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Old 05-27-2011, 04:15 PM
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Shackleford's hand appears to need no forcing. Romans said Wednesday he's shipping him to Belmont in the next couple days..
This story seems to be in conflict with that -

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-stak...ch-far-certain
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Old 05-27-2011, 04:20 PM
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This story seems to be in conflict with that -

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-stak...ch-far-certain
There's no conflict. He's shipping to New York with the intention of running. He hasn't "committed", but if he was less than confident about running, he'd be keeping keep him at Churchill. Michael Lauffer was on ATR Wednesday and said that as well.
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Old 05-27-2011, 04:34 PM
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There's no conflict. He's shipping to New York with the intention of running. He hasn't "committed", but if he was less than confident about running, he'd be keeping keep him at Churchill. Michael Lauffer was on ATR Wednesday and said that as well.
Not in conflict with him shipping, just going by what Romans was quoted as having said for the DRF article - maybe yes; maybe no.

Maybe it's the infusion of high drama to bolster interest in the race?!~
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Old 05-27-2011, 08:05 PM
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"May 27, 1823: A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) was held at Union Course, Long Island. Eclipse won in two-of-three heats, after his original jockey, William Crafts, was replaced by Samuel Purdy before the second heat. The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, was the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event." (from the NTRA)

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