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![]() I guess he deserves his own thread now.
My gut instinct is to dismiss this horse as a poly specialist because he is now 3 for 3 on the poly and 0 for 4 on the dirt. Does anyone see it differently than that? Is there ANY chance he is a factor in three weeks? |
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Looks to me that any horse in the starting gate at CD could be a factor this year...Dominican certainly now deserves a shot. Don't know what you can say about a grade one race that goes 26 for the first quarter....this was a mess. Street Sense ran well but had a clear shot and didn't impress...I simply don't know!
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![]() I just believe that closing into those absolutely ridiculous fractions right past 2 of the colts supposedly at the top of the class is something that warrants serious consideration for the derby. No matter what surface, his peformance today puts him into the thick of it in my opinion. I also had him pretty big today so I might be a little biased this soon after the race.
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![]() I think Dominican wins the triple crown.
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![]() May be able to get up for a 3rd or 4th in the Derby but like said horse has a terrible looking stride and a few closers going in the Derby. If CQ is ok and no problems he is a much better bet as a closer
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![]() Hard to justify him either way at this point. Very strange race that needs to be replayed a few times before forming any strong opinions on the runners.
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![]() Stride looks like something is wrong with front left leg but does not seem to bother him. I like the horse just not near level of others.
Just lets not talking about how better he is than Street Sense-- if there was not jam SS would have won the race |
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I totally suck handicapping the poly, so it will take even more work for me. ![]() I will watch this race quite few times tonight though, before really forming an opinion. I have been high on Great Hunter for quite a while now...anxious to see how he comes out of this race. |
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![]() Well, he is 2-2 since being gelded.
He is a total toss in the Derby. |
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![]() That isn't really horse racing......
Can you imagine if they run the Breeders Cup over that joke of a surface? The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers in the Commonwealth all exited one-mile turf races in there last start. Than you have the Blue Grass....where a horse gets off with an uncontested lead through 26 and 51 fractions, and can't run a straight line through the stretch....while a deep closer rallies past two serious Derby horses to win. How exactly did the 4th place finisher not get DQ'ed....once Prado started hitting him left handed, he came out SEVERAL paths, and clearly fouled Great Hunter. That was pretty amusing.....it made the whole race look even more absurd than it was in the first place. |
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Cory was on Great Hunter and he said after the race that "it was no big deal", Great Hunter appeared finished anyway but it sure looked bad on TV.
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Frankly I don't see where Street Sense had any excuse (aside from the slow pace obviously).
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