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Originally Posted by the_fat_man (Post 631838)

2 for 3 today (in non baby 5F sprints). Looks like someone had a talk with Contreras. Factor in the, at least, 10 blown rides by Contreras last year and Asmussen's poly stats wouldn't be as bad.

I suspect Asmussen is going to have a huge (i.e. 'typical') meet and make your stats irrelevant.

He won the baby race at KEE today (no surprise), 2nd at 4-1 in a MCL, and 6th at 8-1 in an ALW. I still think it's profitable to fade his (non 4.5F) horses at Keeneland on the poly. That being said... it's not the abysmal numbers he had a few years ago on it when every runner was bombing at 4/5.

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Originally Posted by lemoncrush (Post 631846)

I noticed a few of these last night as I looked over tomorroww's pps. In the Keenland 7th, Albarado is on an Oflee Wild horse with a trainer I've never heard of. At 20-1 I thought he looked like a live longshot.

Bindner has been around forever it seems. Won the Foster with Colonial Colony, and has trained several stakes winners, mostly of turf stakes. Has a small stable, and normally follows the KY circuit and FG, but didn't winter at FG this year.