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Old 08-08-2009, 01:08 PM
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I'll do the Pick 3 that starts with the 8th, singling Our Golden Dream(15-1 ml odds) with Flashing in the Test; both Commentator and Dry Martini in the Whitney
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:00 PM
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So....is Commentator done? Another subpar performance...
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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That was just a terrible field in the Whitney.
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:08 PM
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If that wasn't a perfect indictment of the absolute travesty that is the handicap division then I don't know what is.

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Old 08-08-2009, 05:10 PM
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So....is Commentator done? Another subpar performance...
How subpar was it really? Sure he's not nearly the horse he was the last couple years but he set a solid contested pace again today and was the only one of those 3 around in the lane to duke it out with the closers. It's not as though he can't compete within this year's BAD handicap division evidenced by Bullsbay just winning a G1. Regardless this was the horse's main goal so he's probably done anyway.
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Old 08-08-2009, 05:56 PM
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how much the best was Macho Again? Tough ride. I like Bullsbay so i don't really mind, but MA was best.

Macho has as much natural talent and stamina as a lot of these, he just hasn't had the super-trainer effect.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:00 PM
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how much the best was Macho Again? Tough ride. I like Bullsbay so i don't really mind, but MA was best.

Macho has as much natural talent and stamina as a lot of these, he just hasn't had the super-trainer effect.
Totally disagree. Much the best? If anything Rose moved early on Bullsbay.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:18 PM
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Totally disagree. Much the best? If anything Rose moved early on Bullsbay.
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For a one-run plodder who needs a perfect setup to be even remotely successful, I thought he got his setup and ran his race.

I have no idea what's making you think he was much the best.

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Many ways to see a race, but it looked like Albarado misjudged the pace badly


wish i had bet the race, but i didn't.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:28 PM
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^ and by misjudging the pace, I am not limiting it to the timing of the move, but more importantly here the initial positioning of the horse. Albarado started him terribly deep at 13.5 lengths. Not only was rose about 2 lengths better positioned (eyeing it says the optimum position may have been about 8.5 lengths back), Bullsbay also saved all the ground while Macho went 4 wide and slightly brushed.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:16 PM
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how much the best was Macho Again? Tough ride. I like Bullsbay so i don't really mind, but MA was best.

Macho has as much natural talent and stamina as a lot of these, he just hasn't had the super-trainer effect.
For a one-run plodder who needs a perfect setup to be even remotely successful, I thought he got his setup and ran his race.

I have no idea what's making you think he was much the best.

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Old 08-08-2009, 06:20 PM
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For a one-run plodder who needs a perfect setup to be even remotely successful, I thought he got his setup and ran his race.

I have no idea what's making you think he was much the best.

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Agree.
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:39 PM
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For a one-run plodder who needs a perfect setup to be even remotely successful, I thought he got his setup and ran his race.

I have no idea what's making you think he was much the best.

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I think what Bobby meant to say was he was third best.why does Wolfson even try to win races in NY?? Steve please let him know there is a D barn in these parts.
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Old 08-08-2009, 07:04 PM
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I think what Bobby meant to say was he was third best.why does Wolfson even try to win races in NY?? Steve please let him know there is a D barn in these parts.
I don't know Freddy, don't you think she ran pretty well given the break and the trip to Union Avenue on the turn?

By the way, raise your hand if you thought the final time was as sharp as it was in the Test?

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Old 08-08-2009, 10:16 PM
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how much the best was Macho Again? Tough ride. I like Bullsbay so i don't really mind, but MA was best.

Macho has as much natural talent and stamina as a lot of these, he just hasn't had the super-trainer effect.
I agree it looked like Commentator disrupted Macho Again just enough to throw him off. He did look like he was closing very strong. I'd keep an eye on him going into Belmonts Fall meet.
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:33 PM
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I agree it looked like Commentator disrupted Macho Again just enough to throw him off. He did look like he was closing very strong. I'd keep an eye on him going into Belmonts Fall meet.
The fact that we are even discussing him as a horse to watch shows how bad the division is.
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Old 08-09-2009, 08:33 AM
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The fact that we are even discussing him as a horse to watch shows how bad the division is.
Did you take smart pills or something?
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:00 PM
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What's fallen off worse, the older male division in racing or the heavyweight division in boxing?
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:01 PM
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What's fallen off worse, the older male division in racing or the heavyweight division in boxing?
LOL, cmon its boxing obviously. Its completely dead Joe.
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