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Old 09-15-2007, 03:53 PM
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may 25th, someone on this board told me, "i've seen the horse and he can't run a step!" looked like a pretty good assessment.

actually, and you can ask drugS about this one, i saw his 2yo sale workout before he sold and thought he'd go for around 100k, not 16 mil.

he didnt look good at all.
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Old 09-15-2007, 04:23 PM
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well, at this rate, about 3200 starts, and he'll earn his purchase price back....
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Old 09-15-2007, 04:37 PM
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well, at this rate, about 3200 starts, and he'll earn his purchase price back....
With Pletcher training him, he should make that 3200th start by the year 2647.
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Old 09-15-2007, 05:50 PM
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I guess they needed more time with him..lol... Here's a quote by Pletcher after the race...
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Had he known beforehand the race would be run so quickly, Pletcher said the outcome would not have been surprising. “I could have told you, he probably wouldn’t have been ready for that,” he said.
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Old 09-15-2007, 06:29 PM
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Would it not be fantastic to see his next start in a $40KMC..
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Old 09-18-2007, 10:14 PM
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Would it not be fantastic to see his next start in a $40KMC..

I hope they don't.....I would most likely head to the bank to refinance.
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Old 09-15-2007, 07:23 PM
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I guess they needed more time with him..lol... Here's a quote by Pletcher after the race...
great, just what we need, pletcher to think a horse needs even MORE time. apparently a year isn't enough....
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Old 09-15-2007, 07:30 PM
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Todd says she should be able to run on the turf..she has "Green" in her name..
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Old 09-15-2007, 06:27 PM
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actually, and you can ask drugS about this one, i saw his 2yo sale workout before he sold and thought he'd go for around 100k, not 16 mil.

he didnt look good at all.
Excellent, a redboard of an overpriced, poor running yearling sale graduate. Very creative!
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Old 09-16-2007, 12:38 AM
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Excellent, a redboard of an overpriced, poor running yearling sale graduate. Very creative!
yeah, true enough.

it's not like i ever slammed tgm on these boards before he ran.

i was probably his biggest fan and supporter on here.
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Old 09-16-2007, 01:30 AM
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Which was the most disapointing race for Michael Tabor?

1) The Green Monkey finishing a tiring third in his First Start?
2) The Leapord finishing an uninspiring 5th in the Futurity?
3) Rags To Riches losing the Gazelle?

Those three horses cost him a total of 20 million dollars.
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I don't think they should be too disappointed with Rags, she should improve a lot from that run and was game in defeat.

The other two have given them something to think about though.
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Old 09-16-2007, 01:41 AM
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Which was the most disapointing race for Michael Tabor?

1) The Green Monkey finishing a tiring third in his First Start?
2) The Leapord finishing an uninspiring 5th in the Futurity?
3) Rags To Riches losing the Gazelle?

Those three horses cost him a total of 20 million dollars.
Rags was probably the biggest disappointment. The other two are just plain slow horses. She's the only one with talent.
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Old 09-16-2007, 02:15 AM
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...perhaps Pletcher is right, and The Green Monkey ISN'T a sprinter. If that's the case, was today's effort really that bad?

I hope TGM becomes a great horse. Part of me thinks if he had a high degree of talent, he would have shown more today. However, I think we would all agree that one start does not make a career.

In the end, I would say his race was similar to getting an "F" on the first exam of the semester with 4 exams to go. It's still mathematically possible to get an "A" for the year. But you better study hard.
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Old 09-16-2007, 11:54 AM
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Which was the most disapointing race for Michael Tabor?

1) The Green Monkey finishing a tiring third in his First Start?
2) The Leapord finishing an uninspiring 5th in the Futurity?
3) Rags To Riches losing the Gazelle?

Those three horses cost him a total of 20 million dollars.
The Pletcher machine has been off the track for over 2 months now.
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Old 09-17-2007, 02:25 AM
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don't worry about the horse. he got fed and washed down and galloped and everything. he doesn't know he cost 16mil and that he looked like a joke. he's clueless.

he got fed, he's happy. when he starts breeding, he'll be even happier. 16mil, 16dollars, he doesn't care.
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Old 09-17-2007, 02:26 AM
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don't worry about the horse. he got fed and washed down and galloped and everything. he doesn't know he cost 16mil and that he looked like a joke. he's clueless.

he got fed, he's happy. when he starts breeding, he'll be even happier. 16mil, 16dollars, he doesn't care.
Good insight. Does he like baby carrots or regular carrots?
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Old 09-17-2007, 05:35 AM
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don't worry about the horse. he got fed and washed down and galloped and everything. he doesn't know he cost 16mil and that he looked like a joke. he's clueless.

he got fed, he's happy. when he starts breeding, he'll be even happier. 16mil, 16dollars, he doesn't care.
Who's going to send a mare to him? There are pleny of Forestry's out there...
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