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Originally Posted by Kasept

No reason to think it will be any less advantageous than it's been the last few weeks.

Regarding Magna Graduate, his big fig came on the unique AQU inner and he has NEVER performed when confronted by real horses.. His stakes wins are over the likes of Papi Chullo, Scrappy T and Crown Point.. Before anyone trots out his 'big' Clark win over Perfect Drift and Suave, take a good look at the :48.2 and 1:37.4 mile he carved out there. When confronted by real fractions in last year's Donn, albeit on a sloppy track he may not have cared for, he had no answer when Brass Hat, Pies Prospect and Andromeda's Hero came calling.

All that said, nothing that this barn gets away with surprises me, so I feel compelled to include him though he is utterly ridiculous.

Steve, that was also a great call on Magna Grad, I did not end up using him, although I had a big exacta with AP Arrow under Invasor (yikes).. I saw KM being interviewed after the race, I wonder what he was REALLY thinking about the ride... also, J'ray ran big yesterday with that trip (4 wide through-out), NR had the red sea parted for him to get off the rail top of the stretch, still only won by a nose. J'ray must have earned a huge T-graph fig.

Meet the new boss same as the old boss... Seems Gulfstream has not changed a bit with the inside speed dominating and jocks getting bad trips. Did not watch any races so cannot comment beyond the charts, although I did put some time into the handicapping. Congrats to Invasor who seemed to overcome some adversity while running his record to 10 for 11 with his only loss to a total freak. Interesting how the Dubai journey will unfold, I'm going back to the midwest. Also congrats to the winning pick 4 tickets, although it may be difficult to explain to your grandkids how you had a winning pick 4, with a 100-1 shot and did not get taxed! BBB