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Scav 04-11-2007 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by POINTGIVEN1985
i agree with you, you wanna back me up on the Time Squared thread i made, im getting killed.

Why would I waste my time when you don't open your ears and be comedy on the net?

I think you like getting picked on and you like the attention, which I won't be a part of

ArlJim78 04-11-2007 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
I don't think Time Squared is a throw out here, he won that last race pretty easily IMO, Frenchie had the horse in hand the whole time....

he had him in hand? he won by a length in 1:45.6 against maidens.

POINTGIVEN1985 04-11-2007 06:41 PM

none of the times on poly route races have been very fast.

Scav 04-11-2007 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
he had him in hand? he won by a length in 1:45.6 against maidens.

1) Gotta pay him back for the 2k hit that day
2) He really didn't use him until the last 1 furlong IMO, he just looped them and then let him go
3) Time only matters in jail :)

AeWingnut 04-11-2007 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
1) Gotta pay him back for the 2k hit that day
2) He really didn't use him until the last 1 furlong IMO, he just looped them and then let him go
3) Time only matters in jail :)

My uncle always said that. Well his quote was "Time only matters when you're doing it"

Do you think that since Any Given Saturday came back from the Tampa Derby to run bad that Street Sense could throw in a clunker? I don't mean run 2nd. I mean run out of the Tri.

I have to say that Street Sense has always been my horse. He will be running on the turn and by the time the camera switches angles for the home stretch, he's jumped to the lead.

Does anyone have his works since the Tampa Bay Derby?

ArlJim78 04-11-2007 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by POINTGIVEN1985
none of the times on poly route races have been very fast.

Really? On the very same day as Timed Squareds race, later in the card was an allowance race for older horses that was run at the same 1 1/16 distance.
Here are the fractions for both races.

Current track record at the distance 1:41.6

25.53 50.35 1:15 1:39.69 1:45.68 Time Squared
24.66 47.88 1:11.8 1:35.91 1:41.94 Rathor


The allowance horses were almost four seconds faster.

miraja2 04-11-2007 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
My uncle always said that. Well his quote was "Time only matters when you're doing it"

Do you think that since Any Given Saturday came back from the Tampa Derby to run bad that Street Sense could throw in a clunker? I don't mean run 2nd. I mean run out of the Tri.

I have to say that Street Sense has always been my horse. He will be running on the turn and by the time the camera switches angles for the home stretch, he's jumped to the lead.

Does anyone have his works since the Tampa Bay Derby?

I think Street Sense is far less likely to "throw in a clunker" here than AGS last week.
AGS was originally pointed to this race (which was 4 weeks after his last) and then switched to a race 3 weeks out at the last minute.
Street Sense will have another week off and presumably will have had a more appropriate training schedule because he has been pointing to this race all along. There is also the small fact that I think SS is simply a better horse than AGS.
That being said....I still like Great Hunter.

miraja2 04-11-2007 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Really? On the very same day as Timed Squareds race, later in the card was an allowance race for older horses that was run at the same 1 1/16 distance.
Here are the fractions for both races.

Current track record at the distance 1:41.6

25.53 50.35 1:15 1:39.69 1:45.68 Time Squared
24.66 47.88 1:11.8 1:35.91 1:41.94 Rathor


The allowance horses were almost four seconds faster.

Oh Jim, you and your facts. Can't a guy just believe that Time Squared will probably destroy Great Hunter and Street Sense without getting distracted by the fact that he is a slow animal and they are not?

Alan07 04-11-2007 08:06 PM

Is there anywhere to get the race page that Keeneland used to offer for this race with silks

Bogey 04-11-2007 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lemoncrush
Time Squared is running? That horse is a nut. What happened to Belgravia?

Here's some info on Belgravia - * Also out of consideration for the Derby is Belgravia, who is scheduled to make his first start of the year on April 21 in the Grade 2, $325,000 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland. Biancone, his trainer, on Wednesday said "there's no way" Belgravia will run in the Derby. "If you miss the boat, you miss the boat," Biancone said. "You cannot go with no seasoning."

Sightseek 04-11-2007 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bogey
Here's some info on Belgravia - * Also out of consideration for the Derby is Belgravia, who is scheduled to make his first start of the year on April 21 in the Grade 2, $325,000 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland. Biancone, his trainer, on Wednesday said "there's no way" Belgravia will run in the Derby. "If you miss the boat, you miss the boat," Biancone said. "You cannot go with no seasoning."

But you can try to get in with a really slow horse!

Cajungator26 04-11-2007 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
My uncle always said that. Well his quote was "Time only matters when you're doing it"

Do you think that since Any Given Saturday came back from the Tampa Derby to run bad that Street Sense could throw in a clunker? I don't mean run 2nd. I mean run out of the Tri.

I have to say that Street Sense has always been my horse. He will be running on the turn and by the time the camera switches angles for the home stretch, he's jumped to the lead.

Does anyone have his works since the Tampa Bay Derby?

If you want to watch his work from April 5th, you can go to the below link:

http://ww2.keeneland.com/racing/list...x?cat=Workouts

Sightseek 04-11-2007 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
If you want to watch his work from April 5th, you can go to the below link:

http://ww2.keeneland.com/racing/list...x?cat=Workouts

Nice! I hadn't seen that feature yet of their website, thanks so much.

Cajungator26 04-11-2007 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek
Nice! I hadn't seen that feature yet of their website, thanks so much.

I thought Teuflesberg looked the best in his work, but I think he might be in over his head at this distance. I can see him being a serious sprinter.

Sightseek 04-11-2007 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
I thought Teuflesberg looked the best in his work, but I think he might be in over his head at this distance. I can see him being a serious sprinter.

he does have a beautiful reach to his stride when asked. Deadly Dealer looked like he was going to explode if they didn't allow him to run.

saucon17 04-11-2007 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
I thought Teuflesberg looked the best in his work, but I think he might be in over his head at this distance. I can see him being a serious sprinter.

Agree, I think he will a great a 6f to 7f horse and possibly
a one turn mile horse.

Cannon Shell 04-11-2007 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
Gotta pull for Teuflesberg... especially with Prado up.

What happened Smarty Elliot?

Cajungator26 04-11-2007 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
What happened Smarty Elliot?

No clue... I never read anything about it either. Wonder what happened.

k9styl94 04-11-2007 09:36 PM

Are we forgetting Zanjero
 
Zanjero has Gomez on him in the 1 hole.
If this horse, I mean if this horse wins, Gomez rides him
for the Derby!!

Pedigree Ann 04-11-2007 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Really? On the very same day as Timed Squareds race, later in the card was an allowance race for older horses that was run at the same 1 1/16 distance.
Here are the fractions for both races.

Current track record at the distance 1:41.6

25.53 50.35 1:15 1:39.69 1:45.68 Time Squared
24.66 47.88 1:11.8 1:35.91 1:41.94 Rathor


The allowance horses were almost four seconds faster.

Pace makes the race. Time Squared closed into a glacial pace, which is pretty hard to do most of the time. He was dead last at the quarter while they were poking along ahead of him, still 9th at the 3/4 mark. Closed with a rush to just get up in the last couple of strides. The comments, by the way, say "hopped start, 8 wide lane, driving."

Notice that the time from the 3/4 mark to the finish in each race is comparable - 30.68 sec vs. 30.14 sec. And Time Squared was still a long way back at the 3/4, while Rathor was right up near the lead.

All that said, I still like Great Hunter best.


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