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Old 03-15-2009, 05:16 PM
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This horse is fragile enough and they want to run him on that track? The $$ is defnitely right I guess. We'll see how long he'll be laid up after that one though.
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Old 03-15-2009, 05:36 PM
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This horse is fragile enough and they want to run him on that track? The $$ is defnitely right I guess. We'll see how long he'll be laid up after that one though.
Probably until his return to the Mass Cap in Sept.
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Old 03-15-2009, 06:11 PM
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Nick Zito should give a jingle to some of the guys that train at CT with regularity and ask them about that surface.
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Old 03-15-2009, 06:50 PM
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Why do they always avoid the BC Classic with this horse?
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Old 03-15-2009, 06:55 PM
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Why do they always avoid the BC Classic with this horse?
To annoy you.
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Old 03-16-2009, 09:43 AM
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Why do they always avoid the BC Classic with this horse?
because his chances are slim to none in a race like that, thats why. his last BC appearance was dismal. he is a good horse against a certain field but against the best he is out of his league.
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Old 03-16-2009, 09:50 AM
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because his chances are slim to none in a race like that, thats why. his last BC appearance was dismal. he is a good horse against a certain field but against the best he is out of his league.
So true. The way Saint Liam drowned him in the 2005 Whitney proved unequivocably that he can't come even close to a top horse. He was so " out of his league " that day that it's embarrassing.
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Old 03-16-2009, 10:11 AM
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So true. The way Saint Liam drowned him in the 2005 Whitney proved unequivocably that he can't come even close to a top horse. He was so " out of his league " that day that it's embarrassing.
I watched this race from the winners circle... easily one of the most exciting races/finishes I have ever seen.
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Old 03-16-2009, 05:31 PM
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So true. The way Saint Liam drowned him in the 2005 Whitney proved unequivocably that he can't come even close to a top horse. He was so " out of his league " that day that it's embarrassing.
that was years ago. how about churchill this fall when the public made him like 2-5 and einstien drowned him at like 5-1(happy day) and he didn't even get second. he is a nice horse no doubt, theres no knocking him hes great for the game, but i don't see him competing in the BC classic at this point in his career. sorry i sounded like i was dissing him but he is not as good as these people think and the big races with top notch fields(recently) have proven this. plus the fact he has to deal with the "goofy" surface if he were to enter. he needs it fast to even have a shot.
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Old 03-16-2009, 10:06 AM
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because his chances are slim to none in a race like that, thats why. his last BC appearance was dismal. he is a good horse against a certain field but against the best he is out of his league.
Any chance it was dismal because he was running in a monsoon and the track was a step below soupy?
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Any chance it was dismal because he was running in a monsoon and the track was a step below soupy?
He IS out of his league running 6F against the best in the world. His BC at Churchill was no picnic either. Running 7-9F is a different story though.
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Any chance it was dismal because he was running in a monsoon and the track was a step below soupy?
Or the fact that he stumbled at the start and was running at a distance nowhere near his best, despite the fact that he's a graded stakes sprint winner?

Gotta love the logic of some people.
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Old 03-15-2009, 06:58 PM
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This horse is fragile enough and they want to run him on that track? The $$ is defnitely right I guess. We'll see how long he'll be laid up after that one though.
They are all fragile. He ran 5 times last year at age 7, including 2 Grade 1's. Zito always seems to have the horse well placed. The only thing I wonder is how he will handle going 3 turns for the first time in his career.
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Old 03-15-2009, 07:53 PM
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They are all fragile. He ran 5 times last year at age 7, including 2 Grade 1's. Zito always seems to have the horse well placed. The only thing I wonder is how he will handle going 3 turns for the first time in his career.
I would imagine that he could go 10 turns against the plugs that will be in that field.
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I would imagine that he could go 10 turns against the plugs that will be in that field.
you can come watch from the fancy new hotel, overlooking the track.
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Old 03-15-2009, 08:32 PM
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you can come watch from the fancy new hotel, overlooking the track.
No overnights in Chucktown for me
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Old 03-15-2009, 08:42 PM
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That track has a concrete base...only track in the country with one I think
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Old 03-16-2009, 05:51 AM
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That track has a concrete base...only track in the country with one I think
Every synthetic track now has one as well.
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