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(oh yeah and run her on a surface which is not her best in that race and they tried a new distance today) |
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yeah, i thought the retirement remark was ridiculous. they wanted to see if she could go 2 turns, and found a good place to find out. it worked out well for her and them. why trying something different, with a win to boot, should bring about her retirement is beyond me. |
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Wait a minute... They found out tonight she could go 2 turns? Ok... Thats good, on to the Personal Ensign off tonights romp. Sightseek I get your point, a lot of them do retire to early. I guess its nice to see her running still. |
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...where did i say they found out she could go two turns? they tried it in the right spot, and she won. glad you paid attention to the drf link and comment i made about ntamm getting his wish, as ID next goes in the ballerina. |
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![]() The pace was entirely too slow tonight to make anything of the race.
You can spin it the good way and say 'she rated so kindly - how many top sprinters in history could go that slow early without pulling the jockey out of the saddle? Her final quater mile was sensational for a stretch-out given the speed of the track and she galloped out like a horse who was just starting to find her best a 1/16th of a mile after the race was over' You can spin it the bad way and say 'she walked on an uncontested lead and beat nothing in slow time over a track very favorable to her running style' The reality was that it was nothing more than an entire field in a furious 2.5 furlong sprint after walking early. Nothing at all was learned other than the fact that Informed Decision is capable of going extremely slow if rated and unpressured. |
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Look at Quality Road's comeback race this year in the Hal's Hope. He rated so kindly on the lead through a 25.15 first quarter (Maiden fillies going the same distance on dirt that day went a 24.41 first quarter and 3 of them were within a neck of each other through that 1st quarter) The result was Quality Road beating bums like You and I Forever and Congressional Page by less than 3 lengths in the Hal's Hope - and running a mere 103 Beyer figure. |
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![]() You figure Strawbridge has ever worried about 180k since he was 9 months old? What do you figure his yearly expenses are worldwide for horses. Include training vets transportation and purchases.. 10mil? You think he has ever won 10 mil in a year..maybe a few but not to many
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![]() Everything he (strawbridge) does in racing is for the sport of it and it is plainly obvious
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![]() I love the guy, even if he's the luckiest guy in the world... not only because he's a great owner, but because he saved the Buffalo Sabres.
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please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
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![]() Sharp dresser too.
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