Hide your horses.. None safe from Repole's grasp!

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Repole's on a roll. He claims a horse for 40k who's terrible and turns him into a rabbit, a NY bred for 35k who only brought 16k at a recent auction, another NY bred whose only wins in the last year were on the Saratoga turf course and now this horse with no conditions for 62.5k. You can't fool him.

The 40k claim was bad because the horse is finished. His previous race shows that. His Tom Fool winner has what doubled the investment already? His claim yesterday can run, and one must assume Todd moves him up.

[Linny]

Caixa is a nice horse. He can really run and should stay goof for Todd. Claiming actively is like an other method of buying horses. You buy several horses and hope that the good ones will more than cover the poor ones. If you can drop and sell the ones that don't pan out or make then rabbits for the good ones, then you have cash flow and can keep on going.

I do wonder how some of TAP's other clients feel about him suddenly filling his barns with horses taken via the box. While he's not exactly churning $10k horses, it does seem that the "wear and tear" on staff caring for more stock might bother owners of almost exclusively stakes type horses (think WinStar, Tabor etc.)

[richard]

I think it's great he's bringing a horse by the wildly popular Arromanches back to NY.
http://arromanches.homestead.com/

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Linny

Caixa is a nice horse. He can really run and should stay goof for Todd. Claiming actively is like an other method of buying horses. You buy several horses and hope that the good ones will more than cover the poor ones. If you can drop and sell the ones that don't pan out or make then rabbits for the good ones, then you have cash flow and can keep on going.

I do wonder how some of TAP's other clients feel about him suddenly filling his barns with horses taken via the box. While he's not exactly churning $10k horses, it does seem that the "wear and tear" on staff caring for more stock might bother owners of almost exclusively stakes type horses (think WinStar, Tabor etc.)

At 130 bucks a day I am sure the staff are ok with any horse that comes in?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

The 40k claim was bad because the horse is finished. His previous race shows that. His Tom Fool winner has what doubled the investment already? His claim yesterday can run, and one must assume Todd moves him up.

I wouldn't make that assumption. Aside from Calibrochoa (who was already fast and has become a stakes-winner running against the likes of Fastus Cactus), I can't recall another of the horses that he claimed for Repole (i.e., Dr. W., Avanta) doing much post-claim.

[richard]

Caixa Eletronica is nicely bred. He's a hard knocker like his tough, charismatic dad and deserves the praise he's getting on this thread. Looking forward to seeing him run.
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2...mode=fullstory

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by richard

Caixa Eletronica is nicely bred. He's a hard knocker like his tough, charismatic dad and deserves the praise he's getting on this thread. Looking forward to seeing him run.
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2...mode=fullstory

Good story -- thanks for the link.