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Old 04-13-2008, 09:51 AM
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The Bluegrass will not tell us anything. Last year with Street Sense told us the same thing.
Street Sense at least put forth an effort on the stuff ...
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Old 04-13-2008, 10:07 AM
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Street Sense at least put forth an effort on the stuff ...
Street Cry's are also doing far better on the synthetics than Pulpit's.
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Old 04-13-2008, 10:07 AM
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True, but Pyro and a few others had nothing to gain by running hard in this race. It was, what amounts to be a public workout for Pyro. Like someone mentioned in another thread, Asmussen not showing up was a good indicator he knew the horse wasn't going to be close to the winners circle.
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Old 04-13-2008, 11:23 AM
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I just watched the replay again, it looked like Kentucky Bear was running on the wrong lead at the end. He was running very hard and was drifting in. With nobody inside of him, I'm surprised the jock didn't switch him and let him go inside the top 2 finishers. If anyone has a second, check it out and let me know if that was a possibility or if, as usual I'm just seeing this wrong. Thanks!
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Old 04-13-2008, 12:45 PM
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I just watched the replay again, it looked like Kentucky Bear was running on the wrong lead at the end. He was running very hard and was drifting in. With nobody inside of him, I'm surprised the jock didn't switch him and let him go inside the top 2 finishers. If anyone has a second, check it out and let me know if that was a possibility or if, as usual I'm just seeing this wrong. Thanks!
He could be very dangerous in the Preakness. From his maiden we know he can run on the real dirt.
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Old 04-13-2008, 06:53 PM
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I just watched the replay again, it looked like Kentucky Bear was running on the wrong lead at the end. He was running very hard and was drifting in. With nobody inside of him, I'm surprised the jock didn't switch him and let him go inside the top 2 finishers. If anyone has a second, check it out and let me know if that was a possibility or if, as usual I'm just seeing this wrong. Thanks!
Soxfan,
The rail has been dead at Keenland all week.....your idea makes sense except for the extreme bias. All the jockeys were avoiding the 1-3 paths like the plague.
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Old 04-13-2008, 06:58 PM
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Soxfan,
The rail has been dead at Keenland all week.....your idea makes sense except for the extreme bias. All the jockeys were avoiding the 1-3 paths like the plague.
Agreed. . . Important to note: Pyro and CCM were on the inside. . . And Miner's Claim popped and stopped on the rail.
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Old 04-13-2008, 07:51 PM
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I thought for a second there he was going to blow by.
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Old 04-13-2008, 08:29 PM
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I must say that I loved the results of the Blue Grass. I would also say that I think it's interesting that someone would use War Pass' rebound performance in the Wood as an example of a horse bouncing back off a poor performance when many people are calling this year's Wood one of the worst grade one's they've seen. He finished second but I don't think it was a good performance.

I hate Pyro and still say that he can't beat War Pass.
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No conditioning ?? Are you out of your mind ? I got no conditioning yesterday laying on the sofa and watching the races. Regardless of how Pyro ran he still RAN 1 1/8 miles.. That is conditioning.
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Old 04-13-2008, 12:47 PM
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No conditioning ?? Are you out of your mind ? I got no conditioning yesterday laying on the sofa and watching the races. Regardless of how Pyro ran he still RAN 1 1/8 miles.. That is conditioning.
I think you're completely wrong, but I think Assmussen will have him ready anyways.
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Old 04-13-2008, 12:51 PM
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thanks hockey.... i think jms is the one out of his mind... this horse did not run a lick, lol 1 1/8.... amazing he never once ran he just loped around the track
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Old 04-13-2008, 02:46 PM
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thanks hockey.... i think jms is the one out of his mind... this horse did not run a lick, lol 1 1/8.... amazing he never once ran he just loped around the track

If Pyro didn't run hard at all, then you must be saying he didn't handle the track(?) Isn't it better than if he had run hard but came in 10th?
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