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Old 04-10-2007, 10:01 PM
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A friend of mine at work had the EX because of the DQ too. He boxed those two every time they raced.
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Old 04-11-2007, 08:00 AM
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Like I said, even though they were bet to favoritism didn't mean they were the "best" two fillies in the field. The best 2 fillies finished 1-2 (after the DQ).
Fleet Indian was the biggest phony to ever be voted a "champion." I've been at this game a long time and I've never seen a horse improve so markedly after a trainer switch from the ages of 4 to 5. Pine Island, while certainly a quality 3YO filly whom I respected greatly and was distraught when she went down, was the best of a bad 3YO lot and was a huge underlay at 5/2. She didn't run a single race in her career good enough to win the BC Distaff.

Give the horse some respect. On her best day, she was the best filly in the nation, and she fired her best shot on the biggest day.
Are you talking about Round Pond or Fleet Indian?
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Old 04-11-2007, 10:04 AM
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Are you talking about Round Pond or Fleet Indian?
Are you being sarcastic?

Round Pond was a G1 winner at 3, G1 winner at 4, and is 5 in 2007. Fleet Indian was getting trounced in statebred stakes at 4 before the switch to Pletcher. Her average figure improved almost 25 lengths. That, quite frankly, is next to impossible with just "nature and nuture".
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Old 04-11-2007, 02:50 PM
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Are you being sarcastic?

Round Pond was a G1 winner at 3, G1 winner at 4, and is 5 in 2007. Fleet Indian was getting trounced in statebred stakes at 4 before the switch to Pletcher. Her average figure improved almost 25 lengths. That, quite frankly, is next to impossible with just "nature and nuture".
No no, I wasn't being sarcastic at all...and I totally agree with you about Fleet Indian. I misread your post.
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Old 04-12-2007, 07:38 AM
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already booked to Storm Cat. I know it's a crap shoot anyway, but not the best choice imo....
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Old 04-13-2007, 04:14 PM
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Isn't this a case of them expecting two wrongs to make a right? A mare with a knee injury being bred to a stallion known for knees that are not so, how should we say this, um...good?

Are there any Storm Cat sons out there standing at stud that actually have decent knees?
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