3/1 (SA): Big Cap & Kilroe (Gr. I's) - Page 3

ArlJim78 · #41 03-01-2008, 06:20 PM

watch him come right back and win with Big Booster,
not impossible.

TitanSooner · #42 03-01-2008, 06:24 PM

was going to bet Tiago until this race.. thinking about betting Big Booster now..

33-1 ??

#43 03-01-2008, 06:25 PM

I'd say Vladimir Syringe just took the magic baton...

just a guess.

King Glorious · #44 03-01-2008, 06:25 PM

The lines between claimers and stakes horses doesn't exist anymore. Used to be that there was a clear distinction. Not anymore. This winner was just running in claimers. The current favorite for the Big Cap was in optional claimers in November. The winner of the grade two at Gulfstream today is a claimer. The horse that finished second in the Stymie is a claimer.

freddymo · #45 03-01-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

The lines between claimers and stakes horses doesn't exist anymore. Used to be that there was a clear distinction. Not anymore. This winner was just running in claimers. The current favorite for the Big Cap was in optional claimers in November. The winner of the grade two at Gulfstream today is a claimer. The horse that finished second in the Stymie is a claimer.

Line between vitamin B12 and steriods doesn't exist anymore either... Give me a break King the Horse was an OK claimer... He just crushed a Grade 2 plus field.. Have a heart.

TitanSooner · #46 03-01-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I'd say Vladimir Syringe just took the magic baton..

God I love that.

freddymo · #47 03-01-2008, 06:41 PM

Wow nice ride by Russell Baze..

TitanSooner · #48 03-01-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I'm looking for Heatseeker to bring it home today.

Nice

ninetoone · #49 03-01-2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I'm looking for Heatseeker to bring it home today.

Nice call.

mclem10011 · #50 03-01-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by freddymo

Wow nice ride by Russell Baze..

B-r-u-t-a-l

pick4 · #51 03-01-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Agreed. I mean, at least step him up in distance and class a little bit before winning a grade 1 after doing almost nothing but sprinting.

The biggest joke was that he was only 9/1.

I thought Ever a Friend was an underneath horse. I did not think he would destroy this field like he did. Chris Clement kept him to turf spriints last year and he ran well but I'm surprised he only ran him once at a mile or over.

He should not have been dropped in for a tag but it looks like the owner did not want him anymore. His original owner passed away and it looks like his wife does not share his enthusiam of owning racehorses as she has dropped a number of horses in for a tag since Peter Karches passed away.

my miss storm cat · #52 03-01-2008, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I'm looking for Heatseeker to bring it home today.

Very nice... congrats.

ArlJim78 · #53 03-01-2008, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Very nice... congrats.

thanks mmsc, mclem and 9:1

Danzig · #54 03-01-2008, 07:59 PM

so i'm assuming well armed, who beat heatseeker last time out, is headed for dubai. they mentioned they were looking at one or the other a few weeks ago...

Danzig · #55 03-01-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

thanks mmsc, mclem and 9:1

good job jim!

AeWingnut · #56 03-01-2008, 08:17 PM

I liked Heat Seeker the previous race and laid off of him this time
so Jim
you're welcome
if I bet him he has a heart attack and dies

ArlJim78 · #57 03-01-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AeWingnut

I liked Heat Seeker the previous race and laid off of him this time
so Jim
you're welcome
if I bet him he has a heart attack and dies

thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

miraja2 · #58 03-01-2008, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

So instead of cheering at having a 14-horse field in a major race you grouse about the quality. Heads up, lads - 14-horse fields of the past contained questionable horses, too, who got real weight concessions (105 lbs vs 130 on the top-weight) to give them a shot. Not every SA Hcp winner has been one for the ages, either - do the names Azucar, Olhaverry, and Linmold ring any bells? Milwaukee Brew, who won this one twice (the first such dual winner who didn't have help from the stewards' room), didn't look like much, either, until he got to run 10f.

If you have a star, or two or three, you get a small field. If you don't have a star, you get a big field and an interesting betting contest. Be thankful for what you have, and shed a tear for the grand old Gulfstream Park H, once a 10f test of champions, like Round Table, Coaltown, Armed, Kelso, Pretense, Forego, etc., now merely a shadow of its former self.

I think you are basically right about this, but it wasn't always that way. In the 1979 Big Cap, Affirmed ran in an 8-horse field. I am pretty sure he was something of a star. As for field size in general, big fields are of course nice for betting, but as a fan, I would take the 4-horse field of the 1988 Big Cap (Alysheba, Ferdinand, Super Diamond, and Judge Angelucci) over the big field for the race today.

As for the winner, he does seem like at distances of 9f and up on synthetic, he is a pretty decent horse.

AeWingnut · #59 03-01-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

looking at my 9-12-1-2 ticket and thinking
expletive me
...I didn't get to see the race I bet it and left early.
was it even close

my miss storm cat · #60 03-01-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

thanks but i too have been following heatseeker for some time now, but this is the first time i cashed. last year when frankel had him i lost on him several times, then i backed off.
imagine how i felt when he won for hollendorfer at 30/1 and i didn't have a dime on him? so i started following him again especially with Bejarano. he's a decent horse i think.

I want to find the replay of his 3rd to George Washington.