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Old 08-26-2006, 06:50 PM
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Just want to say

DAMN!!!! Damn good horse. Impressed me a great deal today!
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Old 08-26-2006, 06:50 PM
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High Cotton was the Cat's only chance for this race. He needed to get the lead and either burn Bernie up or help block him on the rail. Nice race by the Cat, he gave it all he could, but no way he was gaining into those fractions.
BC is a very good horse, but he's not nearly as good as Bernardini and that has more to do with the result than the fractions do.
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Old 08-26-2006, 06:50 PM
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Min Bid was last.
not too hard to believe considering his behavior since they started trying to saddle him....and then his antics in the gate.
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Old 08-26-2006, 06:58 PM
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It was really nice to see Castellano reach out and and pat him on the neck, before the wire.

Great horse, Great race
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:02 PM
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I'll bet Cunningham is in a full lather about this point.
His dream has come true, the dominance of the sheiks.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:05 PM
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Bernardini did just what I knew he would do...annihilated them. Just to let you know just how fast Bernardini actually was...Flower Alley won the Travers last year in 2:02.76. Just thought that I would throw that out there even though it is a different year. The track may be playing a little faster this year.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:07 PM
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unless of course you wanted to compare him to general assembly, than it would be playing slower.....
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:08 PM
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Well, but his other races haven't been that slow, right... So maybe it just indicates his versatility? He can win easy any number of ways. Sorry if I'm completely off about how to interpret the time.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:08 PM
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Happy? I'm ecstatic. Question is, are the speed freaks? 2:01 and change is a good time and he ran pretty easily down the lane, too. If others aren't impresssed, that's not going to bother me anymore. I'm thrilled, period. By the way, Pletcher doesn't mind when BC gets washy, since he's been quoted as saying that that's when he runs his best. Bernardini dumped JC in the post-parade, so that worried me; fortunately, he did retain his cool.
Bernardini doesn't look to have a kink in his armor. They went 48 and change but picked it up to go 112 and 1:36 it was real race times and he did it on his terms. The way he won the Travers reminded me of the Pacific Classic last week,but we all know that Lava Man will be blown away by Bernardini.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:12 PM
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Well, but his other races haven't been that slow, right... So maybe it just indicates his versatility? He can win easy any number of ways. Sorry if I'm completely off about how to interpret the time.
His final time was 2:01.60. Saratoga normally plays slower than some of the other tracks. Flower Alley's final time last year in this same race was 2:02.76. Yes, Benardini is very fast. His Preakness time was extremely fast. The scary thing though is that I think that the horse runs his best race if he is stalking and has something to run at.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:13 PM
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normally plays slower? yeah, that's why discreet laid down the fastest seven furlongs of the meet yesterday...
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:21 PM
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normally plays slower? yeah, that's why discreet laid down the fastest seven furlongs of the meet yesterday...
I said "plays slower than some of the other tracks." Read my posts more carefully before you make a smart a s s comment or either quit trying to distort what I say. I also compared Flower Alley's time last year, which was much slower, to Bernardini's time also noting that the track was probably playing faster this year.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:23 PM
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His final time was 2:01.60. Saratoga normally plays slower than some of the other tracks. Flower Alley's final time last year in this same race was 2:02.76. Yes, Benardini is very fast. His Preakness time was extremely fast. The scary thing though is that I think that the horse runs his best race if he is stalking and has something to run at.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:25 PM
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no, you see i live for smart ass comments. it's the sugar in my coffee.

besides, comparing times from different tracks is a wasted effort.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:26 PM
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nevermind.....
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:33 PM
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no, you see i live for smart ass comments. it's the sugar in my coffee.

besides, comparing times from different tracks is a wasted effort.
and maybe next time you're talking about different tracks, you might want to compare a horse from a different track, not the same track from a previous year....it would help those of us who only look for ways to be sarcastic, rather than wanting to make a valid reply....since you seem interested in setting forth rules of how to post, i thought i would do the same!
Okay, you said nevermind...so I take it you realized just what you were saying.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:38 PM
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what's going on around here people, things are breaking down.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:39 PM
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His final time was 2:01.60. Saratoga normally plays slower than some of the other tracks. Flower Alley's final time last year in this same race was 2:02.76.


this is what i was replying to originally.....had you compared the 10f time today to say, the derby, that would be comparing to other tracks. not this track from last year, that's why i put up about the time yesterday....

and yes, sometimes i slather the smartass on too thick...mea culpa.
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Old 08-26-2006, 07:40 PM
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what's going on around here people, things are breaking down.

i'm on half-caff. can't answer for anyone else!
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