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Old 10-02-2010, 01:55 AM
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Anybody notice that Fly Down was purchased privately after the Travers? I wonder if he's Saudi Arabia bound after the BC.
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Old 10-02-2010, 07:22 AM
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He may win, and oh well if he does, but I think Paddy O Prado is an excellent bet against... especially if he takes more money than the ML.
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Old 10-02-2010, 07:57 AM
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He may win, and oh well if he does, but I think Paddy O Prado is an excellent bet against... especially if he takes more money than the ML.
I totally agree.
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Old 10-02-2010, 08:14 AM
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Anybody notice that Fly Down was purchased privately after the Travers? I wonder if he's Saudi Arabia bound after the BC.
Had been rumored all during Saratoga. Brought it up with Haskin on ATR Thursday. Has gone shockingly un-reported other than Jeff Lowe mentioning it in his TTimes preview. Surprised Grening hasn't gotten a blurb about it with more details. And certainly is logical to be headed to Saudi Arabia for the winter season.
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Old 10-02-2010, 10:35 AM
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Anybody notice that Fly Down was purchased privately after the Travers? I wonder if he's Saudi Arabia bound after the BC.
Yes, and it's depressing because I've loved this horse since the beginning of the year and the likelihood is that after the BC, he'll go to SA and we'll never hear from him again. It almost makes me not care about how he does in these 2 races.
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Old 10-02-2010, 10:37 AM
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Per DRF, Races 5 and 11 have been taken off the turf.

http://www.drf.com/blogs/belmont-fast-yielding-0
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Old 10-02-2010, 03:28 PM
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Well, I still don't think Girolamo is a sprinter, but I'm very glad he got his grade 1 - even though this was a very weak field. I'd prefer to see him in the Mile, but I don't think that's happening.
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Old 10-02-2010, 03:35 PM
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Well, I still don't think Girolamo is a sprinter, but I'm very glad he got his grade 1 - even though this was a very weak field. I'd prefer to see him in the Mile, but I don't think that's happening.
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Old 10-02-2010, 03:38 PM
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What's your problem? Seriously - you didn't understand what I said? Do I need to spell it out for you? Apparently so.
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Old 10-02-2010, 03:49 PM
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What's your problem? Seriously - you didn't understand what I said? Do I need to spell it out for you? Apparently so.
I understood what you said. It makes no sense. It's okay for you to be wrong about an AP Indy horse. We're all wrong sometimes.

He's a sprinter that can stretch out to a mile. The sprint division is really bad this year and he'll probably be 3rd choice at worst in the BC Sprint. He's running in the right races.
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Old 10-02-2010, 03:53 PM
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I understood what you said. It makes no sense. It's okay for you to be wrong about an AP Indy horse. We're all wrong sometimes.

He's a sprinter that can stretch out to a mile. The sprint division is really bad this year and he'll probably be 3rd choice at worst in the BC Sprint. He's running in the right races.
Did you think he was a sprinter coming into this year? I didn't. We've never seen him go long, so it's hard to say if he could or not; he was thrown to the wolves in the BC Classic on synthetics no less, so I couldn't judge him off that. Clearly he wasn't going to go long this year, so I assumed the Mile was right up his alley.

At this point, the Sprint is where he's going, so I'll have to accept that - and he does have a good shot.
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