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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I'm amused you included Sidney's Candy - as you only mentioned him after his stunningly impressive maiden win.
It would be like someone saying they "like" Uncle Mo after he wins his debut by a pole with a triple digit Beyer at Saratoga. Or saying they "like" Quality Road after he runs a triple digit Beyer in his debut at AQU. Or saying they "like" Curlin after he runs a triple digit Beyer in his debut at Gulfstream. Or saying they "like" Big Brown after he wins his debut by a pole on turf at Saratoga.
It's kind of annoying when someone has the potential to be a good poster around here ... but instead they'd rather pull a Baghdad Bob routine because a horse like they like lost.
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That is what I was talking about. I was talking about picking horses that just broke their maiden (like Cowboy Gets Even). Some of them were obvious, others were not.
There are plenty of horses that break their maidens impressively that never do anything after that. I think I'm good at distinguishing between a 5 length maiden winner that is a good horse versus a 5 length maiden winner that isn't much horse, and I don't base it on the time they ran.