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Old 07-25-2008, 10:29 AM
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How many such races has he ran? Was that by design, because they wanted to keep him in shorter races......or by necessity, because they didn't think they could keep him together long enough to finish such a race? I think it was the former. When last seen trying this game, he was beaten in a tag team effort by Dutrow but right before that, he'd beaten the future HOY St. Liam.

I'll agree with you that depending on the odds, he may be a play against horse but forgetting about the odds and picking the horse that I think is most likely to win the race, I think he's the one that fits that bill.
Well of course he's run 9F three times. And the three Dutrow horses beat him there. His race against St Liam was phenomenal as well. But how can you bring those two up without mentioning his very poor race in the '05 Bob's Hope when he went 2 turns off a 5 win sprint streak?

I don't know why they haven't run him long either. But at such a short price, I can't just assume it is for good reasons. Also, I don't disagree with what you wrote. But he hasn't tried long in 3 years and he may well have gotten beat by Lord Snowden if either the Met was a bit longer or if Lord Snowden had gotten a bit softer trip. I can't get away from those two factors.
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Old 07-25-2008, 11:19 AM
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Where is Circular Quay?
Is he still nursing a minor injury?
I expected to see him running in some of these weak stakes races in the older handicap division.
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Old 07-25-2008, 11:44 AM
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Where is Circular Quay?
Is he still nursing a minor injury?
I expected to see him running in some of these weak stakes races in the older handicap division.
Apparently, Cowtown Cat is a better fit for this race. At least Pletcher didn't enter Sam P.
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Old 07-25-2008, 01:49 PM
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Apparently, Cowtown Cat is a better fit for this race. At least Pletcher didn't enter Sam P.
CQ is recovering from a sinus infection.. he probably missed too much training time to make this race.
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Old 07-25-2008, 04:23 PM
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I haven't been able to dust this one off in awhile, but I gurarantee right now that Cowtown Cat will finish in EXACTLY ninth place.
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Old 07-25-2008, 09:10 PM
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Student Council/Rising Moon

Student Council appears to be the best in the race, but Rising Moon is really a big monster. Rising Moon could turn into the classic distance horse of 2008, and it wouldn't be a shock.

Hard to know how good Solar Flare is.
Really a deep race, with a ton of horses you can make a case for.
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Old 07-26-2008, 12:04 AM
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commentator is 7 nica please
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Old 07-27-2008, 06:37 AM
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Cowtown Cat will finish in EXACTLY ninth place.
I overestimated him again. He was last....instead of just ninth.
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