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03-08-2008, 05:57 PM
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Pyro
Awfully unimpressive in victory over a mediocre field.
Proud Spell ran 2/5ths faster at the same distance- though she did have the situation of a lifetime trip. Pyro got shuffled a bit but didn't appear to have a big excuse otherwise. 
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03-08-2008, 06:00 PM
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I was thinking that same thing. Pyro is a good horse. I reluctantly have to admit that. But the time comparison is interesting. Last time, it was said that the girls ran faster because of the pace. This time, the half in the Derby was faster than the pace in the Oaks. The final time was .43 slower than the girls. On the bright side, it was nearly a full second last time so maybe the boys are closing the gap.
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03-08-2008, 06:06 PM
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Give Bravo a real rider n' He and PYRO hit the wire together.What a waste of a mount.Somebody good gunna want this mount,and I hope they get it.
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03-08-2008, 06:15 PM
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He'll do well vs. War Pass when they meet again.....2nd best, once again!
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03-08-2008, 06:20 PM
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let's just not have the triple crown races this year.
jeez
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03-08-2008, 06:25 PM
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Not the performance I was expecting...
This crop just continues to look weaker and weaker.
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03-08-2008, 06:27 PM
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I guess I was more impressed with him than all of you guys seem to be, although the crop as a whole continues to look poor. The time was obviously not great compared to what Proud Spell did in the previous race, but Pyro ran into some trouble in the second half of the race and overcame it to win easily.
As far as I am concerned he was far more impressive than Proud Spell throughout the last 2.5 furlongs of the race, despite not getting ideal fractions to run into.....again. He clearly isn't great at this point, but he seems pretty good to me.
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03-08-2008, 06:35 PM
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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03-09-2008, 08:19 AM
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Oaks 48.17/112.8 Derby 48.07/113.86 Proud Spell or Indian Blessing did not have to face the trip that Pyro did. He was boxed in and for a second it looked like he had no way out. He split horses and then gained his best stride when open and started to really open up. I guess it is fashionable to trash pyro but he comes from off the pace so his numbers get tempered by the pace he is up against. I do however agree that style-wise he could run into real difficulty the first Sat in May and will need a little racing luck to get the proper trip
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