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Old 10-01-2007, 09:39 PM
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What monsters am I missing in the F&M Turf?

What if Mandesha comes? To me she's like English Channel, any decent Euro will beat them.
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Old 10-02-2007, 04:10 AM
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Wow.. 11 posts about Nashoba's Key and not one use of the name of the "trainer".. It's Carla Gaines for those that don't know.. Above is link to ATR Archive page for Hour 3 where Gaines joins Ric Hammerle to talk about her undefeated filly and her career. (Comes in after 15 min. with Hammer..)
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Old 10-02-2007, 06:16 AM
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I don't seen any indication the best Euro f&m are considering coming over. Mandesha is going into the Arc, don't believe she would then go to the US. I think I heard that Peeping Fawn is done for the year. The BC f&m doesn't seem to be a front-burner issue for their connections.

It got quite cold rather fast recently and too many may have 'gone in their coats' (settled into a winter metabolism) to fly over to the milder US in late October. Time will tell.
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Old 10-02-2007, 06:22 AM
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PS. I don't see any horse outside of the group of Hard Spun, Street Sense, Curlin or Lawyer Ron winning the classic this year. Maybe Tiago could engineer an upset, but I doubt it. One of them could throw a clunker, or even two. But all four? Highly unlikely. These are highly consistent animals. Note I haven't included Any Given Saturday. I don't think he stays 10f in high-class company.
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Old 10-02-2007, 07:41 AM
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i'm not throwing in the towel on political force either...
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Old 10-02-2007, 07:48 AM
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http://www.thoroughbredracingradione...y,1/Itemid,35/

Wow.. 11 posts about Nashoba's Key and not one use of the name of the "trainer".. It's Carla Gaines for those that don't know.. Above is link to ATR Archive page for Hour 3 where Gaines joins Ric Hammerle to talk about her undefeated filly and her career. (Comes in after 15 min. with Hammer..)

Further proof that people are far more interested in the horses than human interest stories.
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Old 10-02-2007, 08:35 AM
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Further proof that people are far more interested in the horses than human interest stories.
Don't disagree that the horses are the focus... But unless they saddle themselves, run unmounted, pay their own bills and start talking like Mr. Ed, the connections are the portal by which we can prime the publicity pump.

And knowing how we both feel about the overly heavy spotlight on the super trainers, I'd think you'd agree that a horseman like Carla Gaines is highly worthy of some notation in the discussion of an undefeated horse she happens to train.
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Don't disagree that the horses are the focus... But unless they saddle themselves, run unmounted, pay their own bills and start talking like Mr. Ed, the connections are the portal by which we can prime the publicity pump.

This is self-serving. It's of interest to you because it has to be right now. That's fine.
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Old 10-02-2007, 08:50 AM
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This is self-serving. It's of interest to you because it has to be right now. That's fine.
You know what I mean and I know what you mean.. And I agree that the handicapping portion ("horses") of the overall equation in race media coverage indeed should deservedly outweight the human interest ("connections") portion.
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Old 10-02-2007, 08:51 AM
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You know what I mean and I know what you mean.. And I agree that the handicapping portion ("horses") of the overall equation in race media coverage indeed should deservedly outweight the human interest ("connections") portion.

I know you know .
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