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02-19-2008, 07:31 AM
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Considering that most seemed to like the quality of the field coming in, how does this get brought up after the fact? What does West Coast lower tier mean and what's the difference anyway? He was within a length or so of Colonel John in the Cash Call and beaten 3L for everything there... He couldn't keep up in the San Rafael, but stayed on nicely yesterday getting back on dirt for the first time since September as a 2yo. With moves to and from the synthetic surfaces, it's hard to know what any of the California based horses actually are.
I recall that when Denis beat Unbridled Vicar in the FG ALW we heard the same song. Unbridled Vicar came back and ran very nicely though in the Risen Star, no? I'd say it's much more significant that Denis of Cork continues to do anything required of him to win despite spotting experience each time he's run.
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02-19-2008, 07:49 AM
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I guess by "West Coast lower tier", I mean I can probably name 15 Derby hopefuls in California who are better than Sierra Sunset. And Massive Drama isn't even one of them becasue he isn't in CA anymore. Don't get me wrong. Sierra Sunset looked great against three foes at Bay Meadows in that September race you mentioned. But I think the jury is still out on Denis of Cork. All things being equal, I doubt he would be among the top four betting interests in the Fountain of Youth on Saturday, and I doubt he would hit the board.
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02-19-2008, 08:02 AM
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02-19-2008, 10:19 AM
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02-19-2008, 10:29 AM
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" Most " were wrong going into the race if they considered this a quality field. What it was, however, was a good mix and match of horses coming from different races, distances, and jurisdictions. However, there were no horses that screamed " quality " going into the race. There might, however, be one coming out. But, like others, considering the decent performance chasing by the second finisher, and his resume coming in, I will withhold judgement on Dennis of Cork. He did run well though and in a year that is light on good 3YO performances he certainly looks promising.
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02-19-2008, 12:55 PM
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02-19-2008, 12:57 PM
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Lose to him.
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02-19-2008, 01:11 PM
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02-19-2008, 01:32 PM
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Giant Moon had sweet trips and was able to handle Spanky Fishbien in photos. Icabad Crane is a better horse.
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02-19-2008, 01:47 PM
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