04-24-2009, 12:17 PM
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Goodwood
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Posts: 8,872
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Originally Posted by Kasept
Wise guy horse to me is the horse or horses that have been largely left in that middle group of harder to envision possible winners (15-1 or more) coming up to Derby Week, that suddenly get noticed by media because they have a flashy move, look particularly terrific physically, etc.
That group of candidates moving towards Monday are the Godolphins, Square Eddie, Chocolate Candy, Hold Me Back and Musket Man.
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Let me make sure I have the correct defintion of "wise guy" horse.
It's a horse without a pretty form in relation to the rest of the field who is being backed on the basis of better than looked races or projection for future improvement?
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I agree with Steve. The "chatter" horse.
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