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Old 05-02-2009, 07:10 PM
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Did anyone cathch Durkin doing his best Trevor impression? He missed him totally.
Can't blame him... I don't think anybody knew who the phuck that was. He looked beyond impossible. I know that Durkin handicaps the race before so he knows what to look for, he probably looked at him and said forget this one and move on like the rest of him.

Funny thing is I thought he was a decent longshot in the BCJ.
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Not sure, I have to watch the race again. But I though he was pretty much in the clear the whole race. Meaning he handled the track, but I'm not sure if he had to or would have handled all the mud in his face. He did run well, but he was still beaten by over 6 lengths to a horse off the New Mexico circuit. So my answer is yes and no.
It's something that will come up again next year I'm certain, it's early but he looks like an early choice for the Preak, hopefully QR and IWR will be there to offer up a fair price. He was closer the pace today and he never found the best part of the track, he can run on mud, one wonders if he would have won this race if it were a fast track. The only thing certain we learned today was Mine That Bird is a mudder X10.
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I think Durkin was just as shocked as anybody and probably didn't think he even had to call that name.

This proved one thing to me, I hope IWR and Quality Road get into the Preakness because I don't want anyone out of this race. What happened to FF? Stopped badly.
they already said a few days ago that the preakness won't happen for QR. and, depending on what they find with revenge, i don't see him making it in two weeks with heat in his ankle today.
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Can't blame him... I don't think anybody knew who the phuck that was. He looked beyond impossible. I know that Durkin handicaps the race before so he knows what to look for, he probably looked at him and said forget this one and move on like the rest of him.

Funny thing is I thought he was a decent longshot in the BCJ.
he was 10th that day, wasn't he?
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Durkin didn't see this horse until he was 5 lengths in front.Very poor job.And to me POTN and the others looked like a pack of tired out dogs.Too bad for the winning connections this horse is a gelding,but at least he has a good chance to keep racing instead of being retired to stud.Goodie for us!!
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Durkin didn't see this horse until he was 5 lengths in front.Very poor job.And to me POTN and the others looked like a pack of tired out dogs.Too bad for the winning connections this horse is a gelding,but at least he has a good chance to keep racing instead of being retired to stud.Goodie for us!!
one good thing. but i don't know what to think about this horse going forward.
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:13 PM
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Durkin didn't see this horse until he was 5 lengths in front.Very poor job.And to me POTN and the others looked like a pack of tired out dogs.Too bad for the winning connections this horse is a gelding,but at least he has a good chance to keep racing instead of being retired to stud.Goodie for us!!
Who knows.. maybe the next "seabiscuit"
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:15 PM
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one good thing. but i don't know what to think about this horse going forward.
Supposedly this horse was Canada's two year old of the year.
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he was 10th that day, wasn't he?
12th and last. Chantal rode him.
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:18 PM
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Who knows.. maybe the next "seabiscuit"
i don't think he was a gelding.

edit~nope, just checked. sired just over 100 foals.
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Anybody have a complete order of finish??
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:19 PM
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Supposedly this horse was Canada's two year old of the year.
yeah, i heard them say that. the next northern dancer....
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:22 PM
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Supposedly this horse was Canada's two year old of the year.
Interesting notice he was 4/6 on polytrack and 0/2 on dirt until today with a previous lifetime best beyer of only 81. How's that for confounding stats? How did he only go off at 50/1? You can't always count on stats, beyers, historical angles. Duh?
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yeah, i heard them say that. the next northern dancer....
His breeding really isn't that bad,and he should run all day with Birdstone on top.I don't know much about his Dam,gonna look it up now.
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Interesting notice he was 4/6 on polytrack and 0/2 on dirt until today with a previous lifetime best beyer of only 81. How's that for confounding stats? How did he only go off at 50/1? You can't always count on stats, beyers, historical angles. Duh?

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Old 05-02-2009, 07:23 PM
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His breeding really isn't that bad,and he should run all day with Birdstone on top.I don't know much about his Dam,gonna look it up now.
she's a smart strike, other than that....
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What makes it worse is that you can't even embrace the small time people making it big because, besides Borel, these people are dreadful.
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:28 PM
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What makes it worse is that you can't even embrace the small time people making it big because, besides Borel, these people are dreadful.
lol

not really. maybe not so polished. but if polished gives you ieah, i'll take that guy on crutches any day.
i told my husband the guy had a fancy new spittoon now.
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Why do they have some nasty backstory? I did hear the trainer give credit to the former trainer, which I thought was nice.
The trainer just seems like a jerk and makes Pletcher look like Mr. Outgoing and Spontaneous.
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:31 PM
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What makes it worse is that you can't even embrace the small time people making it big because, besides Borel, these people are dreadful.
I'll take them over the group from last year any day.
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