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Old 08-18-2006, 06:35 PM
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He rode well today, thats for sure. He has days of brilliance, no doubt.


In all fairness....a trained chimp could have won on Wait A While today.
She was much the best but he still rode her perfectly.
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Old 08-18-2006, 06:39 PM
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She was much the best but he still rode her perfectly.

yes he did....but did it take alot to ride her perfectly where she was that much the best?
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Old 08-18-2006, 06:55 PM
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yes he did....but did it take alot to ride her perfectly where she was that much the best?
It still took just as much to ride her perfectly. But when you have the best horse like that, you don't need to ride the horse perfectly to win. In other words, even if he would have dropped back too far or even if he would have been too close the pace, he would have probably still won. So the horse would have won even if he didn't give a great ride, but it turns out he did give a great ride.

The really smart thing that he did was when they passed the stands the first time. He let the horse outside of him have the lead and then he quickly got off the rail and went outside of her. That was the proper thing to do.
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Old 08-18-2006, 07:03 PM
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It still took just as much to ride her perfectly. But when you have the best horse like that, you don't need to ride the horse perfectly to win. In other words, even if he would have dropped back too far or even if he would have been too close the pace, he would have probably still won. So the horse would have won even if he didn't give a great ride, but it turns out he did give a great ride.

The really smart thing that he did was when they passed the stands the first time. He let the horse outside of him have the lead and then he quickly got off the rail and went outside of her. That was the proper thing to do.

Fair enough....God knows you guys that have been watching races longer than me know tons more than I do.
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Old 08-18-2006, 10:09 PM
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People face it, the east coasters cant stand that a west coast boy is coming into their back yard and is handing it to them. Just think how much better he will be next year.
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Old 08-18-2006, 11:04 PM
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Oracle = CLOWN

You have no bearing on this subject after Gomez's 3 winners, AGAIN!!!!
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Old 08-19-2006, 01:31 AM
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Oracle = CLOWN

You have no bearing on this subject after Gomez's 3 winners, AGAIN!!!!
Wake me up when hes leading rider here!! LOL!!!
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