Early thoughts on Belmont Saturday Card - Page 3

slotdirt · #41 06-08-2007, 10:12 AM

Dunno...Remarkable News ended up winning the Dixie, and he's a pretty darned good horse. Cosmonaut was much the best in that race if not for the breakdown on the backstretch. I do agree that Cosmonaut will be way overbet given the circumstances in his last.

philcski · #42 06-08-2007, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Dunno...Remarkable News ended up winning the Dixie, and he's a pretty darned good horse. Cosmonaut was much the best in that race if not for the breakdown on the backstretch. I do agree that Cosmonaut will be way overbet given the circumstances in his last.

I agree that Remarkable News is a seriously talented horse, however how much did hurdling the ill-fated Mending Fences actually cost him? 2 lengths? 5 lengths? 10 lengths? It was an incredibly athletic move by the horse and Prado to continue on, but I'm leaning towards the former.
He does have a significant pace advantage in here but I think he's very suspect at a mile and a quarter. If he stays at the ML of 5-1 I might be more interested but he won't.

philcski · #43 06-08-2007, 10:40 AM

In the 4th is one that's been on my watch list for a while- Quick and Easy. Broke his maiden in good time first out at Saratoga making up 7 lengths in a 5F race. Was off until the inner track, in which he really never had a chance- was stuck with wide posts and traffic, and an ill designed route try; finally when he returned to the main track he got a setup I was hoping for, and ran 2nd at 10-1 (with the dead weight Carrero on him) behind a very decent Contessa NYB, Stunt Man. They then tried him in the Screenland and he ran into the best NYB 3YO Bustin Stones and never really had a chance. Returning to the N1X level, he gets Albarado, an inside post, and is 15-1 on the ML. Very, very live at that price.

Mortimer · #44 06-08-2007, 10:41 AM

Philski.

Learn to read a form already.

philcski · #45 06-08-2007, 10:45 AM

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Philski.

Learn to read a form already.

I'm trying.

I ordered "Handicapping for Dummies" off Amazon the other day but it hasn't gotten here yet. Hopefully it'll be here by post time for the Belmont tomorrow.

Mortimer · #46 06-08-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by philcski

I'm trying.

I ordered "Handicapping for Dummies" off Amazon the other day but it hasn't gotten here yet. Hopefully it'll be here by post time for the Belmont tomorrow.

Really?

I thought it was really grea.....I mean ...never heard of it.

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