round pond flipparoo ext box

GPK · #1 03-10-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

if both go it looks like a easy ext box that should pay 11.bucks or so..

no box to it....RP on top all the way.

blackthroatedwind · #2 03-10-2007, 07:52 PM

Boy, I don't trust Swap Flipperoo. A closing sprinter going two turns for the first time in a paceless race? I need a lot more than that to hone in on a very chalky exacta.

GPK · #3 03-10-2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Boy, I don't trust Swap Flipperoo. A closing sprinter going two turns for the first time in a paceless race? I need a lot more than that to hone in on a very chalky exacta.

You see any of these girls beating Round Pond?

blackthroatedwind · #4 03-10-2007, 07:57 PM

Even if she wasn't the best horse, and she is, she has a HUGE tactical advantage in the race.

Look, she was never as good as her hype, and I say this having made a score with her in the BC, but she was always very talented. Plus, she has had serious physical issues, and if she is past them she could be a dominent player in that division this year.

GPK · #5 03-10-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Even if she wasn't the best horse, and she is, she has a HUGE tactical advantage in the race.

Look, she was never as good as her hype, and I say this having made a score with her in the BC, but she was always very talented. Plus, she has had serious physical issues, and if she is past them she could be a dominent player in that division this year.

Talent wise, she seems head and shoulders above the rest here..

Samarta · #6 03-11-2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Even if she wasn't the best horse, and she is, she has a HUGE tactical advantage in the race.

Look, she was never as good as her hype, and I say this having made a score with her in the BC, but she was always very talented. Plus, she has had serious physical issues, and if she is past them she could be a dominent player in that division this year.

Not real sure where that comes from....unless you are speaking about the health issues....She has never been off the board....multiple grade 1 wins....when all in the distaff division are right, she is the best out there and barring any unforseen setbacks, she will be the dominant one this year...but then again, I might be a little bias....

blackthroatedwind · #7 03-11-2007, 11:07 AM

No horse is ever as good as their hype from those connections due to the lunacy eminating from that website. If you didn't learn that from Rockport Harbor, and then Hard Spun, you never will.

None of this precludes Round Pond from being a very nice filly. It just means her on-track performances belie her reputation. The simple fact is she has never run an even remotely special race. She's run pretty well a few times. Perhaps her physical issues have kept her from showing more. I hope we find out that is the case this year.

philcski · #8 03-11-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

No horse is ever as good as their hype from those connections due to the lunacy eminating from that website. If you didn't learn that from Rockport Harbor, and then Hard Spun, you never will.

None of this precludes Round Pond from being a very nice filly. It just means her on-track performances belie her reputation. The simple fact is she has never run an even remotely special race. She's run pretty well a few times. Perhaps her physical issues have kept her from showing more. I hope we find out that is the case this year.

Define "special" for fillies, Azeri special?
I loved her Acorn. That was her best career performance IMO.

Don't disagree about Porter's website, though.

Samarta · #9 03-11-2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

No horse is ever as good as their hype from those connections due to the lunacy eminating from that website. If you didn't learn that from Rockport Harbor, and then Hard Spun, you never will.

None of this precludes Round Pond from being a very nice filly. It just means her on-track performances belie her reputation. The simple fact is she has never run an even remotely special race. She's run pretty well a few times. Perhaps her physical issues have kept her from showing more. I hope we find out that is the case this year.

Did you see her win the Acorn, what about the Azeri (which was considered the race of the year by many), or even the Distaff....this has nothing to do with RPH or Hard Spun...my interest is from a totally different perspective from which I think you are pointing towards....Round Pond is a very special horse that has run some very special races....

hoovesupsideyourhead · #10 03-10-2007, 07:57 PM

i like em and jj stays he seems to like going longer..at least right now ..if rp runs off i can see him making the ext

blackthroatedwind · #11 03-10-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

i like em and jj stays he seems to like going longer..at least right now ..if rp runs off i can see him making the ext

You are talking about a $5 exacta.

I prefer Miss Shop, who will be comfortably placed, and pretty much ridden for second.

hoovesupsideyourhead · #12 03-10-2007, 08:00 PM

your opinion is what counts here....ill take the advice..thanks..

blackthroatedwind · #13 03-10-2007, 08:03 PM

I just think Hooves that this is hardly a great situation to be taking a stand on a short priced exacta. There are so many better opportunities in the course of any day that this one seems better avoided.

hoovesupsideyourhead · #14 03-10-2007, 08:12 PM

very true its not something to fire on......likeing the 2 cant sleep more and more ....in the pick 3/4 hoping eddie c has jet lag..