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Old 03-02-2008, 01:40 PM
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Anyone want to try and guess who his trainer will be for his next race, because I doubt it's going to be Ed Plesa. I'll go with Pletcher or Asmussen.
Is he this years Curlin and what is the starting bid?
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:01 PM
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Tough to say for sure. He might be okay, as he has been as impressive in Florida as anyone this year.
He certainly looked good today. I wonder if he can tackle that extra furlong...err...643 feet?
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:09 PM
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Tough to say for sure. He might be okay, as he has been as impressive in Florida as anyone this year.
Jay,

Interesting colt.. $30k as a yearling (Put It Back's average was $23k off the $5k fee), and then $160,000 six months later at the March OBS last year.. Plesa gave him four months off after that summer campaign (shins?), and here he is a different horse. VERY similar development curve to Smooth Air, though Smooth Air looks to be best suited one turning.

Had run a (neg) -1 on TG to correspond to the 97 Beyer, and will be anxious to see where this comes back. Will absolutely have the vultures circling... But Mrs. Oxenberg may not be of a mind to sell.




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Old 03-02-2008, 07:08 PM
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The horses he beat in the NW1X earlier in the meet were probably better than what Pyro beat up on in the Risen Star. I'm not knocking Pyro; just those who mistakenly think Hey Byrn isn't a legit Derby contender, at this point.

Interesting how Hey Byrn was 3-5 in the betting around 12 minutes to post, right where he figured to be......then amazingly came up to 2-1! You just don't see that often were a horse who looks like they will destroy a field will go up from a legit 3-5 to 2-1.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:10 PM
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The horses he beat in the NW1X earlier in the meet were probably better than what Pyro beat up on in the Risen Star. I'm not knocking Pyro; just those who mistakenly think Hey Byrn isn't a legit Derby contender, at this point.

Interesting how Hey Byrn was 3-5 in the betting around 12 minutes to post, right where he figured to be......then amazingly came up to 2-1! You just don't see that often were a horse who looks like they will destroy a field will go up from a legit 3-5 to 2-1.

Not sure how the first part of your post is true, but whatever, however it was Alaazo that was 3:5 early and drifted to 9:5. Hey Byrn wasn't lower than 2:1 and drifted down to get there.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:19 PM
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Not sure how the first part of your post is true, but whatever, however it was Alaazo that was 3:5 early and drifted to 9:5. Hey Byrn wasn't lower than 2:1 and drifted down to get there.
Are you sure about that? I swear Brisnet had the 3 (Hey Byrn) at 3-5. Either that or my vision is really going (very possible).
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:21 PM
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Not sure how the first part of your post is true, but whatever, however it was Alaazo that was 3:5 early and drifted to 9:5. Hey Byrn wasn't lower than 2:1 and drifted down to get there.
That was early Facebook action on Alaazo, I assume. I saw Hey Bryn pretty close up today. Hard to believe he's the one.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:24 PM
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That was early Facebook action on Alaazo, I assume. I saw Hey Bryn pretty close up today. Hard to believe he's the one.
As for the Risen Star field comparison, I don't think Z Fortune would've been on the board in this GP race today.

So what is wrong with how Hey Byrn looked? Performance on the track is the only thing that counts.
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Old 03-02-2008, 08:22 PM
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As for the Risen Star field comparison, I don't think Z Fortune would've been on the board in this GP race today.

So what is wrong with how Hey Byrn looked? Performance on the track is the only thing that counts.
I can't imagine who you found to be so tough in that allowance race to consider it better than the Risen Star also-rans. Sleuse? Bordeaux Bandit? Alaazo?

Don't get me wrong, Hey Byrn ran a nice race and looked good doing it but count me among those who wants me to see him beat a horse not named Bordeaux Bandit.

The Risen Star field might not have been great but it is not even comparable to that allowance field today. Hell, Blackberry Road and/or Visionaire would have been heavily bet in Gulfstream's 3rd today and Z Fortune would have probably been 3-5.

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Old 03-02-2008, 09:17 PM
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As for the Risen Star field comparison, I don't think Z Fortune would've been on the board in this GP race today.
Why is everyone so hellbent on bashing the Risen Star?
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