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blackthroatedwind 04-06-2011 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 766694)
Why do you bother?

I made a mistake.

Hickory Hill Hoff 04-06-2011 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35 (Post 766693)
Exactly. People think I'm an ahole for the heck of it. Whatever I see I say. NY still has its days. This isn't one of them.

Thank GOD spring is here and grass racing is back.........;)

pba1817 04-06-2011 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind (Post 766686)
Take Uncle Mo out? OK, but you can't take him out, because he's racing. So your point has no merit.

Good try though.

My point has plenty of merit to those without their NYRA goggles on...

NTamm1215 04-06-2011 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pba1817 (Post 766707)
My point has plenty of merit to those without their NYRA goggles on...

Do you honestly think that if Uncle Mo had not been pointing to that race the field would be the same? I don't.

pba1817 04-06-2011 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215 (Post 766708)
Do you honestly think that if Uncle Mo had not been pointing to that race the field would be the same? I don't.

Of course not... but this is exceptionally weak.

ateamstupid 04-06-2011 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pba1817 (Post 766707)
My point has plenty of merit to those without their NYRA goggles on...

Who the hell wants to face Uncle Mo before the Derby? You can't honestly be blaming NYRA for not getting any other stars in the race.

pba1817 04-06-2011 09:18 PM

If you read my original post, I said the fields are awful when not taking Uncle Mo into consideration.. I didn't blame anyone one way or another.

Dahoss 04-06-2011 09:21 PM

We must be near a big raceday. All of the douches are coming out of the woodwork.

YAY!!!!

pba1817 04-06-2011 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 766716)
We must be near a big raceday. All of the douches are coming out of the woodwork.

YAY!!!!

Welcome Back!!

The Indomitable DrugS 04-06-2011 09:27 PM

It's a fine card in my opinion - what annoys me about it though - is that the Wood Memorial is the only two-turn dirt race on the entire 11-race card.

Basically - you can't trust any speed figure or any pace figure from this race. It's almost pointless to even assign a figure to this race. Especially pace wise.

You've got a big field of lightly raced 3-year-olds without a lot of established route form. A truly worthless situation to assign numbers to a race like this.

These are situations where even final time numbers can sometimes look 8-to-12 points wrong several months later. In terms of judging the pace - you're left playing The Fat Man's game of where did the speeds finish? How did the closers fair? etc. Which is certainly fine in a typical type of race - but can sometimes be misleading in a race like this.

Dahoss 04-06-2011 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pba1817 (Post 766719)
You got me. So what if I act like an expert here because I watch 12 races a year? I rule the Zenyatta fan blog the rest of the year so piss off.

FTFY

ateamstupid 04-06-2011 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pba1817 (Post 766713)
If you read my original post, I said the fields are awful when not taking Uncle Mo into consideration.. I didn't blame anyone one way or another.

Really? What's wrong with the Carter?

Dahoss 04-06-2011 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid (Post 766742)
Really? What's wrong with the Carter?

It's not being run on synthetic...duh.

NTamm1215 04-06-2011 10:57 PM

In addition to that, anyone who has anything bad to say about the Comely and/or Bay Shore is an idiot. They are both very nice races for G3s worth 150-200k.

This is truly a card that's a breath of fresh air after a long winter. Those that have anything bad to say about it either, haven't been playing Aqu all winter, or simply b.itch about everything.

richard 04-06-2011 11:33 PM

For $7,500 claimers the purses are very good, >$25k, the fields are full and competitive. Place your bets. If Surfing Ian is on his game he stands out.

Sightseek 04-07-2011 09:07 AM

Hoping for a better run by/trip for Toby's Corner.

randallscott35 04-07-2011 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 766813)
Hoping for a better run by/trip for Toby's Corner.

I think he is going to be a solid horse.

OldDog 04-07-2011 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid (Post 766649)
Pretty good Carter.

I'm eager to see how Morning Line runs.

NTamm1215 04-07-2011 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek (Post 766813)
Hoping for a better run by/trip for Toby's Corner.

Motion does well when adding blinkers. He's the deserving 2nd choice.

iamthelurker 04-07-2011 12:03 PM

I think the Carter is going to be a really interesting betting race, alot of horses that could win that one.


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