DT FOCUS (1/9-AQU 2): Eightyfiveinafifty (105 Beyer)

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I don't care how well thought of the horse is. . . Nothing about his run backed up all the hype. Clearly your expectations prior to the race are clouding your ability to objectively evaluate his performance. The winner couldn't have accelerated away from AS any easier and, no matter how hard he tried to blow it for second, none of those horses were even good enough to clunk up and pass him.

Maybe whatever injuries he has struggled with came back to haunt him in the stretch, but that certainly doesn't bode well for his future.

If biggest hype horse ran a 105 in his second and this horse ran 17 lengths behind in his first which is what a 75 BSF then I think it was a very good first try.

[cakes44]

No thanks on any Forest Camp being a factor on the first Saturday of May. I might even rather have a future bet on a Dixie Union horse.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by freddymo

If biggest hype horse ran a 105 in his second and this horse ran 17 lengths behind in his first which is what a 75 BSF then I think it was a very good first try.

More like a 60 Freddy.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

More like a 60 Freddy.

I thought it would be 35 less..Isnt 10l 25pts?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The final margin was over 17 lengths.

How in the hell did that horse take so much money? Tapit's are very low percentage on debut ... and the dam was a turf marathoner.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The final margin was over 17 lengths.

How in the hell did that horse take so much money? Tapit's are very low percentage on debut ... and the dam was a turf marathoner.

Was not a debut I believe but a second start.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Was not a debut I believe but a second start.

He's talking about the 2nd place finisher.

The winner actually opened up pretty short in his debut at Saratoga if I remember correctly. . . The race was so loaded, though, that his odds had to go high when the pools filled out.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

He's talking about the 2nd place finisher.

The winner actually opened up pretty short in his debut at Saratoga if I remember correctly. . . The race was so loaded, though, that his odds had to go high when the pools filled out.

The winner ran an absolutely mind-boggling race when 3rd in his debut at Saratoga.

StoneGossard did a nice write-up on him at his blog.

http://traderpete.blogspot.com/2009/...st-part-1.html

[blackthroatedwind]

I'll take my chances that Avenging Spirit is a good horse and he showed why he was heavily bet. Wow, a first time starter, who was studdish in the paddock and acted up, tired badly from chasing a speed horse that ran a monsterous race. That's never happened before.