No Comment upon the infighting.
What concerns me is Upstart, who I thought was a must use. He had good numbers and consistent form and POOF he disappeared.
To me his Derby had to be "non effort" with no conditioning cost. If his saddle slipped or he didn't take to the track he could be a Preakness starter.
If he came out with a high white blood cell count or heat in an ankle that's a different matter.
TGJB recommended the partial acquisition and may have some relevant information.
sekrah Wrote:
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> smalltimer Wrote:
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> > sekrah,
> > Come on guy. Since you fell in love with
> Upstart
> > do you have more right to call yourself a
> winner
> > any more than those who fell in love with Mub?
> > Neither horse measured up to their supporters
> > expectations. It happens.
> > Your horse wound up watching Mub's slow moving
> > Dubai rear end for 10 furlongs. Why would that
> > make them a loser and you a winner?
> > Back to an earlier point I made to you. Why do
> > you care what somebody else bets on in a race?
> > You almost sound like the politician who thinks
> he
> > can spend your money better than you.
> > You totally disliked Dortman, he beat 15 horses
> in
> > the race including yours. The people who
> played
> > him at least were in the hunt.
> > I did not like Upstart and I posted that on the
> > forum. I played him on 19 different tickets in
> > different spots out of respect for the combined
> > brainpower in the room.
> > Enough about this nonsense.
>
>
> What a load of garbage you just posted. Are you
> serious? Do you even buy the ThoroGraph figures?
>
> You're going to blast me for taking one of the
> fastest horses in the race at 20-1 odds (Which
> also was a seminar horse) because I laugh at
> people who keep tripping over themselves to bet
> garbage slow Dubai horses? Why would anybody on
> this site who purchases Thorograph figures use
> Mubtaahij? Why would someone in their right mind
> spend money on TG products, then bet one of the
> slowest fucking horses in the race? I'd love to
> hear this logic.
>
> Oh no, I bet the fastest TG horses and best
> patterns, and avoided horses who weren't very
> fast. We are all just so terrible at this. If
> you bothered to see my exact tickets I posted in
> the pre-race picks thread, you would have noticed
> I cashed many tickets in this Derby race (along
> with crushing the Oaks). Any ticket with
> Mubtaahij on it is worth good toilet paper right
> now. Let me know how that works out for you.
>
> Keep betting these slow Dubai horses if it warms
> your heart. I'll keep betting the fastest TG
> horses and best patterns and keep cashing tickets.
>
>
> "smalltimer" is right.