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Old 04-12-2013, 01:16 PM
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anyone have any insight why castelanno is riding normandy invasion and not revolutionary on the first saturday in may? steve....anyone? kinda odd move...thinking politics might be involved...

who will pick up the revolutionary mount now?>
I will go out on a limb and surmise he thinks he has a better chance to win the Derby on Normandy Invasion.
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Old 04-12-2013, 01:53 PM
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i know it's about being the best come derby day but i would like my derby pick to have won a stakes race at this point.....
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Old 04-12-2013, 02:15 PM
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Well Normandy Invasion "almost" won the Wood, passing a tired 1 1/16 hoss to be second.
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Old 04-12-2013, 06:25 PM
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I will go out on a limb and surmise he thinks he has a better chance to win the Derby on Normandy Invasion.
Castellano wasn't thrilled when he learned that Alabama Stakes couldn't get "Crazy Fingers" to agree to a year's worth of free braids for the jockey who rides Revolutionary.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:59 PM
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Castellano wasn't thrilled when he learned that Alabama Stakes couldn't get "Crazy Fingers" to agree to a year's worth of free braids for the jockey who rides Revolutionary.
Sorry I had her deported after a less than stellar braid. I lopped it off, didn't need her anymore.
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