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Old 04-08-2010, 02:17 PM
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Default Stupidest thing I've read today

http://www.drf.com/news/article/112005.html


Even if he wasn't a son of Cuvee ... it's still very stupid.


He does deserve special mention for being the nicest 2-year-old to race at PID last year anyway.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:18 PM
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12 panels should be right in his wheelhouse.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:19 PM
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I was just going to post that this is a race where he has a great chance to finish last.

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Old 04-08-2010, 02:20 PM
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This where someone comes in and says his dams side will carry him the whole way. LOL
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:22 PM
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12 panels should be right in his wheelhouse.
He always seems to get hit in the head by the 1/16th pole... and he hasn't gone 9fs yet .. let alone 12f.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:23 PM
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He always seems to get hit in the head by the 1/16th pole... and he hasn't gone 9fs yet .. let alone 12f.
He's just getting moving at 8.5 is all...You wait!
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:24 PM
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If a Borrego can win first out at 4.5 then NP can surely win the Coyote Lakes stakes at AQ
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Hold up a second... It's a mistake to think that running 1.5 miles there is anything like running 1.5 miles here. The Epsom Derby is won in 2:32.0-2:36.0, or in other words, about 5 seconds slower than the Belmont. As nuts as McPeek may be, I wouldn't be so dismissive of this concept. It's horses galloping for a seven-eighths of a mile and finishing the last five-eighths with a flourish. It's not an American Classic dirt race.
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Hold up a second... It's a mistake to think that running 1.5 miles there is anything like running 1.5 miles here. The Epsom Derby is won in 2:32.0-2:36.0, or in other words, about 5 seconds slower than the Belmont. As nuts as McPeek may be, I wouldn't be so dismissive of this concept. It's horses galloping for a seven-eighths of a mile and finishing the last five-eighths with a flourish. It's not an American Classic dirt race.
Pace or none, 12 panels on the turf is a long way...Cuvee doesn't help.
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Old 04-08-2010, 02:58 PM
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Hold up a second... It's a mistake to think that running 1.5 miles there is anything like running 1.5 miles here. The Epsom Derby is won in 2:32.0-2:36.0, or in other words, about 5 seconds slower than the Belmont. As nuts as McPeek may be, I wouldn't be so dismissive of this concept. It's horses galloping for a seven-eighths of a mile and finishing the last five-eighths with a flourish. It's not an American Classic dirt race.

Steve, You're out of your mind on this one. You are totally overthinking it.

The final times are slower because the course is extremely demanding and you run uphill for part of it.

They don't call the race "the supreme test of a thoroughbred" because it's easy for a horse by Cuvee out of a Clever Trick mare to see out the distance.

How do our best American turf horses do when we travel to Dubai for the turf marathons? Hell, the Euro's only ship in a few each year for the BC Turf and they always seem to kick our asses in that race on our own soil.
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http://www.drf.com/news/article/112005.html


Even if he wasn't a son of Cuvee ... it's still very stupid.


He does deserve special mention for being the nicest 2-year-old to race at PID last year anyway.

Not just today, but the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time.

McPeek was also on TVG last week yapping about how Bold Start should love Keeneland's turf course and how it favors front runners in turf routes.

I think the last time I looked they were like 2 for 80 or something gate to wire turf routes.
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Not just today, but the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time.

McPeek was also on TVG last week yapping about how Bold Start should love Keeneland's turf course and how it favors front runners in turf routes.

I think the last time I looked they were like 2 for 80 or something gate to wire turf routes.
LOL!

McPeek is god!
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Default Noble's Promise among eight added to Epsom Derby

Kentucky Derby (G1) contender NOBLE'S PROMISE (Cuvee) has been supplemented to the June 5 Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) at Tuesday's second entry stage, it was revealed Thursday. The Ken McPeek trainee, who is scheduled to run in Saturday's Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park, is one of eight added to the Blue Riband at a cost of £8,000 apiece.

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=18085
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