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Seattleallstar 12-16-2006 06:32 PM

What an impressive race by Belgravia! I told he was the goods, go show em what 2 million gets ya boy. TRIPLE CROWN!

Scav 12-16-2006 06:34 PM

I think Principal Secret is extremely playable here. His numbers are good and his race two back was more the jock being a moron then the horse.

2-3-6-8 box and win money on 8

Scav 12-16-2006 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
Kinda liking Liquidity a little in this race. His two races after his impressive MSW seem a little forced and now with 40 days off and 3 really good works, and the blinkers, seems like a good wager

Again, not trusting my handicapping, would have had a nice place price on this horse

Seattleallstar 12-16-2006 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
You are the best. Like anyone in hoops tonight?


was compromised by the pace, Belmont and Churchill here we come.

I still love ya Bellgravia

Scav 12-16-2006 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar
was compromised by the pace, Belmont and Churchill here we come.

I still love ya Bellgravia

That horse has NO SHOT at 10 furlongs, let alone 12 furlongs....

Balletto 12-16-2006 07:03 PM

Good race by the winner.

Balletto 12-16-2006 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
That horse has NO SHOT at 10 furlongs, let alone 12 furlongs....

Sure he does... he'll be walking in a zigzag very much like my grandmother, but he can get the distance.

Sightseek 12-16-2006 07:12 PM

I thought Bill Cerin was going to try to make out with Christina Oliveres. LOL

KirisClown 12-16-2006 07:24 PM

Belgravia's 2007 goal should be the King's Bishop....

Ghostzapperfan 12-16-2006 09:38 PM

I cannot believe that Kent Desormeaux had the best horse in the race and actually won it. How many times have you seen him have the best horse and screw the horse into a 7th or 8th place finish....

ALostTexan

Bendaredonedat 12-16-2006 09:40 PM

Ill take it....

Ghostzapperfan 12-16-2006 09:45 PM

Oh, I'll take it to, and I think that Stormello is a force to be reckoned with, so long as Kent Desormeaux doesn't screw him in the spring...

ALostTexan

The Indomitable DrugS 12-16-2006 11:34 PM

This was a very circumstantial race in a year when we've had many circumstantial Grade 1 races.

Basically, with the exception of Principle Secret dropping anchor yet again, watching the race was like watching a Merry-go-round.

Horses racing 1st, 2nd, and 4th through both the opening 1/4 mile and opening half mile, ended up finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. The 2nd place fiinsher 15/1 and 3rd place 36/1.They produced a $91 exacta and $1,752 trifecta.

Stormello had, what is widely considered the best trip in all of horse racing. Being loose on the lead, through very moderate to slow early fractions.

An ALW race won 30 minutes earlier by 12/1 pace presser AP Xcellent, at the same distance, featured fractions of 23.07, 45.76, and 1:10.02---all three of which markedly faster than the early fractions in the Hollywood Futurity.

The track really wasn't "speed biased" today---though, it was obviously yielding fast times. A track record was set in an ALW race, at 6.5 furlongs, by a horse who dueled for the lead. In a 25K claiming race later on, a horse just missed the same track record while winning in wire-to-wire fashion.

This was certainly a very sub-par running of the Futurity.

blackthroatedwind 12-16-2006 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

This was certainly a very sub-par running of the Futurity.


I'm not sure if " sub-par " is the right term.

I would go for irrelevent.....for all the reasons you just gave.

SCUDSBROTHER 12-17-2006 12:28 AM

Well,I think the top 3 get some credit for running well today.That was in no way a track you would want to use for testing the ability of these horses.Belgravia will easly win his next start.Track was a poor test today.The good thing is that they now all have 2 turn races that they can move forward,and progress from.Belgravia is gunna have a big say in what happens in the next 5 and a half months of derby preps,and the Script horse will dominate in 3 year old turf stakes.

The Bid 12-17-2006 08:29 AM

He could makeout with worse Sightseek

What a game run by the winner and the runner up.

Nice pick by a few of you guys. Im too lazy to go back and see who it was.

JJP 12-18-2006 08:37 AM

That was the very first time on a synthetic surface that I've seen a horse get passed in the stretch, only to come back and win.

We see this fairly frequently on conventional dirt, rarely on grass, and basically never on Poly or Cushion.

Sightseek 12-18-2006 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bid
He could makeout with worse Sightseek

What a game run by the winner and the runner up.

Nice pick by a few of you guys. Im too lazy to go back and see who it was.

LOL, I wonder if she is praying Memorette doesn't win today?

Rupert Pupkin 12-20-2006 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Scav
That horse has NO SHOT at 10 furlongs, let alone 12 furlongs....

I think he will be able to get 1 1/8 miles. I don't know if he will be able to get 1 1/4 miles. That may be too far for him.

He can run much better than he ran in the Futurity. He was sick and probably should not have run.


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