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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
Didn't realize, at first, that he missed the Oaks too...That at least was a tough race to call...Lookingforthesecret was a no-brainer to include though, and I'd like to see his reasoning behind leaving him off...Pretty amatuerish...The single of BT was bold, but the reality of the ticket barely paying for itself with a more reasonable Oaks winner/War Pass combo would have been enough to take a flyer on BT or Atoned in the last leg, I guess...
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That race was far from tough IMO. Obviously I am speaking after the fact but the 5 was the 3rd fastest horse in the race, and he was running 6f/7f with Awesome Again out of an AP Indy mare breeding. The filly obviously has some issues only going for 100k and to those connections, but they look like they worked through them. Lets really look at it.
Calico Bay just ran the race of her life on the poly while improving 3pts and she 'bo' last time, the 1 and 2 were just not fast enough, the 6 My Baby Baby could be argued but using Andy's theory in regards to debut turfers, and how this horse is bred to be a turf horse, Dee's Rose was the slowest in the race and Unfolding Wish, while fast enough sprinting, is bred to sprint, and showed she was a sprinter. The 4 was most likely and the 5 was the best value and the 6 was an include unless you didn't believe in her dirt prowlness.
Now, obviously I am excited that a tout of mine came through, one of my friends hit big because of it, and I haven't had a successful tout of mine hit in a while (actually yesterday, i was going to do a long shot write up, and Awesome Chic and Polonius were going to be on it, along with a bad trip 5th in the a race at Santa Anita, I had it done and deleted it because I am gunshy now) but Awesome Chic was far from impossible given she was already fast sprinting, and had every right to stretch out.