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Old 10-26-2010, 12:49 PM
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I was comparing their respective talent.

Louis Quatorze was in a different zip code than Lookin at Lucky.
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Old 10-26-2010, 01:04 PM
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I was comparing their respective talent.

Louis Quatorze was in a different zip code than Lookin at Lucky.
Since I'm in a very nitpicky frame of mind today, I was wondering which zip codes those two horses would be from??
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Old 10-26-2010, 02:48 PM
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Since I'm in a very nitpicky frame of mind today, I was wondering which zip codes those two horses would be from??
40510!
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Old 10-26-2010, 02:57 PM
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40510!
He said different zip codes!
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Old 10-26-2010, 03:35 PM
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He said different zip codes!
LOL...

both were conceived at the same location! (Lane's End)


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Really?

Really?
Yes... really.
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Old 10-26-2010, 01:11 PM
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I was comparing their respective talent.

Louis Quatorze was in a different zip code than Lookin at Lucky.
I agree. I was really disappointed when he got injured at 4. He looked like he was going to be a monster off his first two starts that year.

The Skip Away-Formal Gold-Will's Way battles were epic enough. What kind of armageddon would have been unleashed if he was in there as well?
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Old 10-26-2010, 01:45 PM
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I agree. I was really disappointed when he got injured at 4. He looked like he was going to be a monster off his first two starts that year.

The Skip Away-Formal Gold-Will's Way battles were epic enough. What kind of armageddon would have been unleashed if he was in there as well?

Apparently not "epic enough" for those HotY voters…
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Old 10-26-2010, 01:54 PM
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Apparently not "epic enough" for those HotY voters…
Man, you are dumb.
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Apparently not "epic enough" for those HotY voters…
From the guy whose greatest horse evar is one loss away from ending a 19 of 20 career with 0 HOTY awards.
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Old 10-26-2010, 01:58 PM
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From the guy whose greatest horse evar is one loss away from ending a 19 of 20 career with 0 HOTY awards.
I think she deserved at least 1.
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Old 10-26-2010, 06:52 PM
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Apparently not "epic enough" for those HotY voters…
Add in Gentlemen to that '97 handicap division and you have a tough call to make. Each of those mentioned put up multiple monster races. Shockingly, they all ran against each other, too. Imagine that.

Voters took the easy way out, especially since all but Skip Away fell by the wayside prior to the BC.
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This is really getting scary. Now Joe Drape saying last years one of strongest ever.

A joke

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/201...-breeders-cup/
The first comment sounds like one of our own.
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Old 10-27-2010, 08:11 AM
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The first comment sounds like one of our own.
I think Joe has lost his mind:

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Let me get a couple of things off my chest. Whether she wins or loses the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 6, Zenyatta is the Horse of the Year. End of story. She should have won that honor last year. Zenyatta beat one of the greatest fields — all boys — ever assembled last year in the Classic.
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Old 10-26-2010, 03:03 PM
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Exactly. Formal Gold put up like mid 120 Beyers like three times during those battles also.

Louis Quartoze was typical late developing Zito horse think he would have been a monster at 4 also.
Louis Quatorze finished second to Maria's Mon in their respective 2YO debuts ( on or about July 4th ) and broke his maiden in his second start as a 2Y0. He followed this up with respectable performances against one of the best, if not the best, 2YO crops I have ever seen.

He was not a late developer. He was just flat out good.
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Old 10-26-2010, 02:13 PM
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I was comparing their respective talent.

Louis Quatorze was in a different zip code than Lookin at Lucky.
Dude, that's harsh.
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I think this year's field is better than the last two and better than the field that St. Liam beat in 2005. I don't think its anywhere close to 2006 or 2007...
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Old 10-26-2010, 02:32 PM
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I think this year's field is better than the last two and better than the field that St. Liam beat in 2005. I don't think its anywhere close to 2006 or 2007...
100% better then the St Liam group. RHT did not get to run
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