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Old 09-09-2009, 12:21 PM
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If Reade Baker hadn't inexplicably decided to run Fatal Bullet in the Vanderbilt, he's the kind of horse who would have given Zensational trouble on the lead. The last three times Zensational has won he's gotten away with relatively easy first quarters, especially given his raw speed.

Fatal Bullet hasn't even worked since the Vanderbilt, so there's another potential contender out the window.

You can probably chalk Capt. Candyman Can up on the list of horses who won't go to the BC because of it being on synthetics too as his lone Poly start at AP was the worst race of his career.

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Old 09-09-2009, 12:24 PM
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This would have been one of the better Breeders Cups in many years, if it was run somewhere with real dirt and a really nice turf course...hmmm, maybe Belmont? What a shame.
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Old 09-09-2009, 12:25 PM
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Last years BC Sprint was only a field of 8.
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Old 09-09-2009, 12:31 PM
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If Reade Baker hadn't inexplicably decided to run Fatal Bullet in the Vanderbilt, he's the kind of horse who would have given Zensational trouble on the lead. The last three times Zensational has won he's gotten away with relatively easy first quarters, especially given his raw speed.

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NT, I heard Baker mention that there weren't any logical spots for FB at Woodbine and other than shipping to Cali he thought he would try him on dirt in the Vanderbilt. Now we know I guess...he doesn't like it.
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