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Old 06-04-2012, 03:13 PM
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Look at his second dam Terpsichorist and then look further back to HER dam Glad Rags. There is some distance influence there as she is a member of the same family as Colonial Affair who won the Belmont coincidentally. He just looks like a horse built to go further IMO. If you really look at him, he is built very similar to Northern Dancer. I could be wrong, but I don't think that he is a 5 furlong horse.
You're going back to 1965 Irish 2yo filly champ Glad Rags -- the 3rd dam of both Colonial Affair and Union Rags.

However, Union Rags is Dixie Union out of a Gone West.

Colonial Affair is Pleasant Colony out of Nijinksy.

Union Rags is bred to be extremely precocious all-around. Up close, he's best suited as a sprinter/miler IMO.

I'd load up on him in the Belmont if the race was 7 furlongs or a 1-turn mile.
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Old 06-04-2012, 03:31 PM
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You're going back to 1965 Irish 2yo filly champ Glad Rags -- the 3rd dam of both Colonial Affair and Union Rags.

However, Union Rags is Dixie Union out of a Gone West.

Colonial Affair is Pleasant Colony out of Nijinksy.

Union Rags is bred to be extremely precocious all-around. Up close, he's best suited as a sprinter/miler IMO.

I'd load up on him in the Belmont if the race was 7 furlongs or a 1-turn mile.
Gone West mares have produced offspring capable of winning at all distances. If he was built like a sprinter/miler, I might be willing to toss him aside, but he's not.
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kent desormeaux picked up guyana star dweej for saturday. i'm nominating that name for worst ever.
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Old 06-05-2012, 03:51 PM
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kent desormeaux picked up guyana star dweej for saturday. i'm nominating that name for worst ever.
Couldn't agree more...Kent is a ridiculous name.
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Couldn't agree more...Kent is a ridiculous name.
i have to tell you, that took waaay longer than i thought it would!
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kent desormeaux picked up guyana star dweej for saturday. i'm nominating that name for worst ever.
Can we nominate Union Rags' 2nd dam's name? Terpsichorist.
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Can we nominate Union Rags' 2nd dam's name? Terpsichorist.
too bad that name wasn't still around for zenyatta.
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Old 06-06-2012, 05:28 PM
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You talk a lot about developing 3 year olds and their tendencies to pair up figures and move forward. In looking at the pp it appears that Atigun Dullahan and Paynter all fit with that general theory. That said, it looks like I'll Have Another may also be eligible for either a pairing of the Preakness figure or another step forward. Any thoughts?
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