would have done better if it was on dirt, who really knows. In my opinion though her 94 brisnet was legitimized by the top two coming back to run well regardless of the surface. That 94 should be good enough to win here and considering it was her first dirt start and second lifetime start there is legitimate reason to believe she might move forward.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:26 PM
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I don't agree, or see anything special about this horse, but good luck. Tomorrow's field is nothing special on paper...but the Oaks? Maybe the Monmouth Oaks.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:29 PM
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I don't agree, or see anything special about this horse, but good luck. Tomorrow's field is nothing special on paper...but the Oaks? Maybe the Monmouth Oaks.
Who is really scary in the Oaks behind Rags? High Heels is a solid second choice then you are probably looking at the same horses that ran in the Bonnie Miss. If I thought this years Kentucky Oaks was coming up any stronger than most years Monmouth Oaks does then I wouldn't consider her an Oaks horse. This year it is a crapshoot.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:30 PM
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Who is really scary in the Oaks behind Rags? High Heels is a solid second choice then you are probably looking at the same horses that ran in the Bonnie Miss. If I thought this years Kentucky Oaks was coming up any stronger than most years Monmouth Oaks does then I wouldn't consider her an Oaks horse. This year it is a crapshoot.
I think this year's KY Oaks field is looking pretty good.
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Old 04-13-2007, 10:47 PM
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Who is really scary in the Oaks behind Rags? High Heels is a solid second choice then you are probably looking at the same horses that ran in the Bonnie Miss. If I thought this years Kentucky Oaks was coming up any stronger than most years Monmouth Oaks does then I wouldn't consider her an Oaks horse. This year it is a crapshoot.

Because the Oaks field isn't " scary ", though you keep saying " besides Rags to Riches " as though her presense isn't VERY important, doesn't mean a horse like Fee Fi Fo Fum belongs. There are quite a few fillies well ahead of Fee Fi Fo Fum....whether or not they are " scary ". It's a moot ( by the way I love it when people spell this " mute " ) point, as she won't be in the Oaks, but she is a legitimate 100-1 in the Oaks right now and most likely higher.
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