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06-23-2010, 04:50 PM
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Better six race run from a 3yo filly?
I mentioned in the Crist thread about how females sprinters and turf horses don't get their just due because few people care about those divisions and because there are few Gr 1's for a top horse to pile up.
I think for six straight races during her 3yo filly Xtra Heat ran better performances than any 3yo filly I've ever seen. If you look at RA's three different wins in important races against males - and her staggering margins of victory in the Oaks and Mother Goose .. you'd think the quality of her performances were way better. For a season she was obviously better.   The two defeats by Xtra Heat were both remarkable performances. The 2nd place finish in the Test was a mind-boggling performance and she was easily much the best. The 2nd place finish in the BC Sprint came against the deepest field of sprinters you'll ever see. The field included favorite Kona Gold, Caller One, Squirtle Squirt, Left Bank, Swept Overboard, Delaware Township, El Corredor etc. Five Star Day won the Vanderbilt last out and was just 2/5ths off of Saratoga's track record - and he was 50/1 in the race. The crazy thing about Xtra Heat was how slow her numbers were for the first 15 starts of her career ... she was 13-for-14 with 12 stakes wins in sprints .. with a nose defeat to Cat Chat in a race where many argued that she ran on a dead rail. Never once running very fast.  
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06-23-2010, 04:59 PM
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Wasn't Cat Chat Alan Goldberg's last graded stakes win prior to Strike A Deal?
Also, I think you need to put up Lakeway's 6 race streak culminating in that devastating Mother Goose.
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06-23-2010, 05:04 PM
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Also:
Lite Light leading up to CCA Oaks Excellent Meeting up to the Princess Silverbulletday up the Gazelle
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06-23-2010, 05:12 PM
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No luck with Lite Light and EM .. but here are SBD and Lakeway...
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06-23-2010, 05:14 PM
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Gonna need:
Flawlessly (I think it's only 5 starts) Hollywood Wildcat (maybe start with the Azalea)
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06-23-2010, 05:27 PM
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HW's Azalea wasn't much but she had 5 nice ones after that.... 
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06-23-2010, 05:14 PM
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9 starts before the BC....racing is comical now
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06-23-2010, 05:18 PM
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06-23-2010, 05:15 PM
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06-27-2010, 06:40 PM
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 Here's the filly that Indian Charlie's old board nemisis compared to Alydar back in the day. She was coupled with Generally Challenged as the 9/2 favorite in the Derby betting over - I believe - Stephen Got Even.
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06-27-2010, 07:02 PM
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The never to be forgotten - only to pretty much be forgotten Eight Belles ...
 She sucked as a 2-year-old and something turned her around at age 3 - where she was a pretty beastly 3yo filly. Shame she wasn't around - she could have done a lot of damage against these utterly pathetic older male divisions of the last few years.
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06-27-2010, 07:03 PM
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"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"...Voltaire
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06-27-2010, 07:12 PM
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Rags To Riches:
 An Ap Indy out of a half to Jazil going 5.5fs in June of her 2yo season!! That 62 Beyer should be enough to put her in the Hall of Fame alone considering her pedigree. I don't think i've ever seen a worse classy pedigree for that type of race. She was about 6 wide on both turns in the Grade 1 Las Virgines - and still got up at a mile in her first route try and her first try against winners. Great performance despite the weak figure.
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