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01-28-2008, 08:33 AM
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Some top W/E BSF's..
Benny the Bull GP 26 Jan 6F 115
Santana Strings GP 26 Jan 6F 103 Mach Ride GP 26 Jan 6F 101 Tropic Storm GP 26 Jan 6F 101 Ginger Punch (f) GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 109 Peach Flambe (f) GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 98 Bob Black Jack SA 26 Jan 6F 109 Winsome Charm SA 26 Jan 6F 100 Afleet Ruler SA 26 Jan 6F 94 Go Between SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 106 Celtic Dreamin SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 103 War Monger GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 100 Soldier's Dancer GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 97 Lucky J. H. GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 95 Quite a Bride (f) SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 95 Cool Coal Man GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 92
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01-28-2008, 09:25 AM
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Funny, I found it more reminiscent of A One Rocket.
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01-28-2008, 09:30 AM
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It will be very interesting to see if he can remain sound. Taken at face value, perfect trip and all, he was awfully impressive on Saturday.
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01-28-2008, 09:47 AM
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Perfect trip indeed - and that performance was obviously not in the same ball park as Ghostzapper's Tom Fool in my opinion. Some of his prior races were sneaky strong - him showing a touch more speed this past week was the only surprising thing with his effort imo.
I think Benny The Bull will clearly prove to be the best one-turn miler this year for sure. Bob Black Jack is a bit interesting. 109 Synthetic Beyer for a Jan Cal Bred 3yo is eye-catching - as is running a final time 0.73 seconds faster than Grade 1 older males in the Malibu in his start two back. However, you need only go back to Da Stoops to find a horse with a similar profile - Da Stoops, of course, ran faster (albeit by a razor thin margin) than Proud Tower Too did in the Malibu on the same card - and he also won the SM 3yo Sprint with a big figure. He, at best, flatlined from there.
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01-28-2008, 09:55 AM
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We are all in agreement on the perfect trip. I guess I was just impressed by the early speed he showed and I can't imagine him winning by any less than 2 lengths even if he circles the entire field at the turn. There was never a point in that race where Benny the Bull didn't look like an easy winner, even with the wall of horses in front of him for the first 4 furlongs.
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01-28-2008, 09:58 AM
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I agree....but frankly was there really a time you didn't think he was a winner once you had looked at the pps?
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01-28-2008, 10:01 AM
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A congratulations is in order to my man The Bid who found this horse for IEAH...
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01-28-2008, 10:02 AM
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Im not certain why him showing speed was a shock. If you go back and look pre Dutrow the horse never worked a half in under 51. Everything Dutrow did getting Benny ready to run on Saturday was done quickly. Add to that equation almost all of Jeff Talleys horses are trained to come from 10 back and the speed isnt that big of a surprise. Especially when you give Dutrow a little time to wave the wand. That horse was out of his mind Saturday.
Thx Phil.
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01-28-2008, 10:26 AM
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He certainly didn't show a hint of improved early speed in his first four runs for Dutrow.
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01-28-2008, 10:31 AM
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Yeah I know, but he didnt work him the same TID. The work pattern since that horse has gotten to Florida has really been quick. I think Dutrow may have been a little scared to change his running style early because those guys paid so much for the horse. I would assume they would want to win, or be competitve right away to put investors at ease. You never know whats going to happen when you ask a horse to do something they arent used to doing. Benny is a very fast horse, there is no reason for him to be 10 out of any race.
He did stay a little closer to Talent Search in Laurel before running past him. That may have got them thinking a little
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01-28-2008, 10:36 AM
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The next 2 runs were with Guidry, who rode him previously for Talley, thought that the horse had to lay way back and make a run. BtB also hit the gate while breaking in the Br Cup. Then in the De Francis, Prado had him slightly closer to the ultra quick Talent Search. I think we are going to see some really fun races this year with BtB, MNL, and Daaher banging heads.
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01-28-2008, 10:42 AM
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You can't leave out the SA lovers, Greg's Gold and In Summation, in addition to Fabulous Strike. If the trainers of all these sprinters can keep these horses together, this is actually a strong group of sprinters. I will keep my fingers crossed.
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