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Old 10-16-2009, 03:41 PM
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I think Dinard bowed a tendon prior to the Ky Derby. They never seem to come back as good after that.

He was a monster though and probably would have won the derby that year, if not more.

I'll always remember Paulson being excited after his first big win, saying that he was all pumped up about having a son of his prize stallion, Strawberry Road, being able to stand stud.

That's when he found out Dinard had been gelded already.
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Old 10-16-2009, 03:43 PM
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By the way, are horses like All Slewped Up eligible for your list?
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Old 10-16-2009, 04:00 PM
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Or this one:

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I'll always remember Paulson being excited after his first big win, saying that he was all pumped up about having a son of his prize stallion, Strawberry Road, being able to stand stud.That's when he found out Dinard had been gelded already.
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Old 10-19-2009, 03:25 AM
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Old 10-19-2009, 06:14 AM
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Bellamy Road deserves a mention also.
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Old 10-19-2009, 07:24 AM
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Bellamy Road deserves a mention also.
I don't know... Why? He delivered one of the great, if not the greatest, Derby prep performances ever in the Wood win, fractured a bone in the Derby and was basically finished.

Doug's premise is more horses that kept running and just never capitalized on their previously displayed talent. The injury aspect in this discussion is paramount because it's the fastest horses, and horses who stress themselves with enormous effort, that typically get hurt...
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Old 10-19-2009, 08:28 AM
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I don't know... Why? He delivered one of the great, if not the greatest, Derby prep performances ever in the Wood win, fractured a bone in the Derby and was basically finished.

Doug's premise is more horses that kept running and just never capitalized on their previously displayed talent. The injury aspect in this discussion is paramount because it's the fastest horses, and horses who stress themselves with enormous effort, that typically get hurt...
Steve, the derby was a dissapointment admittidely and the injury is a justifiable reason, I thought the Travers would have been the race where he could redeem himself, he did run a good second to Flower Alley. But perhaps unfairly so he was so hyped after that 120 beyer in the Wood Memorial that he would always run in the shadow of that race and anything less would be a dissapointment to some.
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Old 10-19-2009, 08:31 AM
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Steve, the derby was a dissapointment admittidely and the injury is a justifiable reason, I thought the Travers would have been the race where he could redeem himself, he did run a good second to Flower Alley. But perhaps unfairly so he was so hyped after that 120 beyer in the Wood Memorial that he would always run in the shadow of that race and anything less would be a dissapointment to some.
A disappointment if you don't understand what happened in that Derby...
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Bellamy Road deserves a mention also.
I don't think he does because I think most anyone would know that Wood was a fluke. That race was so far outside of his norm that I don't see how anyone could believe that he should ever be able to do it again. Not saying the performance wasn't real because it was. But just like Sleepy Floyd once put up 51 on the Lakers and that was real, you don't ever expect to see him do it again. It was just one of those magical days when everything came together perfectly for him.
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I don't think he does because I think most anyone would know that Wood was a fluke.
Not enough to go on IMO(2 races afterward) to say that for sure, I can understand your position but that was a very good race he did run in the Wood.
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Not enough to go on IMO(2 races afterward) to say that for sure, I can understand your position but that was a very good race he did run in the Wood.
It was a good race but he had enough of an established history before that race to make me think the Wood was a one-time thing. I've seen too many times where a lone speed horse gets out there on their own and some fluky result comes up. One Dreamer comes to mind. If he had been running anywhere close to that beforehand, it would be different. But I think his best Beyer before that race was a 96 and all of a sudden, he's 120 and that should be expected again? Not by me.
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Bellamy Road deserves a mention also.
He came and went too fast imo.

He was wide chasing a crazy fast pace in the Derby and was injured.

He only ran one more time - in a very difficult spot - going 10fs off of layoff and injury and he ran a good 2nd in the Travers and that was it.

He also didn't bring a heavy repute into the Wood Memorial.
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