Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

nopers played a tri super with rachel and flying private on top, having same 2 along with pioneer, friesan fire, musket man, general quarters.

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

Sorry to belabor this any further but the way I read it had you used him instead of potn, ff, or gq you would have hit both the tri and super.

So I guess he beat you out.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Ran his ass off, and would've caught the filly if the race were another sixteenth. I thought he was done in midstretch but he kept coming. Great, great race.

Originally Posted by GPK

How wide was he at the top of the stretch?

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

And if only the first 10 finishers weren't entered, we'd have truly gotten to see Pioneerof the Nile's greatness. WHAT MORE DOES HE HAVE TO DO?!

Originally Posted by King Glorious

So you don't think on dirt he'd be better normally than a horse like Luv Guv? Plenty that are better than they showed today? Like whom? The only ones that seem to be better than what they showed are Pioneer and Friesan Fire and since that's back to back horrible ones for FF, he may not be better.

Originally Posted by tiggerv

Very surprised Larry Jones ran him back today.

Originally Posted by sdjcom

POTN 1,700,000 in winnngs, he runs one horrible race in his career and you say he's not as good as we say.

Originally Posted by Left Bank

If she runs in the Belmont,He will beat her.

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Mine that bird is still a piece of ****, who we will never hear from again. I would be surprised as hell if he won a race of any consequence ever again, I sure do see alot of 3rd and 4ths though

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Mine that bird is still a piece of ****, who we will never hear from again. I would be surprised as hell if he won a race of any consequence ever again, I sure do see alot of 3rd and 4ths though

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Mine that bird is still a piece of ****, who we will never hear from again. I would be surprised as hell if he won a race of any consequence ever again, I sure do see alot of 3rd and 4ths though

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Did Danzig just set a non-Morty DT record of most posts in a row in a single thread? Consolidate.

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Mine That Bird certainly got a great pace setup ... but he made an excellent account of himself for sure.

Looks like the tactic of having him jog and loaf through the very early stages has moved him up big time. Obviously.

I'm curious to see how he runs in the Belmont when you can't loaf away the early stages of the race and expect them to come back to you because the pace is often much slower. ... baring the entry of any speed sprinter types like High Finance or baring the entry of a dominant speed router like a Smarty Jones who was forced to brush off an insanely premature middle move from a Malibu winner.

To me RA is a dominant speed router - and I like MTB's Belmont chances better if she runs .. they won't let her have a Da Tara jog on an uncontested lead trip obviously.

Even though I thought RA was a cinch today .. I got burnt because I played against MTB underneath .. and I will eagerly play against him in the Belmont again if RA doesn't run.

RA saw real pace pressure today from a very good and very fresh speed horse coming off of a razor sharp win. Look at the horses who were also wide into the 1st turn and not far behind her ... I believe they were Friesan Fire, POTN, and General Quarters ... all of them were exhusted and beaten by a country mile.

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Did Danzig just set a non-Morty DT record of most posts in a row in a single thread? Consolidate.

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Ah thinks she been drinking....;)

Originally Posted by pgardn

I wanted to say this.

Originally Posted by pointman

Honestly, as against him as I was going into this race, I don't think I can agree with this. He ran a hell of a race today and as far as I am concerned he validated his Derby run. Maybe he has hit his peak fitness, but there really is not any other way to view the race but to say that he closed solidly today.