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View Poll Results: What will be the reason California Chrome loses the Belmont.
He cannot get the distance 7 20.59%
Quality of competition is too great 5 14.71%
The last eleven going for the TC all lost, proving it's impossible to win 2 5.88%
He's got too much of a disadvantage with the pace setup 5 14.71%
He'll get a bad ride 4 11.76%
He doesn't like the Belmont surface 0 0%
The common belief that he's not good enough to be a triple crown winner 3 8.82%
Too many haters out there to overcome. 8 23.53%
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Old 06-06-2014, 06:55 AM
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It's remarkable how much he's changed in just a few months. All the "babieness" is gone now.
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Look how much ROC is pulling..

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Bottom photo pre derby
Top photo pre belmont-looks beastly
Sorry, but don;t see the photo's referred to posted can u repost and ID ?
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Sorry, but don;t see the photo's referred to posted can u repost and ID ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BpUJMvLIIAAorB4.jpg

or go to Zoe Cadman's twitter page.
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If he loses, it will be because PG1985 gave Victor riding instructions!
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Who wins if nobody can get the distance ?
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I see reducing foal crop sizes as probably making it unlikely a California Chrome exists in the first place.

When crop sizes shrink, it's typically not the Distorted Humors, Giants Causeways, Tapits, etc that disappear. It's the Lucky Pulpits.

So yeah, while CC has less to deal with in the crop, he's also going to be facing a higher percentage of well bred sorts, with less chaff.
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I see reducing foal crop sizes as probably making it unlikely a California Chrome exists in the first place.

When crop sizes shrink, it's typically not the Distorted Humors, Giants Causeways, Tapits, etc that disappear. It's the Lucky Pulpits.

So yeah, while CC has less to deal with in the crop, he's also going to be facing a higher percentage of well bred sorts, with less chaff.
which makes me wonder why we hear almost every year how 'awful' the 3 yo's are.
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