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Andy or Nick have any thoughts on Cape Blanco? She was quite a 3 year old but hasn't shown much this year but would O'Brian ship unless she was working good?
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Cape Blanco's not a "she". . . and will be a very big underlay.
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Always exciting to see Spencer back in the states.
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Cape Blanco won pretty easily over the Michael Jordan with the Wizards Gio Ponti.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |
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Is it time to start questioning the tactics on Gio Ponti?
The horse has more speed than that, which he's shown in his races at a mile, and it seems there is no thought about saving ground whatsoever in his races. |
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His class/talent allows him to be competitive at 10 panels, but I think deep down he's a miler and would have been a killer over that distance all these years.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Regardless of who is in the race and what the pace might be, they do the same thing, and to me, it's running a race in a vacuum. Watch the Dubai World Cup below and watch Dominguez strangle Gio Ponti as the winning move is made to his outside, through fractions of... 26.77, 53.18, 1:18.28, 1:42.61. It just seems like they have the same plan regardless of the race. As an incredibly astute handicapper said to me today..."they are mishandling that poor horse terribly." Beaten a combined three lengths in two $10 million races, not to mention some of the others. I'm thrilled they brought him back this year, it's wonderful, but refusing to even try to change his style kills me. You absolutely can't get a better angle for it than in this video. http://youtu.be/J1JvCEbLUEw |
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Cape Blanco will be ok when he gets back to his good 3yo form. He's still a ways off of it.
His performance when he was a clear 2nd - by 11 freaking lengths - to Harbinger - was a whole lot better than his performance today. |
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Go back and look at the PP's of his wins ... The best race of his life was when he beat the female Ventura - at dead even weights - by a nose going a mile. |
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I've never compared him to MJ with Chicago. I never have thought he was dominant. I just meant to say that he's an older guy that still has some game but not his best anymore. Also, I don't think it makes any difference that Ventura was a female. I thought she was a pretty good horse and beating her at a mile was a good win.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |
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maybe Jamie Spencer has learned a few things after all
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