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Old 03-31-2007, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
and you'll be happy to know that i keyed Bullish Luck third.
Good for you!!!

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http://www.dubaiworldcup.com/media/v...ideo_2007.asp#

http://www.ntra.com/video.aspx?id=24354
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Old 03-31-2007, 02:30 PM
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I hit the pick 3 with Invasor, but felt it was a little short. Shouldn't in two 16 horse fields a 11-1 (7th choice) with 6-1 (5th choice) (both foreign horses at that) pay better than $268 (almost exactly the parlay value)? Or am I overestimating the blind stupidity of the American public?

I was expecting it to be in the $500-600 range.
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Old 03-31-2007, 05:27 PM
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What a race! I finally got home and saw it. I've never been a huge fan of Discreet Cat, but I've thought that he was a very talented animal. I don't think that this race does much to disprove his talent, because we know it's there. But like Bernardini, I've never thought he was quite as good as some people make him sound, especially when stacked next to Invasor like Bernie was.

I think that this race is less about showing that Cat is not as good as some say (even though he's not), as it is that maybe we can finally get around to giving Invasor the props he deserves and has been deserving of since the Pimlico race. I think that great horses overcome adversity and trips that they aren't used to having, and Cat showed nothing today at all. We can blame him being at the back all we want, but Invasor has run races out of his comfort zone and has eaten the track at Gulfstream and still overcome it.

I've always thought that Skip Away was the best horse "of my time," but I may very well have been watching the best horse of my time today.

Hey, a few more starts and he'll be the richest racehorse by American-calculated earnings, right? What's he need, like another 2 million to pass Skip?
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