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Old 12-07-2007, 03:14 PM
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he's a longshot (20-1) and is slow on the TG numbers, but I'd take look at Turf War (Grasshopper's full bro). This will be his first time on dirt and his bro liked the dirt much better than poly.
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Old 12-07-2007, 10:27 PM
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he's a longshot (20-1) and is slow on the TG numbers, but I'd take look at Turf War (Grasshopper's full bro). This will be his first time on dirt and his bro liked the dirt much better than poly.
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St. Joe is 19-1.
Turf war is 60-1!
ZHumor isn't taking as much money as you would expect at third choice 4-1 but Betatron is taking more money than I expected.
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:02 PM
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I would have taken them both down.
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:05 PM
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I would have taken them both down.
For sure Gomez..No doubt...'bout that one ..Unbelievable how he can bullshit his way out of trouble with stewards.Really,what does he haveto do to get taken down?
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:09 PM
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For sure Gomez..No doubt...'bout that one ..Unbelievable how he can bullshit his way out of trouble with stewards.Really,what does he haveto do to get taken down?

I like Gomez, but that was an uncharacteristically bad ride. What the hell was his big hurry on the backstretch?

On the fouls.....Gomez drifted for sure but the 9 came in dramatically as well. Of course, it would help if their head on wasn't at an angle but it's more important to give $1 million away on a fake race than spend $5K to get an actual head on. That is assuming they even understand the principle of a head on shot.
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:15 PM
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I like Gomez, but that was an uncharacteristically bad ride. What the hell was his big hurry on the backstretch?

On the fouls.....Gomez drifted for sure but the 9 came in dramatically as well. Of course, it would help if their head on wasn't at an angle but it's more important to give $1 million away on a fake race than spend $5K to get an actual head on. That is assuming they even understand the principle of a head on shot.

The horse Z Humor ran pretty well though. That was a tough pace and he was right with the pace the whole time. Turf War and Borel looked great and the local horse made a big run. A little hard to see and predict off of this race. I think it was good for the 2yo/3yo crop to see 2 of the better pedigrees do well here.

How does the purse distribution work here? (each split win and place?)
Graded earning$
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:19 PM
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The first two finishers split the win and place monies ( probably 80% of the purse ).
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:20 PM
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I like Gomez, but that was an uncharacteristically bad ride. What the hell was his big hurry on the backstretch?

On the fouls.....Gomez drifted for sure but the 9 came in dramatically as well. Of course, it would help if their head on wasn't at an angle but it's more important to give $1 million away on a fake race than spend $5K to get an actual head on. That is assuming they even understand the principle of a head on shot.
My 1st opinion was a double d.q.,but HRTV did not do a good job showing the head-on.Looked like Gomez forced the middle horse out to the 9 a little ,too.For sure Garrett fouled.Don't know why they would leave him up.That was plenty to bother a horse who only got beat a half head,and actually the outside horse probably did enough to get taken down(since middle horse only lost by half head.)Would like to see what the 9 did again though.
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:25 PM
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Cajun state not big on taking horses down.I remember at Canterbury,that Martin guy(maybe was on Intelligent Male) fouled a Sadler horse with T Baze up(in the claiming crown big race.) For some reason,Canterbury stewards let it go,and Martin said Tyler needs to come down to Louisiana for some schooling.
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Old 12-07-2007, 11:37 PM
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How many days out of their season do they get to look a Go Go's rides in Vinton, La?
come on.
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