Hey Vic Stauffer..........

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Originally Posted by eajinabi

Yea, he kind of specializes in getting claimers to run pretty good in stakes. Notice that? Look at him get that Optional Claimer Modification to come within what? A length of Grade 2 winner Life is Sweet last Sunday? There's a lot of them. What about the horse who had it's nose in front of Cowboy Cal in early January? Almost won that huh? That's after Baffert gave up. Mandella thought Peace Chant was worth just $62,500, but O'neil showed him the horse can win that much in one damn race with him..(miracle.!!)

I am not going to defend Oneill but Peace Chant made all the sense in the world in the Phoenix Gold Cup from many handicapping angles.

1. he was going back to dirt
2. he is a much better sprinter than router
3. Oneill footed the bill to go all the way to Phx with his own horse
4. That really was not much more of a field then the 62 claimer he was just in

I posted these all the thread for those stakes at Tup last week and bet this horse.