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Old 08-11-2010, 12:51 PM
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Borrego wasn't that much and certainly not a raw talent.

His big race was an optical illusion aided by a very strong pace. The final half mile was like almost 52 seconds.

Ok. I guess the Pacific Classic was nothing...
With the **** we have saw the past few years no less.
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Old 08-11-2010, 12:56 PM
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Ok. I guess the Pacific Classic was nothing...
With the **** we have saw the past few years no less.
That was another melt down race - they went 22 and change and 45 and change at 10fs and he basically outfinished Perfect Drift and beat PD by like a half.

Borrego was like an older horse version of an Ice Box or Giacomo.
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Old 08-11-2010, 12:58 PM
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That was another melt down race - they went 22 and change and 45 and change at 10fs and he basically outfinished Perfect Drift and beat PD by like a half.

Borrego was like an older horse version of an Ice Box or Giacomo.

Ok.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:17 PM
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Here's a race for you to handicap PG'85. Assume they're all healthy and run to form. Give me your trifecta.

Distance: 9 furlongs
Track: Saratoga
Surface: Dirt
Race Name: The Only Way Zenyatta is Beating Rachel in NY on Dirt Stakes




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Old 08-11-2010, 01:23 PM
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Here's a race for you to handicap PG'85. Assume they're all healthy and run to form. Give me your trifecta.

Distance: 9 furlongs
Track: Saratoga
Surface: Dirt
Race Name: The Only Way Zenyatta is Beating Rachel in NY on Dirt Stakes


Thats a sick race you put together, I would toss Bernardini out with Prado up.
So much speed, Z and maybe Victory Gallop? I dont know, what do you think? Is the track playing fair?
Narrow it down to a more reasonable BCC like 14. THen Ill give you the cold triple.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:28 PM
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Tiznow, Dubai Millenium, Ghostzapper, Formal Gold tri and exacta box
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Old 08-11-2010, 03:26 PM
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Tiznow, Dubai Millenium, Ghostzapper, Formal Gold tri and exacta box
Dougs post was just a bunch of red X's for me.. but those are some nice animals. I'd give my tri if I knew which horses were in the field!

Formal Gold was an absolute monster.

Just seeing your reply makes it laughable that anyone could consider Zenyatta being in the top 4

The 4 horses you mentioned would have crushed Zenyatta, Rachel, Eskendera, and basically anything we've seen the past couple years
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Old 08-11-2010, 05:10 PM
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Thats a sick race you put together, I would toss Bernardini out with Prado up.
So much speed, Z and maybe Victory Gallop? I dont know, what do you think? Is the track playing fair?
Narrow it down to a more reasonable BCC like 14. THen Ill give you the cold triple.

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Old 08-11-2010, 05:20 PM
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Could we get a ML on this race before making our choices? I would LOVE an educated opinion on the odds on this one.
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Old 08-11-2010, 05:46 PM
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Thats a sick race you put together, I would toss Bernardini out with Prado up.
So much speed, Z and maybe Victory Gallop? I dont know, what do you think? Is the track playing fair?
Narrow it down to a more reasonable BCC like 14. THen Ill give you the cold triple.
The fastest closer and horse for course in the race. Left Bank and/or Formal Gold fill out the tri.
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Old 08-11-2010, 05:54 PM
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Well, considering we're talking about a 9f race and not a 10f one, I wouldn't bet against Formal Gold. He would be very difficult to catch going 9f based on his 1997 season.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:28 PM
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Skip Away and Ghostzapper = top 2 spots
(3,5 / 1,3,5, / 1,3,5,8,13,16)
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:33 PM
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Caller One sets a fast pace and fades to last.
Zenyatta takes advantage of the fast early pace to pass Rachel and Azeri at the wire to nicely secure 23rd place.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:37 PM
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Caller One sets a fast pace and fades to last.
Zenyatta takes advantage of the fast early pace to pass Rachel and Azeri at the wire to nicely secure 23rd place.
You're crazy. Zenyatta is like the best horsey EVAH. She wouldn't even be asked and win in a gallop.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:42 PM
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The first thing I notice is many of the past p's if not the majority are cut off at their best races? I want to see them all, nothing like a little slight of hand.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:55 PM
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Skip Away and Ghostzapper = top 2 spots
(3,5 / 1,3,5, / 1,3,5,8,13,16)
You wouldn't have had this ticket based on Skip Away's last race, he ran like crap.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:58 PM
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You wouldn't have had this ticket based on Skip Away's last race, he ran like crap.
I'm well aware of Skip Away's last race.
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Old 08-11-2010, 03:29 PM
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You wouldn't have had this ticket based on Skip Away's last race, he ran like crap.


really??????
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