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Old 06-21-2009, 08:01 PM
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Did any of you think it odd that she was entered in a listed stake to begin with?
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Wasn't her first race last year a listed stake at Saratoga?
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:28 PM
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Wasn't her first race last year a listed stake at Saratoga?
It was. She wasnt a multiple grade 1 winner last year either. She came into last year having won only listed races in dubai and a couple of grad3 3 races in chile and the saratoga race was her first race of any kind in North America. Since then she beat ginger punch on the dirt, finished second to zenyatta on synthetic and won a grade 1 on turf.

It just seemed like an odd placing for such an accomplished horse...to me anyway. Imagine if Zenyatta had opened the year in a listed stake.
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:36 PM
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It was. She wasnt a multiple grade 1 winner last year either. She came into last year having won only listed races in dubai and a couple of grad3 3 races in chile and the saratoga race was her first race of any kind in North America. Since then she beat ginger punch on the dirt, finished second to zenyatta on synthetic and won a grade 1 on turf.

It just seemed like an odd placing for such an accomplished horse...to me anyway. Imagine if Zenyatta had opened the year in a listed stake.
She was a bit more accomplished then you make it sound. While only listed, she destroyed them in the UAE Oaks and was 3rd in the UAE Derby (albeit, 8 lengths back).

Hasn't Godolphin gone the non-graded or even non-stake route with other horses coming off a lay-off?
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To answer my own question they brought Discreet Cat back in an optional claimer at Saratoga.
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It's common sense. Honestly.
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It's common sense. Honestly.
Of course, that is why she was your top pick today online.
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Old 06-21-2009, 10:31 PM
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Another bridge jumper goes down by betting the horse to place for about 150,000.
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Old 06-21-2009, 10:35 PM
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Of course, that is why she was your top pick today online.

She was a better bet at 1:9 than the winner at 5:1 wise guy.
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