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Old 11-04-2006, 07:30 PM
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Default Right About/Wrong About?

Just interested in seeing some people's thoughts on horses that performed today that they felt they were right about and those they were wrong about. Gloat a little if u were right and take your crow if u were wrong. I'll start off:

Right about Sun King. Finished 10th in the Classic. I said all along that he was probably the most overrated horse in America. Through everything, three seasons of racing, he's never won a single grade one but has continuously been called one of the top horses in the country. He's not.

Wrong (very wrong) about Invasor. I was high on him until he barely was able to beat Sun King then I dropped him off my radar. Thought he would be hard pressed to crack the top seven in the Classic. He made me look very stupid.

Wrong about Street Sense. I had noticed that he had faded in the final furlong of each of his races at shorted distances and thought he would not want the extra distance today. Again, he made me look very stupid.

Right about Ouija Board. She's simply the best and it isn't even close. I wish she had been in the Turf against the boys. She could have beaten them and then I could have had another winner in Film Maker.

Right about Wait a While. She is a nice horse but not ready for the real heavy hitters.

Wrong about Henny Hughes. I thought he would cruise. But once he didn't break all that well, he was done. He never looked comfortable and u have to wonder if it was something wrong with him. I mean come on, even if u didn't like him to win, u can't tell me u expected 14th and last.

Wrong about Sleeping Indian, Araafa, and Librettist. I said that Sleeping Indian was the weakest of the European runners. He finished the highest. Araafa and Librettist finished 9th and 10th. Hey, at least I did say I could barely seperate them.

Right about Echo of Light (and his rider was wrong). He finished dead last and showed that sometimes, people put too much into jockey decisions. The jockeys handicap the races just like we do and they are apt to make wrong choices just as we do. He picked the wrong horse although it's not much difference in 10th (Librettist) and 14th.

Wrong about Hurricane Run. Well, kinda sorta. Everyone knew that there was every chance that he was over the top and that since this race was an afterthought, he could stink it up. But there was the hope that he could find his old class one last time. He didn't.

Wrong about Better Talk Now. I really thought he was in over his head and well past his prime but he put in another really good run today and showed that he's still got it.

Wrong about Bernardini and George Washington. I though that they were the two classiest horses in the field and would run 1-2. Didn't happen. I thought Bernardini would run away from them like he did in his previous races but when the real running started and he had to run harder to get to the same spots that he had been at before, he didn't have the same amount left in the tank. GW just didn't do much of anything. A pretty even finish for him. Not too bad I guess. He was beaten by seven lengths and finished in front of seven horses, including several grade one dirt winners.
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