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Old 09-17-2006, 09:22 AM
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Default Spanish Chestnut....

anyone think he can get it done today?
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Old 09-17-2006, 09:39 AM
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anyone think he can get it done today?
Haven't capped it. Is there other early speed? He is certainly a threat if he gets loose on the lead but will wind up toast like usual if he is forced into ridiculous fractions. I'd love to see him win though.
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Old 09-17-2006, 07:13 PM
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He looked super for the 1st 4 furlongs, but they still put up a solid time I believe its 1:08.3 so he can still get it done just needs a little drop in class
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Old 09-17-2006, 08:52 PM
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He looked super for the 1st 4 furlongs, but they still put up a solid time I believe its 1:08.3 so he can still get it done just needs a little drop in class
He certainly showed a lot more heart coming down the stretch which is encouraging at least. Thought he was going to fight back and win for a minute there.
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Old 09-17-2006, 08:57 PM
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He's just not that good. No disrespect to Spooky Mulder, who's about as game and solid as they come, but Spanish Chesnut was supposed to win today's race.
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Old 09-17-2006, 11:43 PM
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man,
this is one of the most overrated(and overbet) horses I have ever seen.

he wins one 8f santa anita grade 2 race in the spring of his 3YO year(there are like a million of those every spring at santa anita) and everyone thinks he is a top class sprinter.
he is not.
he sucks.
in fact, just about everything i am seeing from Horse Chestnut sucks on both turf and dirt.
its a shame b/c he was such a nice racehorse.
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Old 09-18-2006, 03:13 AM
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Has Spanish been tried on the Turf? I think he could be a decent Turf Miler if given a shot...
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Old 09-18-2006, 04:23 AM
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Nobody ever thought Spanish Chestnut was a world beater. Still, he's a useful horse who has looked good in spots here and there.
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Old 09-18-2006, 07:33 AM
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PMA I couldnt agree more. Its ashame hes never been put in the right place, you would think Tagg and Funny Cide's crew were picking his spots. Try him on the grass for christ sakes
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Old 09-18-2006, 09:44 AM
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a horse they messed up so bad its really a damn shame, could of been a useful sprinter/miler.
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:30 AM
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This horse has never possessed the speed to be a top level sprinter and can't run well past a mile. He might have been able to be a decent miler but in this country, there aren't many races for those types and he wasn't going to beat the better ones anyway. Extremely overrated horse in my opinion.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:38 PM
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Has Spanish been tried on the Turf? I think he could be a decent Turf Miler if given a shot...
I said this a year ago before all of these ridiculous sprint tries.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:43 PM
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I said this a year ago before all of these ridiculous sprint tries.
The race he was in this weekend was a turf stakes that got moved to the dirt.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:47 PM
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Itaasak mean "backwheel" in Arabic.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:53 PM
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Itaasak mean "backwheel" in Arabic.
Thanks for the definition.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:54 PM
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I think Biancone would have already tried him on the turf if he thought he was able to be a better horse on that surface. Perhaps he experimented with him in a workout and it didnt pan out. Fact is he is just not that great of a horse. If he was he would have pulled away from Spooky Mulder and been able to hold off Around the Cape. He did neither.
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Old 09-19-2006, 05:52 PM
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The race he was in this weekend was a turf stakes that got moved to the dirt.
I'm pretty sure he was essentially an MTO.
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