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Old 05-29-2009, 09:12 PM
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My apologies for not being on the conspiracy bandwagon. Carry on
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Old 05-29-2009, 09:56 PM
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i think this is the main reason friesan fire lost (from bloodhorse, may 2nd edition):

...he (ff) hasn't shown the ability to run better than 1:13 for three-quarters in either two-turn race. (the derby 3/4 time was 1:12).

and: based on the numbers, he must take a big step forward.


what amazes me is that the guy who wrote that picked friesan fire to win-it seems from reading the rest of the write-up, that choice was due to the pedigree, and the fact that jones got hard spun to a runner-up finish. my reply would be that this horse is no hard spun.
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