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Old 06-01-2008, 11:09 AM
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Not Bourbon is the only horse possibly to give him trouble if he gets the jump on HR and Coa is caught sleeping, this horse is a sprinter first as Woodbine Polytrack seems to favor the tactically gifted speed horses, has a good turn of foot, however he is stretching to 1 1/8th and he has the smallish build, not sure if he will hit the wall at some point. Pewter has had 1 big race at GP after being abysmal in his first 2 starts of his career, he looks abit like an abberation if you ask me.
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:10 PM
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Harlem Rocker off the board.
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:19 PM
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:21 PM
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Damn, guess his last race wasn't as easy as most thought.
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:26 PM
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Or maybe he didn't like the surface. Nah, can't be that.
Exactly, HOSS. I imagine they never put the horse on the surface before the race. Imagine that.

He really should've been in the Preakness.
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:29 PM
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Exactly, HOSS. I imagine they never put the horse on the surface before the race. Imagine that.

He really should've been in the Preakness.
Yeah, he should have been there.....
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Old 06-01-2008, 03:27 PM
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Yeah, he would have been a real threat to BIG Brown in the Preakness
So much for this fast 3 yr.old
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:53 PM
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Once again, against his trainer's wishes, Stronach makes a total blunder. He learned absolutely nothing from the race. Is the horse distance challenged or did he hate Polytrack? Who knows.

Belonged in the Preakness. On to the Dwyer now I suppose.
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Old 06-01-2008, 06:33 PM
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well we knew that HR might not like the track, not a huge deal if they are patient, but he lost momentum of his form.

too bad Not Bourbon wasn't pointed toward this series with a longterm strategy, he seems fairly talented. Could use a rest, if we do see him back in this series I think he is very vulnerable.

The Turf horse Solitaire looks like he should do extremely well in this entire canadiant triple crown series against this level.
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Old 06-01-2008, 09:36 PM
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well we knew that HR might not like the track, not a huge deal if they are patient, but he lost momentum of his form.

too bad Not Bourbon wasn't pointed toward this series with a longterm strategy, he seems fairly talented. Could use a rest, if we do see him back in this series I think he is very vulnerable.

The Turf horse Solitaire looks like he should do extremely well in this entire canadiant triple crown series against this level.
I would have serious issues Not Bourbon will get the 1 1/4, I can't see him being effective at that distance.
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Old 06-01-2008, 06:43 PM
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Once again, against his trainer's wishes, Stronach makes a total blunder. He learned absolutely nothing from the race. Is the horse distance challenged or did he hate Polytrack? Who knows.

Belonged in the Preakness. On to the Dwyer now I suppose.
Maybe he learned not to point for the Queen's Plate. That counts.
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Old 06-01-2008, 09:31 PM
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If I were handicapping Harlem Rocker's next race today's result would be a throwout. In respect to the horses that finished ahead of him it is not possible that all 3 are better horses than him. It is impossible to conclude why the horse ran so badly, all we know is he is much better than this. There are times a horse runs better second time over a track, since the Queen's Plate was the pointed race from the start that is where he should go in my opinion, the Preakness and Ohio Derby are things of the past. The one positive thing is he will now atleast be bettable if he goes onto the Plate. Even with the question marks if he was declared sound I would back him in Plate at a fair price. Which up until today would never have been imaginable.
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Harlem Rocker off the board.
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:00 PM
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Bridge jumpers!

$39,000 of the $58,000 in the show pool bet on him, Madison County bridge jumping not Golden Gate.
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Old 06-01-2008, 04:53 PM
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Stronach = Idiot. . . Poor Pletcher. . . Maybe now we'll actually get to see this horse in races that matter.
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