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Old 11-14-2006, 01:36 PM
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You're correct. It's one mile...
Yeah, it used to be 7 1/2 furlongs for the longest time and they changed to a mile, which is about the same thing IMO....the outcome of the race at 7 1/2 is just as likely at a one-turn mile trip IMO......kinda like a mile around two turns and a mile and 70 yards around two turns...not much different from the dynamic of the race....

Actually, as a tidbit - I do remember Bredar changing this race to a mile now.....they also want to get rid of the Ack Ack name (because there are like 3 races around the country named Ack Ack) and they were seriously thinking about changing it to the Muhammed Ali Mile (or maybe just the Ali Mile)....I'll have to find out what happened to that....I hate to say it but maybe they are waiting for him to pass away first....you never know...CD loves publicity as much as the next publicly traded company does......
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Old 11-14-2006, 01:46 PM
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Yeah, it used to be 7 1/2 furlongs for the longest time and they changed to a mile, which is about the same thing IMO....the outcome of the race at 7 1/2 is just as likely at a one-turn mile trip IMO......kinda like a mile around two turns and a mile and 70 yards around two turns...not much different from the dynamic of the race....

Actually, as a tidbit - I do remeber Bredar changing this race to a mile now.....they also want to get rid of the Ack Ack name (because there are like 3 races aroungg the country named Ack Ack) and they were seriously thinking about changing it to the Muhammed Ali Mile (or maybe just the Ali Mile)....I'll have to find out what happened to that....I hate to say it but maybe they are waiting for him to pass away first....you never know...CD loves publicity as much as the next publicly traded company does......
Agreed about the minute difference between a mile and 7 1/2 furlongs... it's only a 100m difference... hardly enough to have a major effect IMO.
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Old 11-14-2006, 01:51 PM
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Agreed about the minute difference between a mile and 7 1/2 furlongs... it's only a 100m difference... hardly enough to have a major effect IMO.
Yeah, and the 100m is in the already long run down the backstretch (a hair closer out of the chute)....the finish from the far turn to the wire is the same - and from what is about the same pace scenario and race set up early on.....almost no affecting difference...
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:00 PM
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On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:04 PM
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He's a pretty good horse and will be tough if he makes the Malibu. That race is usually one to look forward to.
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:07 PM
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I've loved this horse all year. I think he'd be the horse to beat in the Malibu at this point........unless Your Tent or Mine comes back for that race.
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:08 PM
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Frankel had High Limit all keyed for that race if I am not mistaken either last year or the year before, either way, I just thought the quote was hilarious....
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:20 PM
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On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."
I acually wouldn't disagree with him....the Perryville was over the rubber tires anyway - so it is a toss....

Hell, if I liked him against Magna Graduate, Its No Joke, Awesome Twist and all of those other tough older horses in the Ack Ack as a 3-year-old then I have to like him in the Malibu against straight 3-year-olds....the horse has run some 1s and 2s on the Rag sheets....not too shabby....Frankel is STRTICTLY a sheets guy and he knows those figs are good enough to be tough in the Malibu....be curious to see whoelse shios in for the race.....Too Much Bling has run faster than Latent Heat and is a seven-furlong specialist....we'll see...

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Old 11-14-2006, 09:12 PM
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On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."
We shall see said the blind man. The Malibu can be and will be loaded this year.
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Old 11-15-2006, 07:02 AM
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The Malibu will certainly be easier if the connections of Brother Derek foolishly pass the race and run in the Hollywood Derby instead. That plan seems like a bad sign for Brother Derek.
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Old 11-15-2006, 08:30 AM
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The Malibu will certainly be easier if the connections of Brother Derek foolishly pass the race and run in the Hollywood Derby instead. That plan seems like a bad sign for Brother Derek.
Have we really come to the point in horse racing where running November 26th precludes a horse from running back on December 26th? I thought it would be at least a few more years before we got to that point.
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Old 11-15-2006, 08:48 AM
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The Malibu will certainly be easier if the connections of Brother Derek foolishly pass the race and run in the Hollywood Derby instead. That plan seems like a bad sign for Brother Derek.
I wouldn't like Brother Derek on the turn-back to 7 panels from a hard race in the 1 1/4-mile Classic....he'd be a bet-against for me...

I'd breifly freshen him for a start in the $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Parl in January...I mean, it is freakin' Cal-bred and Fla-breds for $1 MILLION!!!....can't pass that up. Plus, Lava Man is reportedly running in the turf race on Sunshine Millions day against Miesque's Approval - which means that the ONLY horse Bro Derek may have to beat is Sweetnorthernsaint...but at least it is at his best distance of 1 1/8 miles - and did I mention that it is for $1 MILLION!!!....can't pass that for the Malibu if you're Bro Derek's connections....
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Old 11-15-2006, 08:55 AM
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I'b very surprised if this one doesn't go 9F or even 10F down the road.
See, I am actually of the opinion that he will be better at 7-8 furlongs and racing around one turn......I haven't liked his twoturn efforts to date...he was quitting in all of them....
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