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Old 04-20-2012, 10:45 PM
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Best of luck tomorrow Dunbar
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Old 04-21-2012, 03:28 PM
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Thanks, mmsc & A!

My penultimate (I hope) Showvivor decision is Ultimate Decision, the heavy fav in the 2nd race. The horse seems way too good to be offered in a $20K claimer, and that makes me nervous. Why is O'Neill offering him up so cheaply? But 5 horses and Eswan Flores aboard are very big pluses.

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Old 04-21-2012, 03:41 PM
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Only 3 of us on Ultimate Decision. I'm surprised how spread out the picks are:

3 people selected #05 Ultimate Decision in race 2
2 people selected #07 Designer in race 6
2 people selected #07 Irish Art in race 5
2 people selected #05 Compari in race 5
1 person selected #01 Special Kid in race 2



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Old 04-22-2012, 09:07 AM
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Dunbar......one of 8 people left going into the final day....Congrats!
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Old 04-22-2012, 12:12 PM
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thanks, IK. I really don't want to screw up today. Pending scratch info, I'm either going with Lady Ten in 6-horse 1st race or Let's Get Crackin' in 5-horse 2nd race. Either way, I won't have to sweat long!

If I make it through today, we'll see whether a $3.40 show payoff is worth anything in the tiebreaker.

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Old 04-22-2012, 03:28 PM
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thanks, IK. I really don't want to screw up today. Pending scratch info, I'm either going with Lady Ten in 6-horse 1st race or Let's Get Crackin' in 5-horse 2nd race. Either way, I won't have to sweat long!
Guess again. I switched from Lady Ten to Meadow Road (4th race) at the last minute.

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Old 04-22-2012, 04:01 PM
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Guess again. I switched from Lady Ten to Meadow Road (4th race) at the last minute.
Lady Ten finished 2nd. I could have been home free already!

Oddly, of the 3 horses I was struggling to make my choice from, only 1 other person chose any of them:

3 people selected #04 Gun Boat in race 2
2 people selected #02 Meadow Road in race 4
1 person selected #02 Bourbon Bay in race 9
1 person selected #05 Soi Phet in race 8
1 person selected #04 Deity in race 3


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