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[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I, for one, would be happy if Texas and Louisiana were the only states to have racing. Then the Racing Dispatch would be totally awesome.

You can have a free Racing Dispatch hat if you can find the last time anything was posted about Texas racing on the site. It's rather unremarkable.

NT

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

You can have a free Racing Dispatch hat if you can find the last time anything was posted about Texas racing on the site. It's rather unremarkable.

NT

http://www.racingdispatch.com/Handic...aturday_Night/

Send it to KYRIM. Size 9 5/8ths.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

http://www.racingdispatch.com/Handic...aturday_Night/

Send it to KYRIM. Size 9 5/8ths.

Will do, but I think I might be able to get ahold of a bandage Street Sense wore in the Tampa Derby. Will that work better?

NT

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Will do, but I think I might be able to get ahold of a bandage Street Sense wore in the Tampa Derby. Will that work better?

NT

!!OOOOOOOOOO!!

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

http://www.racingdispatch.com/Handic...aturday_Night/

Send it to KYRIM. Size 9 5/8ths.

so close to a perfect 10.

[Cajungator26]

Thought he looked good yesterday and like others am a little concerned that he might be a 'horse for the course', but at this point, there's only one way to find out...

Not sure what race the fat man was watching, but CQ was on his right lead going down the backstretch. He switched exiting the final turn (I'm assuming he meant the final turn and not the first turn as he was SUPPOSED to be on his left lead around the first turn. ) To say that those two were gutless yesterday is quite ridiculous. Both horses were very game.

[NTamm1215]

I guess maybe I just saw him as a bit mis-managed last year. While there was no problem with taking the Louisiana route to the Derby, the decision to go into the Ky Derby fresh was hard to understand. Then the decision to bring him back in the Preakness was tough to understand (although Hank Goldberg loved him in the Preakness). He was then put in the Va Derby and was actually sent off as the favorite. He is obviously not a turf horse so that race was a toss.

Ideally, is he still the same closing sprinter most thought he'd be at the beginning of 2007? Could be but yesterday's performance was solid.

NT

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I guess maybe I just saw him as a bit mis-managed last year. While there was no problem with taking the Louisiana route to the Derby, the decision to go into the Ky Derby fresh was hard to understand. Then the decision to bring him back in the Preakness was tough to understand (although Hank Goldberg loved him in the Preakness). He was then put in the Va Derby and was actually sent off as the favorite. He is obviously not a turf horse so that race was a toss.

Ideally, is he still the same closing sprinter most thought he'd be at the beginning of 2007? Could be but yesterday's performance was solid.

NT

Apparently, he's holding his weight better now and has filled out a bit. He is a very small horse and from what I understand, had a hard time keeping weight on last year. If this problem has improved, it should probably help him a lot.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Not sure what race the fat man was watching, but CQ was on his right lead going down the backstretch. He switched exiting the final turn (I'm assuming he meant the final turn and not the first turn as he was SUPPOSED to be on his left lead around the first turn. )

If you look at the run to the 1st turn again, you might just notice that while the others are righty, the RUNT is lefty. Of course, the horse would be lefty on the turn (though I've seen TWO exceptions in the past year). And there are times, believe it or not, that horses are LEFTY on the backstretch. Happens alot in turf sprints, for example.

So, assuming, if I were looking for an excuse, that the RUNT took the 1st turn lefty and REMAINED lefty on the backstretch and 2nd turn, I'd upgrade his performance (as he'd have run 3/4 of the race lefty).

Clearer?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

If you look at the run to the 1st turn again, you might just notice that while the others are righty, the RUNT is lefty. Of course, the horse would be lefty on the turn (though I've seen TWO exceptions in the past year). And there are times, believe it or not, that horses are LEFTY on the backstretch. Happens alot in turf sprints, for example.

So, assuming, if I were looking for an excuse, that the RUNT took the 1st turn lefty and REMAINED lefty on the backstretch and 2nd turn, I'd upgrade his performance (as he'd have run 3/4 of the race lefty).

Clearer?

Of course some horses are going to be on their wrong lead entering the stretch, but they're not supposed to be, do you agree? CQ was not on his wrong lead down the backstretch yesterday. He was on his 'right' lead which is what he was supposed to be on. I'll have to watch the replay again to see what lead he was on breaking from the starting gate. To be honest, I didn't pay attention to that.

[lemoncrush]

Cq was a Grade 1 winner at the age of 2, a Grade 2 winner at the age of 3, and now a grade 2 winner at the age of 4. Not the worst resume in the world.

For having a bad stretch to end his 3-yo campaign, I was really impressed with how he ran yesterday with blinkers.
HE usually is completely disinterested in running until the end (if at all).
And I never thought he would go 1-1/8 and win.