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09-13-2006, 08:49 PM
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So he's going in the Brooklyn this weekend.....
Good idea? Bad? What do you all think? From DRF... Funny Cide in Brooklyn off short rest By DAVID GRENING ELMONT, N.Y. - Having gotten little out of his race in the Grade 1 Woodward at Saratoga and with nothing seemingly amiss physically, Funny Cide will wheel back on short notice in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Brooklyn Breeders' Cup Handicap at Belmont Park. Cornelio Velasquez worked Funny Cide five furlongs on Tuesday and though the final time of 1:02.36 was slower than the gelding normally works, Velasquez told trainer Barclay Tagg that everything went well. "I had him in the Kentucky Horse Park by the time he got to the gap, but when I got back to the barn [Velasquez] he was so excited," Tagg said. "I said to him 'What's wrong with him?' He said, 'I just eased up on him, the race is on Saturday.' " Tagg said Velasquez would ride Funny Cide in the Brooklyn, replacing Richard Migliore who had ridden Funny Cide in his last five starts. "It has nothing to do with Migliore at all," Tagg said. "We're just trying everything different, wondering if a change would make a difference. He looks good, he's feeling good, he's acting good." The last time Funny Cide ran back on two weeks' rest, he won the Preakness following his victory in the Kentucky Derby. The Brooklyn doesn't figure to come up with as strong a field the Woodward. Among those being pointed to the race are Wanderin Boy, Good Reward, Awesome Twist, We Can Seek, and Reverberate. Tagg also nominated Auguri to the Brooklyn, but the 5-year-old Argentine-bred is not Breeders' Cup- nominated, meaning he would be running for only $100,000. Since Auguri prefers distances longer than 1 1/8 miles, he will be pointed to the $100,000 Kelso Stakes at Delaware on Sept. 30. The Kelso is run at 1 3/16 miles. 
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09-13-2006, 09:28 PM
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we joked on funny cide poster day at toga..'YA GOT NO SHHHOT BOY" ..ateam..
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09-13-2006, 10:14 PM
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I hope he does well. Funny Cide
usually does better when he doesn't have a long lay off.Hopefully I will get to the track to see him. Did I miss something, why is Mig being replaced? I thought he did well with Funny. Most important, may all come back safe and sound. Go Funny Cide!!
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