Happy Ticket

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I agree, one of the few best stories in all of racing. It shows a great horse can come from anywhere with any breeding. And she ran a better race than the winner the other day. These jocks just don't appreciate how much ground loss affects a race. She ran huge.

I strongly disagree. Healthy Addiction ran a monster race. Happy Ticket had no shot against this horse on that day.

[randallscott35]

Nonsense, the pace favored Addiction and the ground loss killed Happy Ticket. Run that race 10 times, and Happy Ticket wins it 8. Bad racing luck and a terrific race by Healthy, but not unbeatable by any means on that day.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Nonsense, the pace favored Addiction and the ground loss killed Happy Ticket. Run that race 10 times, and Happy Ticket wins it 8. Bad racing luck and a terrific race by Healthy, but not unbeatable by any means on that day.

haha GREAT MINDS! 7 out of 10 is more like it though... just saying!

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Nonsense, the pace favored Addiction and the ground loss killed Happy Ticket. Run that race 10 times, and Happy Ticket wins it 8. Bad racing luck and a terrific race by Healthy, but not unbeatable by any means on that day.

Happy Ticket was only back 4 lengths early in the race. At the half pole she was only a length and a half off Healthy Addiction.

I think her best days are behind her and I caught a nice price because of that belief.

[randallscott35]

4 wide first turn, 4 wide final turn. Any guess how many lengths that is? And she was only a few back b/c the pace was so sloowww, advantage front runner. C'mon your better than this, look I'm not trying to take something away from the winner but don't tell me there was no way she winning on Sunday b/c that's moronic.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

4 wide first turn, 4 wide final turn. Any guess how many lengths that is? And she was only a few back b/c the pace was so sloowww, advantage front runner. C'mon your better than this, look I'm not trying to take something away from the winner but don't tell me there was no way she winning on Sunday b/c that's moronic.

The pace wasn't that slow. Hell Happy Ticket won the Fleur De Lis and the pace was a second slower at the half and she was still over 3 lengths back.

The reality is Healthy Addiction won on Sunday and is 3 for 3 at Del Mar now. All of this best of 10 talk is for sore losers.

Healthy Addiction is my second favorite mare behind Balletto and she did run a monster race, but in a head to head, i'll conceed defeat to Happy Ticket 7 out of 10 tries.