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consolidator (usa )
Thoughts on this stallion would be much appreciated
http://www.inglis.com.au/auctions/oc...=08mjw&lot=264 |
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Can't say much about him from a breeding standpoint, but he was very fast in his prime. His '05 San Felipe was one of the more impressive Derby prep wins of the past decade, IMO..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSNaCCPW_bk |
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Funny to look back on that race and see the tactics used on Giacomo in that race. |
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That was a very speed biased track that was yielding LIGHTNING FAST final times.
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I think a maiden claimer went like 1:08 flat on that card.
Perhaps the speed bias part could be up for debate - however - that was an insanely fast track. I believe Consolidator only got like a 98 Beyer in victory - even though the final time was clearly the fastest in San Felipe history - and some mighty fine horses have won the SF as you know. However, I also know that it was the only route race on the card - and anyone who could tell you they could put an exact fig on that race is full of crap. |
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I went to Cal Racing - the super fast maiden race on the card was 30 minutes before the San Felipe - a Cal bred maiden named Family Guy went wire-to-wire.
He set fractions of 21.26, 43.89, 55.43, and his final time was 1:01.80 1:01.80 at 5.5 furlongs basically equalls 1:07 4/5ths at six furlongs on a parallel time chart. |
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Are races Digital or hand timed ?
Over here metro races are digital ie a receiver in the race number but provincial & bush are hand timed so sometimes there is a let us say few errors of a second |
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Thanks DrugS. Guess I remembered and should change it to "visually impressive".
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didn't he win or place in the Lane's End Futurity at keeneland oct. meet?
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Thanks from the sound of it he was a good horse but not a Great one was looking at this filly to " pinhook" our term for buying a weanling & selling it in the yearling sales will keep looking ;-)
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