Pyro Smyro.. What A Slow Horse...

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

They are all slow on figures this year, but Pyro has shown the best closing kick, which may be reason enough to bet him with the way this race always seems to be run.

Precisely. I like Pyro more now than I did before Saturday, because I don't give any credence to the polytrack race. At 5/1 or so in the Derby, which is what he would've been MAXIMUM had he won the Blue Grass, he would've been an underlay. At around 7/1 or 8/1, I think he's fair value.

[HaloWishingwell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Precisely. I like Pyro more now than I did before Saturday, because I don't give any credence to the polytrack race. At 5/1 or so in the Derby, which is what he would've been MAXIMUM had he won the Blue Grass, he would've been an underlay. At around 7/1 or 8/1, I think he's fair value.

Don't you really mean that you like his price more now? Nothing from that race can make you like the horse more than before.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

Don't you really mean that you like his price more now? Nothing from that race can make you like the horse more than before.

As a horse, I like him just as much as I did before the race. As a betting interest, I like him more now.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

As a horse, I like him just as much as I did before the race. As a betting interest, I like him more now.

Talked about the same thing with some of the guys at OTB Saturday after the race. Pyro immediately became probably the most attractive bet in the Derby to me. I don't always draw a line through Poly races by default, but I think he's legit and the price just got a whole lot more fair.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Talked about the same thing with some of the guys at OTB Saturday after the race. Pyro immediately became probably the most attractive bet in the Derby to me. I don't always draw a line through Poly races by default, but I think he's legit and the price just got a whole lot more fair.

Right or wrong, I agree with you guys. I just hope a lot of backers do jump ship as I suspect they will. If he goes off 10-1 and loses, no regrets because I haveto take a shot at something close to that price.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Right or wrong, I agree with you guys. I just hope a lot of backers do jump ship as I suspect they will. If he goes off 10-1 and loses, no regrets because I haveto take a shot at something close to that price.

I personally do not think that you have to worry about people backing off the horse to get that price. So many people (who do not follow racing the other 364 days of the year) will be betting the race and wil see that Pyro ran 12 in last race and will think the horse has no shot. What do they know about poly excuses. I personally think he has a big chance. I am really not in love with any horse yet, but I am thinking that there is going to be a ton of pace in the race. So he is a very logical pick.

[Danzig]

i agree math. i also think cool coal man is worth a look.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Precisely. I like Pyro more now than I did before Saturday, because I don't give any credence to the polytrack race. At 5/1 or so in the Derby, which is what he would've been MAXIMUM had he won the Blue Grass, he would've been an underlay. At around 7/1 or 8/1, I think he's fair value.

........ team, you will be getting a gift at anything above 5/1. he will hit the board but big brown is a FREAK. he will win by daylight.