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Old 11-26-2010, 10:45 PM
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He easily could've done that. The horse sitting 4th in the Haw Gold Cup was 13 lengths out after 6f...and he was an early speed horse.
When Redding Collery ran the 107 Beyer in that Grade 3 at Lone Star - he pressed a brilliant sprinter named Euroears who routinely would run 21 and change fractions sprinting.

On Oct 29th of last year, Redding Collery got into a bitter speed duel going 6 furlongs at AQU with a horse named Immortal Eyes - he won the speed duel - and held on to win the race. Immortal Eyes won a 100K stakes race going wire-to-wire at 4.5 furlongs a couple of races later.



RC is fast enough to run with just about any speed sprinter in the country - he's game enough to win a Grade 2 at 10fs despite running at a virtual sprint throughout - and he can rate kindly enough that if a jockey takes hold out of the gate .. he will respond to the restraint and could go 26 flat and 51 without getting too rank.

He's a pretty neat horse because he has so much stamina for a front-running sprinter.
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:53 AM
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Diane Alvarado left the Clark winner in her barn.
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Old 11-27-2010, 09:16 AM
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As long as the Clark is at 1 1/8 miles, Eldaafer isn't going to win it.
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Old 11-27-2010, 11:15 AM
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As long as the Clark is at 1 1/8 miles, Eldaafer isn't going to win it.
Against that group? I beg to differ
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Old 11-27-2010, 11:28 AM
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Against that group? I beg to differ
You're very wrong.
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Old 11-27-2010, 11:32 AM
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You're very wrong.
You're being too generous soul mate.

Eldaafer has never done anything to make himself competitive in a GI at 9 furlongs. Suddenly his perfect trip win in the Marathon makes him capable of winning the Clark?

So he beat Giant Oak in the Marathon. Pace had a lot to do with that.
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