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Old 02-24-2008, 04:27 PM
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The final time was more than a second slower than a MSW event earlier on the card.
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:30 PM
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Pathetic racing at it's absolute best. Or is it worst? The lines are so blurred now, who can tell anymore?
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:34 PM
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Whats worse 12 horse fields out east with only 3 horses trying, or 5 horse fields out west?
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The final time was more than a second slower than a MSW event earlier on the card.
Alaazo is better than all of these!!!! Might I say....Much Better!!
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Alaazo is better than all of these!!!! Might I say....Much Better!!

Where did you hear that.....Facebook?
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:40 PM
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After watching that $5,000 claimer, Aloozo win at Monmouth puts him right there.
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:40 PM
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Cool Coal Man was a " Hidden Horse " on my show after his debut.
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:41 PM
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I retimed the race three times, and got 1:49 4/5.
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:44 PM
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They are they are, slow... Cool Coal man I can respect, I just don't respect that Court Vision, who I don't even like is 18 lenghts behind a 49 and 1/5? He wasn't even that slow last year, Monba did he run? The pacesetter absolutely collapsed off that slow pace? The race doesn't make sense.
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1:49.8?

Solid.
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I retimed the race three times, and got 1:49 4/5.
I wonder if the entire race is two seconds off. Would make sense. The first four seperated themselves from the field early which makes it even more impossible the fractions were right.
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:46 PM
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Also, I had the opening quarter in 24:1. It looks to me like the clock started when the gates opened.
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I retimed the race three times, and got 1:49 4/5.
Take a look at DRF charts and you'll see that they timed the race in 1:49 2/5.

http://www.drf.com/drfPDFChartRacesI...=20080224&RN=9
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Old 02-24-2008, 06:29 PM
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With that time what kind of beyer are they going to give the winner?
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Old 02-24-2008, 06:35 PM
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Take a look at DRF charts and you'll see that they timed the race in 1:49 2/5.

http://www.drf.com/drfPDFChartRacesI...=20080224&RN=9

Yeah, I timed it with the stopwatch feature on my cellphone. Not shocked I was off slightly.
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Where did you hear that.....Facebook?
Wouldn't know Facebook at all except for seeing the stories on the news.....Not interested in that yenta nonsense....Andy, I respect and admire your knowledge and insights on the sport....You have to just trust me on this horse
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Facebook told me Court Vision and Z Humor, and although I did use both in my exacta and tri's, unlike when I bet Alazoo who was the facebook choice I took a stand on Cool Coal Man.
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Wouldn't know Facebook at all except for seeing the stories on the news.....Not interested in that yenta nonsense....Andy, I respect and admire your knowledge and insights on the sport....You have to just trust me on this horse
I'm sure Andy will stop handicapping now.
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Wouldn't know Facebook at all except for seeing the stories on the news.....Not interested in that yenta nonsense....Andy, I respect and admire your knowledge and insights on the sport....You have to just trust me on this horse

Now I know you're crazy.
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I liked the horse going into the race and said so in this thread.
However, as has been pointed out earlier, winning a 9f race at that track when you have some speed and are breaking from the 1-hole is not exactly an outstanding accomplishment.
He was an overlay today, but I think that the opposite could certainly be true in his next start.
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