BC Mile - George Washington

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I would say you are pretty close to being dead on.

Yeah I think I am.
Noone comes here representing themselves as an insider. I mean, what kind of label is that anyway?
And people who do have inside information on certain events that connections are considering or certain events that are happening, will not post them here. They know better than to take information that is given to them in confidence and repeat it on a message board before it has been made public.
Sure, I gave Steve a few scoops, but only after getting the permission of the people who gave me the info to call a friend in journalism.
No insider wants to be referred to as such, nor does he or she care.
And no insider is gonna post info that has not been cleared by the source to be broadcast in public, lest they lose that privilege and source.

[georgewashington]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Yeah I think I am.
Noone comes here representing themselves as an insider. I mean, what kind of label is that anyway?
And people who do have inside information on certain events that connections are considering or certain events that are happening, will not post them here. They know better than to take information that is given to them in confidence and repeat it on a message board before it has been made public.
Sure, I gave Steve a few scoops, but only after getting the permission of the people who gave me the info to call a friend in journalism.
No insider wants to be referred to as such, nor does he or she care.
And no insider is gonna post info that has not been cleared by the source to be broadcast in public, lest they lose that privilege and source.

Maybe the original poster should take your advice. Then again, it seems you have zero accountability on these boards. Say whatever you want, nobody in the business cares about your opinion. In fact, with the exception of a few NY people, most have never heard of you. You might want to rethink how close you are with Seth too. I am not sure he thinks of you as a friend.

Originally Posted by georgewashington

Maybe the original poster should take your advice. Then again, it seems you have zero accountability on these boards. Say whatever you want, nobody in the business cares about your opinion. In fact, with the exception of a few NY people, most have never heard of you. You might want to rethink how close you are with Seth too. I am not sure he thinks of you as a friend.

I never said Seth was a good friend, I said I knew him to say hello to and bull**** with.
But I will say this, if you've been out tossing my name around and libeling me, I do know who you are thanks to little brother, and I'd love to send Baffert that nice little rant about him from you and little brother.
Try me on this one scumbag, lets see who knows who.

[King Glorious]

I'd look to the Classic with GW instead of the Mile if he were mine. Following the pattern of recent winners/runners-up in the QE II, I see Dubai Millennium, Giant's Causeway, Rakti, and Falbrav all listed there and each of those horses were better at 10f than they were at 8f. I think the QE II is a better prep for a 10f race in America than an 8f race. The only question would be how does GW handle dirt but I think the class is there to give it a try.

[Hwjb]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I'd look to the Classic with GW instead of the Mile if he were mine. Following the pattern of recent winners/runners-up in the QE II, I see Dubai Millennium, Giant's Causeway, Rakti, and Falbrav all listed there and each of those horses were better at 10f than they were at 8f. I think the QE II is a better prep for a 10f race in America than an 8f race. The only question would be how does GW handle dirt but I think the class is there to give it a try.

You simply don't have a clue what you're talking about.

There is no way GW runs in this years Classic. He goes for the mile and will start favorite for that race.

Dylan Thomas is an intended runner for same connections in the Classic if he runs well in the JCGC.

[Nostradamus]

Originally Posted by Johannesburg

There is no way GW runs in this years Classic. He goes for the mile and will start favorite for that race.

Dylan Thomas is an intended runner for same connections in the Classic if he runs well in the JCGC.

Dylan Thomas will be in the BC Turf after next weekend. He stands zero shot against Bernardini on the dirt. He might lost by double digits. George Washington would give Bernardini trouble, just like any good miler would. They probably wouldn't beat him, but the way the race would be run would change drastically. They would make any early move and he would have to decide to go with them or not. If he didn't, he might never catch them.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Hwjb

You simply don't have a clue what you're talking about.

I know. Just like they had no clue as to what they were doing when they ran Giant's Causeway in the Classic. Just like they had no clue when they ran Sakhee in the Classic. Or when they ran Falbrav in the 12f Turf. Or when they ran Arcangues in the Classic. Or when they ran 3yo filly Jolypha in the Classic.

Simply put, a classy horse is a classy horse. Sure, GW looks to be a miler at best but many horses that run in Europe and then come over to the states are easily able to handle longer distances than they did at home. The layouts of many European courses require more stamina at most distances than America races. I've not seen it anywhere but for my own handicapping purposes, I always feel very confident in backing a European horse over here when going a furlong or two over what they usually ran at home.

[my miss storm cat]

As an aside, Caradak won today..... he's possible for the Mile.

[Hwjb]

The Giant - Group 1 winner over 10f
Sakhee - Arc winner over 12f
Arcangues - 10f winner who hadn't run over a mile since his 2yo days.


There is about as much chance of George Washington being run over a distance in excess of a mile as there is of me not getting drunk tonight.


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