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05-31-2023, 12:01 PM
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Haskell Travers Pennsylvania Derby Breeders Cup Classic Then the Pegasus in January. Break. Oaklawn Handicap in April. Pimlico special next May. He’s trying to win a graded stakes race in every racing jurisdiction. I probably missed a few. 
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#82
06-01-2023, 07:06 PM
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Tapit Shoes a go for Belmont..
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#83
06-06-2023, 08:40 AM
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6/10 (BEL): BELMONT STAKES
Tapit Trice (Pletcher/Saez) Forte (Pletcher/I. Ortiz) National Treasure (Baffert) Angel of Empire (Cox) Hit Show (Cox) Tapit Shoes (Cox) Red Route One (Asmussen) Arcangelo (Antonucci) Il Miracolo (Sano)
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#84
06-06-2023, 10:31 AM
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Side note for the undercard, the Met Mile lost Taiba after unsatisfactory training but gained Dr. Schivel who opts for the Met instead of the True North. Bit of a bold move for the latter (it was announced before Taiba came out) with the field that was lining up. Is there a monster in the True North? Where is Elite Power?
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#85
06-06-2023, 11:00 AM
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Just looked up the nominees for both races. There's some cross-nominees obviously but the True North has about half a dozen horses that have won 5 or 6 of their last 10 starts. Don't know their relative class, but when you get a bunch of horses together who know how to win it usually makes for a good race. Plus Following Sea is back in action. Thought he fell into a black hole since he made no starts in 2022. Fearless, who converted into a staying horse last is also nominated for what presumably would be strictly a prep race at 6 furlongs.
Over on the Met Mile side, I'm interested in Charge It bouncing back. The betting public is sure to abandon him after the money he's burned in his last 2. I hope they shed the blinkers as that move was a complete botch job in the Oaklawn Handicap, though it is not critical as there is not a whole lot of front-running or even pressing speed lined up for the race. Charge It could get a trip similar to last year's Dwyer though obviously there will be much better horses behind waiting to pounce compared to that race.
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#86
06-06-2023, 11:42 AM
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Where to start....Elite Power was supposed to run in the Met but it feels Mott convinced Juddmonte to run in the True North. As far as Following Sea, he ran a few weeks ago. He's around the eighth pole about now.
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#87
06-06-2023, 11:55 AM
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That aside, is he even supposed to show up this weekend off the less than stellar comeback?
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#88
06-06-2023, 12:19 PM
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My best guess is he next shows up in a Stallion ad. They need to hurry to beat Smile Happy.
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#89
06-06-2023, 01:32 PM
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Plus now he has TWO for the Stephen Foster, theoretically, unless he takes a page from Mott or winds up on a stallion page (presumably in Idaho?)... Of course, I could have it all wrong. I haven't checked the probables for any of the Royal Ascot races yet...
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