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The author's done a lot of good work for a lot of years, but he missed one significant boat, here. The ability of insiders to lay against horses under their control by enlisting undercover allies remains a wholly-unappetizing feature of the business model.
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Sarava was the ONLY horse on a speed-crazy Preakness card to wholly thumb his nose at the bias. I was there, watching every blooomin' race.
In addition to his foundation, Birdstone had two of the great throwout excuses of all time for his two races leading into the Belmont, and was absolutely one of the great Belmont opportunities in my lifetime.
All that said, Monmouth Guy is right.
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jbelfior Wrote:
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> Big jump ups with blinkers added used to be a
> trademark of Oscar, Pete, and Johnny Parisella
> back in the day. Hek, they had to have some kind
> of answer for the stewards.
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> Not inferring anything here I'm just saying. ROI
> awful game at the end of a mile and a half race
> for a
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On days like this . . . as tough a racket as the business we've chosen.
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Don't be surprised if MOH winds up even shorter than that . . . especially if the connections show up on the grounds en masse.
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12-1. No single digits for the synthetic marvel.
Too many other horses for the public to play in this race.
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Graham do like his spacing the way he likes it.
Any indication as to how many 2nds?
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Rasmussen, alas, is long gone. The chef-de-race listings remains Dr. Steve Roman's baby -- and a work in progress. Results dictate changes. Alydar was an obvious chef-de-race, but Strike The Gold was a dosage-ineligible Derby winner until the addition was made.
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Wasiluk has a vastly-positive history w/the jock in the very limited sample.
I sort of liked the #2 in there . . . a very broad circleback with a triple-bug
who tries hard. Did laugh hysterically when I saw the ex payoff . . . playing both horses to win might have been less glaring.
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Don't believe it's been mentioned as yet . . . but another contingent whose ticketing demands MUST be met are the various BC race sponsors, for whom prime
ticketing is a wholly-understandable perk . . .
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