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03-21-2008, 06:42 PM
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Hammersly: Country Star should target Derby
Country Star is proven going long and has already handled different surfaces. A daughter of Empire Maker, she's bred to prefer going even longer. In a year with so many question marks surrounding the top males, could it be they're ripe for the plucking? Yes it could, particularly when you're talking about a special filly and a man who knows how to train with a specific race in mind...
LINK (DRF subsription req'd): http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do?NID=93155
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03-21-2008, 08:16 PM
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She hasn't run on real dirt yet, has she? She might not be as good on real dirt.
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03-21-2008, 09:32 PM
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it's only a matter of time
Practically every year about this time all you hear is how the fillies are faster than the colts.
the girls mature faster and therefore are faster until the boys catch up The smart thing to do would be - instead of running against the equally mature girls, run against the boys like Absolutely Cindy did in the John Battaglia at Turfway and if she's a front runner the boys would probably prefer to stay behind her. 
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03-21-2008, 09:35 PM
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well if Empire Maker handled dirt...I see no reason why Country Star wouldn't
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03-21-2008, 11:54 PM
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03-22-2008, 01:03 AM
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03-22-2008, 08:44 AM
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03-22-2008, 12:53 PM
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I may actually like Country Star for the Derby if she had run this year or had run her prep on dirt. I suppose we should root against the one Derby prep horse. That is really a scary trend.
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03-22-2008, 05:25 PM
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03-22-2008, 06:00 PM
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I thought last fall that CS looked like a possible Derby filly but as of yet she has not raced at 3. If someone was talking about starting a colt in a couple of weeks and going to the Derby we'd be telling the trainer to lay off the Jack Daniels.
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03-22-2008, 07:58 PM
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Six weeks out from Derby day I'm still picking nobody to win. Hopefully that will change, Last edited by pick4 : 03-22-2008 at 08:15 PM.
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