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Old 03-31-2008, 05:04 PM
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Default Best DWC Day runner who.....

... didn't hit the board.

Anyone?
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:14 PM
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Happy Boy was entered but scratched because Godolphin felt he was too hard pressed to make the race after suffering from a leg infection and missing his prep race.

I believe he is better than any dirt horse in America not named Curlin - and think he might be a total freak on the dirt.

If they take him to Europe, for turf racing, instead of bringing him here - they are even more hopeless than anyone can imagine.
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:17 PM
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Happy Boy was entered but scratched because Godolphin felt he was too hard pressed to make the race after suffering from a leg infection and missing his prep race.

I believe he is better than any dirt horse in America not named Curlin - and think he might be a total freak on the dirt.

If they take him to Europe, for turf racing, instead of bringing him here - they are even more hopeless than anyone can imagine.
I was surprised that they went ahead and entered him... not surprised that he was scratched. He and Ramonti both had the same thing, as I'm sure you know.

Agree he could be special.

The others though... did anyone else impress you?
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:19 PM
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Better Talk Now...
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:23 PM
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Mine is Rosberg.
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:00 PM
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Mine is Rosberg.
I was barely old enough to buy a drink in a bar when Rosberg broke his maiden.

His maiden win 5 years ago at Santa Anita was nothing short of awesome.

After which, he was flown to Dubai, and didn't run against for another 3+ years. Fine work they did with him!

I don't know though MMSC, while Rosberg once looked like a freak, he's an old guy now and his glory day is long gone,

I did a triple take when I saw his name in the PP's ....
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Old 04-01-2008, 12:59 AM
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I was barely old enough to buy a drink in a bar when Rosberg broke his maiden.

His maiden win 5 years ago at Santa Anita was nothing short of awesome.

After which, he was flown to Dubai, and didn't run against for another 3+ years. Fine work they did with him!

I don't know though MMSC, while Rosberg once looked like a freak, he's an old guy now and his glory day is long gone,

I did a triple take when I saw his name in the PP's ....
Thanks for that.

The first time I saw him / ever heard of him was in November..... the Dubal Potline Classic (something like that).

He just looked great winning and I'd wondered about the quotes that followed, about how nothing had gone right for him. How he deserved to win something big after all he'd been through. How Charpy never lost faith in him.

Don't know what happened to him, why he was off for so long, but it was nice reading your recollection.

It was thrilling watching him and wondering if maybe, maaaaybe, he really would win.

Aaaah well.
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Old 05-29-2008, 05:57 PM
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Thrilled that Rosberg is here for the Opening Verse!!!
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:25 PM
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Creachadoir for me, fast ground over a mile, he will be very good, Id nearly be tempted to try 6f in the July Cup if it was decent ground. I always thought that he was a 7f horse last year. For Non Godolphin fans, Kocab was a big improver last year and may scoop a G1 or 2 for Monsieur Fabre on turf this summer.
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:29 PM
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Diabolical. They have ruined him.
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Old 03-31-2008, 05:39 PM
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Diabolical. They have ruined him.
Do you really think so?

I don't.

Respectfully, I think and hope you're wrong.
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Old 03-31-2008, 06:00 PM
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lads are you for real. Hes run 3 times for them, stumbled first time out, finished 4th, won a G3 very impressively last time out and disappointed like the whole stable the other night.. its very very premature to say he's ruined (RPR has his penultimate run as a Career PB!!)..... some people just want to have a go at Godolphin at every opp that some comments border on the ridiculous...
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Old 05-29-2008, 05:59 PM
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I'm sure he's not ruined. That never happens.
I laughed.. twice!
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