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Old 10-20-2010, 10:01 AM
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DOGWOOD STABLE: Cot Campbell has announced the decision to run Aikenite, most recently seen winning a Keeneland allowance Friday in which he equaled the track record, in the BC Dirt Mile. Garrett Gomez has agreed to ride..
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:04 AM
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DOGWOOD STABLE: Cot Campbell has announced the decision to run Aikenite, most recently seen winning a Keeneland allowance, in the BC Dirt Mile..
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:05 AM
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:08 AM
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He ran an ok race in the Derby Trial..
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:15 AM
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He ran an ok race in the Derby Trial..
Mine that Bird ran an ok race in the Kentucky Derby. Those two will be turding around the back of the pack in this one and make absolutely no impact whatsoever.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:32 AM
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Mine that Bird ran an ok race in the Kentucky Derby. Those two will be turding around the back of the pack in this one and make absolutely no impact whatsoever.
That's not really a fair comparison. Aikenite just equaled a track record in an impressive ALW win Friday which earned a 97 Beyer. He's Churchill based and makes as much sense as an inclusion in the D/Mile as anyone else.

Why not run? He's obviously doing well. We can't have it both ways... By that I mean we criticize when connections don't run their horse but simultaneously criticize when they DO run them. You run them when they're 'doing good'..
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:34 AM
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That's not really a fair comparison. Aikenite just equaled a track record in an impressive ALW win Friday which earned a 97 Beyer. He's Churchill based and makes as much sense as an inclusion in the D/Mile as anyone else.

Why not run? He's obviously doing well. We can't have it both ways... By that I mean we criticize when connections don't run their horse but simultaneously criticize when they DO run them. You run them when they're 'doing good'..
This is fair. I just don't understand his management this entire year from turf experiments to the constant stretchouts....that's all.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:52 AM
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That's not really a fair comparison. Aikenite just equaled a track record in an impressive ALW win Friday which earned a 97 Beyer. He's Churchill based and makes as much sense as an inclusion in the D/Mile as anyone else.

Why not run? He's obviously doing well. We can't have it both ways... By that I mean we criticize when connections don't run their horse but simultaneously criticize when they DO run them. You run them when they're 'doing good'..
I'm not saying don't run them. I don't think anyone wants fields of 8 or 9 horses in these races. I'm just amazed that horses like these can even get into the gate at the "World Championships".
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Old 10-20-2010, 11:01 AM
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Mine that Bird ran an ok race in the Kentucky Derby. Those two will be turding around the back of the pack in this one and make absolutely no impact whatsoever.
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Old 10-20-2010, 11:07 AM
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I give Aikenite a shot to at least hit the board in the mile.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:16 AM
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He ran an ok race in the Derby Trial..
Has anyone heard about Hurricane Ike or A Little Warm in the Dirt Mile?

Also is Gone Astray running? He won a Win and U are in race however heard nothing
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:17 AM
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Two horses from trainer Mark Casse’s Canada-based stable arrived at Churchill Downs for possible Breeders’ Cup engagements: John Oxley’s Delightful Mary (Juvenile Fillies) and WinStar Farm’s Blue Laser (Juvenile). The horses are stabled in Barn 17.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:17 AM
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I'm surprised by the response Coach. Being one turn, I don't think he is impossible as he is a nice horse, just been mismanaged
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:22 AM
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I'm surprised by the response Coach. Being one turn, I don't think he is impossible as he is a nice horse, just been mismanaged
I'll probably be wrong but tossing most of the horses on the Keeneland main is my strategy.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:30 AM
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Everybody's all over Crown of Thorns' nuts for the Dirt MIle and he hasn't won a race since Bush was in office. Aikenite fits just fine, his one-turn races have been A-OK since the Holy Bull.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:53 AM
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Everybody's all over Crown of Thorns' nuts for the Dirt MIle and he hasn't won a race since Bush was in office. Aikenite fits just fine, his one-turn races have been A-OK since the Holy Bull.
Funny, I said that Aikenite was best making a late run on one turn in the spring and got argued with....
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Funny, I said that Aikenite was best making a late run on one turn in the spring and got argued with....
They argue with you cause you're a gal and fun to rile...


(By the way.. I thought of you and were sure you were swooning with glee from the really good Juddmonte pedigree piece the other day in TDN..)
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Old 10-20-2010, 11:39 AM
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I'll probably be wrong but tossing most of the horses on the Keeneland main is my strategy.
It isn't a bad strategy, I think horses that have a bad line off racing there might be decent plays off prior form, the track is like no other right now.
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Old 10-20-2010, 11:56 AM
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Mike Smith will ride 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Wednesday morning.

Lukas said that if the Dirt Mile attracts more than the capacity 14 entrants and Mine That Bird is not selected for the field, he could run in the $100,000 Ack Ack at 1 1/16 miles on the Nov. 5 undercard.

Lukas said he also plans to run Tidal Pool in the Nov. 5 Filly & Mare Sprint and Hamazing Destiny in the Nov. 6 Sprint. Smith will ride Tidal Pool, and Terry Thompson will be on Hamazing Destiny.

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...TS08/310200083
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Old 10-20-2010, 12:05 PM
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Mike Smith will ride 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Wednesday morning.

Lukas said that if the Dirt Mile attracts more than the capacity 14 entrants and Mine That Bird is not selected for the field, he could run in the $100,000 Ack Ack at 1 1/16 miles on the Nov. 5 undercard.

Lukas said he also plans to run Tidal Pool in the Nov. 5 Filly & Mare Sprint and Hamazing Destiny in the Nov. 6 Sprint. Smith will ride Tidal Pool, and Terry Thompson will be on Hamazing Destiny.

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...TS08/310200083
Is the Sprint gonna be allowed to have more than 14 runners? Right now my count is at 16
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