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Old 04-19-2007, 09:14 AM
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The Tesio isn't really known for producing stellar fields, is it? Seriously do correct me if I'm wrong, but when I think of it in recent memory I'm thinking of Ah Day and Water Cannon. It seems to usually be a prepping ground for an eighth place finish in the Preakness.
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:16 AM
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The Tesio isn't really known for producing stellar fields, is it? Seriously do correct me if I'm wrong, but when I think of it in recent memory I'm thinking of Ah Day and Water Cannon. It seems to usually be a prepping ground for an eighth place finish in the Preakness.
I'd love to own a horse like Ah Day...
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:20 AM
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I'd love to own a horse like Ah Day...
I think he's turned into a nice horse, I was speaking mostly about the types of horses it produces at that time in their career: Preakness also-rans.
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P.S. - I don't think Ah Day ran in the Preakness, did he?
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P.S. - I don't think Ah Day ran in the Preakness, did he?
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Has been a very useful horse actually John. Now with Contessa who bought him privately.

Unheralded Maryland-based horses pop up and invade the Preakness board about once a decade.. Oliver's Twist and Magic Weisner come to mind, and of course Bee Bee Bee ('72) won it stunning Riva Ridge.
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I always like seeing the King Leatherbury horses show up in the Preakness. Think Ah Day is a King horse, right?

I'd love to see Fogelsonger on a Preakness mount.
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The Tesio isn't really known for producing stellar fields, is it? Seriously do correct me if I'm wrong, but when I think of it in recent memory I'm thinking of Ah Day and Water Cannon. It seems to usually be a prepping ground for an eighth place finish in the Preakness.
I think Magic Weisner came out of the Tesio. Remember him in the Preakness? Another 5 yards, and he would have run down War Emblem.
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I think Magic Weisner came out of the Tesio.
That is true....and Magic Weisner didn't win the Tesio that year, he was second.
In the early 80s Deputed Testamony won the Tesio and the Preakness.
Other notable Tesio winners include:
Broad Brush
Private Terms
and Concerto.
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Just looked at the pp, and I think Etude is a VERY solid single here. The horse finished second in his first three and was very wide in each of those races.
Since then he has picked up three victories in a row including a nice score in the Private Terms last out against a field of ten which included one of his opponents here (Saratoga Lul).
His works for this race - 5f in 1:02 followed by a slow mile work - are exactly what he did before the Private Terms when he ran a big one.
He has demonstrated a versatile running style, and his dam (Groovy Feeling) was a G2 winner going 10f, so the stretching out to 9f may not be a problem for him.
He will probaby be odds-on so there isn't any value, but I would be surprised if he doesn't win it.
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Just looked at the pp, and I think Etude is a VERY solid single here. The horse finished second in his first three and was very wide in each of those races.
Since then he has picked up three victories in a row including a nice score in the Private Terms last out against a field of ten which included one of his opponents here (Saratoga Lul).
His works for this race - 5f in 1:02 followed by a slow mile work - are exactly what he did before the Private Terms when he ran a big one.
He has demonstrated a versatile running style, and his dam (Groovy Feeling) was a G2 winner going 10f, so the stretching out to 9f may not be a problem for him.
He will probaby be odds-on so there isn't any value, but I would be surprised if he doesn't win it.
Maybe I should take up fishing, or watching MLS or something.
I need some kind of new hobby....I obviously stink at this one.
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