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Old 02-20-2010, 06:12 PM
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Am I the only one that things Bridgmohans ride on FF was horrible? YOu have a track playing speed all day so why in the world do you try to rate outside a horse like General Quarters? Why dont you give him his head, let him roll, and let them catch you if they can. You let one hang around long enough you are in deep &hit. I thought that was a stupid ride
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Old 02-20-2010, 07:50 PM
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maybe it was, maybe it was not a stupid ride.
Had FF been the best horse he would have won.
No excuse from what I saw.

Shaun B should have pressed early and took control of the rail.
He rode like he was on a horse that was ten the best.
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Old 02-20-2010, 07:55 PM
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That horrendous 8/1 shot that won the Silverbulletday came from a long way last .. that track was very fair.

Discreetly Mine and Tempted To Tapit were so vastly superior to the Risen Star field on paper - that, without hooking up, they would have left a VERY sizeable gap back to 3rd place if it was a true speed biased track.

I was also pissed with Bridgmahon's ride - but because I singled General Quarters in the race - and Bridgmahon felt the need to race ride and trap GQ instead of just opening up the lead and trying to outfinish GQ again.

Friesan Fire ran an absolutely terrible race. I doubt the ride had much to do with it .. as that is still an extremely easy trip for any tactical speed router.
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Old 02-20-2010, 08:00 PM
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I thought FF looked like something went wrong at the top of the stretch.
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Old 02-20-2010, 08:03 PM
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I thought FF looked like something went wrong at the top of the stretch.
Yeah - that would make what - 4 out of his last 5 starts where you could say that?

Some horse to bridgejump.
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Old 02-20-2010, 08:38 PM
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I thought FF looked like something went wrong at the top of the stretch.
Looked like he bobbled badly.
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Old 02-20-2010, 08:49 PM
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I thougth she ran a very big race in there drugs, the winner of the SBD.

To me it makes no sense to rate a horse who can be alone by 2 on the lead if you just give him his head. 6 horse field hes trying to pin robby on the rail, it was ridiculous.

I did see him bobble at the top of the lane.

I just hate bridgmohan, I hate all of them, but I found that extremely retarded
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Old 02-20-2010, 11:36 PM
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FF had an easy first quarter but look at the half. First 1/4 in 24 3/5, the next quarter was in 23 3/5. The fractions from 4 to 6 furlongs was 23 and 4. After the easy first quarter this horse had to run hard and ran out of gas. General Quarters let this horse set his own pace in his last race and lost. They were not going to play same game again.
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