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Old 09-24-2006, 08:10 PM
Gander Gander is offline
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My point exactly. Its all a matter of whos turn it is. Spin the dial. You cant logically say any one of the 3 are better. If you think you can, your kidding yourself.
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:15 PM
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My point exactly. Its all a matter of whos turn it is. Spin the dial. You cant logically say any one of the 3 are better. If you think you can, your kidding yourself.

I'm not the one saying that at all. I think EC, Cacique and TTM are all right about even with one another. I appreciate the greatness in all 3 horses, but my loyalty obviously lies with EC. On any given day,any one of those is very capable of beatin the other 2. I just appreciate good turf racing....
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:23 PM
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I agree. I am greatly impressed by the quality of the older turf horses in America this year and have enjoyed all the big races won by Cacique, English Channel and the Tin Man. Keep em coming!

Its rare we get this quality without 1 superstar who clearly is the dominater of the group.
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:45 PM
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I agree. I am greatly impressed by the quality of the older turf horses in America this year and have enjoyed all the big races won by Cacique, English Channel and the Tin Man. Keep em coming!

Its rare we get this quality without 1 superstar who clearly is the dominater of the group.
You are right that EC and Cacique have taken turns beating each other. They've never beaten The Tin Man though. Why would you think that either of those horses are as good as he is?
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Old 09-24-2006, 08:50 PM
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You are right that EC and Cacique have taken turns beating each other. They've never beaten The Tin Man though. Why would you think that either of those horses are as good as he is?

Gonna take him beating them more than one time in a race where everything went perfect for TTM to say that he is "much better" than them.
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Old 09-24-2006, 09:07 PM
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Good point Rupert, I guess I am just going by quality of wins for all 3 and the fact that the 3 have met only once. If they all run in the BC I would take a shot with the Tin Man again, not even a doubt in my mind.

Yes things did go perfectly right for the Tin Man in the Arl Mill, but cant you say the same thing for English Channel for both of his 2 grade 1 wins this year? Perfect trips from just off the pace where the pacesetter set very honest fractions. I think the Tin Man would have won both of those races as well (had he been the beneficiary of a perfect stalking trip).
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Old 09-24-2006, 09:09 PM
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Good point Rupert, I guess I am just going by quality of wins for all 3 and the fact that the 3 have met only once. If they all run in the BC I would take a shot with the Tin Man again, not even a doubt in my mind.

Yes things did go perfectly right for the Tin Man in the Arl Mill, but cant you say the same thing for English Channel for both of his 2 grade 1 wins this year? Perfect trips from just off the pace where the pacesetter set very honest fractions. I think the Tin Man would have won both of those races as well (had he been the beneficiary of a perfect stalking trip).

...and things went perfectly for Cacique in his two wins...
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Old 09-24-2006, 09:13 PM
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Yes they did. All which proves my point that you guys were very quick to label the Tin Man as a lucky winner because of his pace advantage yet when horses like EC and Cacique win with perfect trips, they are worthy champions. I dont get it. Show me a race EC or Cacique won which wasnt perfectly set up for them? Its a double standard and an east coast bias in full gear. The horses from the west never get the same respect per talent level that the ones from the east get.
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Old 09-24-2006, 09:17 PM
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I never claimed his win to be lucky...it was a great win and a very smart ride by Espinoza.
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Old 09-24-2006, 09:22 PM
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Maybe not you but others did. Me thinks the betting part affects a lot of what people write on here. Nobody likes to lose money on a wager and I'll be the first to admit I am very bias at times due to the gambling aspect of this sport. I think mostly everybody on here can attest to this.
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Old 09-24-2006, 10:08 PM
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Cacique got a perfect trip in the Million too. He was right up on the slow pace. He was neck and neck with TTM at the quarter pole and TTM blew him away. Cacique didn't have anything close to an excuse in the Million.
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Old 09-25-2006, 01:49 AM
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oh wow,
that pumpkin guy is richi?

someone let me know next time so I dont waste my f*cking time.
he is completely hopeless.

and yeah Gander,
if you honestly think The Tin Man can run 12f with Relaxed Gesture, you are out of your freaking skull dude.
there is a reason for east coast bias.
east coast horses are better.

its like saying someone has a bias for the AL Central.
well, no sh*t.
3 of the 4 best teams in basebal play in that division.



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Old 09-25-2006, 08:49 AM
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Relaxed Gesture has looked like a billygoat in his last 3. Yes I do believe the Tin Man can run away and hide from that slug at any distance.

As for the AL Central I dont agree with that either. The White Sox, although very talented, were a huge disappointment and like the Red Sox pretty much gave up. I was completely wrong about them. The other 2 you can make a case for, however I think the A's and the Yankees are both better than the Twins and Tigers.
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