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Old 02-12-2008, 10:26 PM
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Default Etched Thursday

Maybe Godolphin's best hope yet for the Derby is running in Dubai on Thursday. He certainly looked good in his two US starts. He easily bested Anak Nakal in the Nashua in both of their second starts.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:31 PM
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Theres not much in there besides the Team Valor.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:32 PM
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This isn't another South African horse....is it?
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:36 PM
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Better...... Uruguay

He won his first race by 7. Second start by 11, unfortunately neither of the horses that ran second or third in those races are much. He ran 3rd in his first start at NAD, beat 5. Looked like he needed it, may be a little bit better Thursday.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:38 PM
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Honour Devil looked good a couple of weeks ago in a prep for this. The southern hemisphere colts have held the edge in the race over the years. Last year it was Asiatic Boy. The slight weight break given to the northern 3yo's doesn't seem to make much difference.
Also, Numaany is in there too. He's the nutjob that spooked and bucked in miedstretch at AQU last fall, then won for fun once (Castellano?) got him right again. He's on YouTube.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:38 PM
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Don't forget, Numaany too!
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:41 PM
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Numaany hasnt been good enough to beat either in the past, maybe he has matured.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:45 PM
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Honour Devil looked good a couple of weeks ago in a prep for this. The southern hemisphere colts have held the edge in the race over the years. Last year it was Asiatic Boy. The slight weight break given to the northern 3yo's doesn't seem to make much difference.
Also, Numaany is in there too. He's the nutjob that spooked and bucked in miedstretch at AQU last fall, then won for fun once (Castellano?) got him right again. He's on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAhBhKqXSVo
I thought him and the South African, Royal Vintage, were the only possible threats there could be to Etched. The others have just been beat too many times to believe they have that much ability.
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Old 02-12-2008, 10:48 PM
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Can't wait!

The rest of the field and form comments.....

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...t=19371&page=5

I like My Indy and Aquino too (and Siberian Tiger, but not against these three).

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Old 02-12-2008, 10:59 PM
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The first step on his road to total obscurity by the end of the year...
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Old 02-13-2008, 01:30 AM
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it looks a decent renewal to me. My Indy is a nice 2nd Godolphin horse, Aquino is rated very highly by Watson and Honour Devil coulfnt have been more impressive last time. One thing in favour for Etched is the form of his stable. Couldnt be more different from last year..
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Old 02-13-2008, 01:50 PM
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Anybody know what time this race goes off? Is it on TV-TVG or HRTV?
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:02 PM
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I think 1pm eastern.
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:11 PM
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Thanks I know that HRTV has been showing some races from dubai. They have coverage of tomorrow's races starting at 10:30 am
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Old 02-13-2008, 02:12 PM
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It's the 5th, so it might be a bit earlier.
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Old 02-13-2008, 03:00 PM
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It's the 5th, so it might be a bit earlier.

You may be right. I feel like I read that somewhere but I don't know for sure.
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Old 02-13-2008, 03:46 PM
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I believe Etched's race is 1 pm Eastern Time. They're 9 hours ahead there.
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Old 02-14-2008, 11:45 AM
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15 minutes to post.
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Old 02-14-2008, 11:48 AM
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Anywhere to catch the race o the internet?
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Old 02-14-2008, 11:50 AM
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twinspires.com
xpressbet.com?
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