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Old 12-18-2009, 07:01 AM
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Default 12/20 (HOL): HOL Starlet (G1) - BLIND LUCK - 93 BSF

9th (4:35) Hollywood Starlet S. (G1)

1 1/16 Miles (All Weather Track) | Fillies | 2 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $405,250

1 Miss Heather Lee Espinoza V 120 L
2 It Tiz Rosario J 120 Blk-Off L
3 Blind Luck Bejarano R 120 L
4 Amen Hallelujah Solis A 120 L
5 Bickersons Talamo J 120 L
6 Rose Catherine Castellano J J 120 L
7 Beautician Gomez G K 120 Blk-On L
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Old 12-20-2009, 07:38 PM
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Holy ****.. Blind Luck was shot out of a cannon.
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Old 12-20-2009, 07:39 PM
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Wow!
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Old 12-20-2009, 07:46 PM
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They expected her to easily win the Breeders Cup Juvenile Filly Race. Don't know what happened that day, but Tyler has gotten almost neurotic about winning his 1st Breeders Cup Race. He ain't getting this girl back.
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How about not changing leads until 3-4 jumps from the wire...?
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Old 12-20-2009, 08:03 PM
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I need to watch the replay again and see the fractions, but that seemed like a pretty nice set-up against a field that probably wasn't going to be finding more in the final strides.
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Old 12-20-2009, 08:11 PM
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She looked stuck in last (down on the inside.) Beautician was gunna have a much easier trip, and get 1st run. When Beautician backed out of it, that gave Blind Luck a little more room. I don't think it was a perfect trip. She is just good, and got that inconsistent wild card off her back.
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Old 12-20-2009, 08:16 PM
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It was a very strong effort. The pace was solid but the way she won it really didn't matter. They also went faster than older males did going the same distance two races earlier. That's significant considering Lookin at Lucky went slower than a bunch of older female slowpokes yesterday on the same card.

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Old 12-20-2009, 08:20 PM
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She looked stuck in last (down on the inside.) Beautician was gunna have a much easier trip, and get 1st run. When Beautician backed out of it, that gave Blind Luck a little more room. I don't think it was a perfect trip. She is just good, and got that inconsistent wild card off her back.
Please watch the replay and tell me it wasn't an absolutely perfect trip.

Since when is saving ground a bad thing?

She sat in the pocket behind a very fast, crowded pace and angled out at the perfect time.

She was clearly the best horse and her acceleration was visually impressive (even though the wrong lead thing was ugly), but it's easy to look impressive when the horses behind you are basically running in place.

I wouldn't dispute that she's better than Luckin At Lucky, though.
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