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POTN ended up being my 3rd selection in the paper here - mostly because he's honest and figured to possibly be almost as good on dirt as his mediocre synthetic form - even though he ran 2nd in the Derby I see nothing about his race that was "damn good" Dunkirk and Freisan Fire - two horses I've spent a lot of time knocking the lst few weeks both ran too bad to be true - their races didn't prove anything. |
The race was a toss. The conditions were like no other that theses inexperienced three year olds ever faced. Besides the distance the track was a mess. The only so called horse with known off track ability was FRIESAN FIRE and he got questionable training from Jones. The rest of the field ran their normal race or subpar performance based on the conditions. MINE THAT BIRD apparently was the lone exception. He moved up enough to improve on his numbers while the rest suffered. As for PIONEEROF THE NILE. The race didnt answer anything about his dirt ability besides that he tries regardless of conditions. Say what you want he still beat the rest of the field. I could have lived with him winning. The time would have been slow, the figures low but at least on past performances he would have been more deserving. He just wouldn't have been annointed as the second coming and just like MINE THAT BIRD wouldn't have scared anyone off for the Preakness.
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He basically ran to his moderate but successful synthetic form.
The question of how well he would run on dirt was answered ... and the answer was just about as good as he runs on synthetic. |
Actually it was mud not dirt.
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PON ran a good race. He beat everyone else in the field and would have won had it not been for a seemingly unexplainable turn of foot from a horse who improved more from his last couple than most people have ever seen any horse improve. :zz:
Why is it Dunkirk and Friesan Fires get free passes for running like crap and a horse like PON actually competes and is in the race call, but yet is quickly dissed as running to his complete and utter medicority? And to say Quality Road or I want Revenge would have won this race if they made the gate is quite a stretch, dont you think? On what basis would they have automatically won this race? Both have been very good in their last pair, but overwhelmingly good enough to be declared winners of the hardest race to win? I am a huge Quality Road fan, but lets be real. What made every horse in the race look like a drunken sailor coming down the stretch would not have affected Quality Road or I want Revenge in the same way? Who's running in the Preakness besides the obvious first 2 finishers? |
The most used words in this thread are, 'POTN', 'moderate', 'mediocre' and 'consistent'.
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1) If you assume that QR and IWR would've finished ahead of PON had they run, then 2) it would come down to your definition of what tossing PON out of the exotics would mean So it does come down to semantics and assumptions but, all it all, the rigorous SPIN by the PON detractors (best defense is a good offense) kind of points to their losing this one. Why anyone would think that PON is a) exceptionally good or b) a plug is beyond me. |
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with another "expert". And you remember Oracle Gander, and his sheets. same, same but without the sheets. Its uncanny. I think if these two actually got together the world collapse into a black hole of ego. |
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I dont know how long its been since he has seen the guy, ESPN was a long way back. Why dont you just stick to answering your own questions. By last count, since you keep track of so much, how many board members have decided they wish they were you? Since you told them of course. (making an ass of yourself, you cornered the market with those posts) |
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Although you certainly have a great opinion, most of the time....it seems as if you may be incorrect, but never wrong..;) |
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