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Old 12-17-2008, 02:40 PM
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With Blackberry Road entered in a race the same week that Smooth Air begins to work toward his 4yo campaign, I must say that this is truly an exciting time to be a fan of this sport.
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Old 12-17-2008, 02:58 PM
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that's the race of the day contest one for tomorrow... I've got the 2
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Old 12-18-2008, 03:55 PM
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that's the race of the day contest one for tomorrow... I've got the 2
I went with the 8-Black Diamond Bay...
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Old 12-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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With Blackberry Road entered in a race the same week that Smooth Air begins to work toward his 4yo campaign, I must say that this is truly an exciting time to be a fan of this sport.
True Christmas gifts for us all.
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How'd he do? Is today thursday?
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Old 12-18-2008, 03:56 PM
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How'd he do? Is today thursday?
lol.. It's been that kind of week for me as well, so don't feel bad.
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Old 12-18-2008, 04:08 PM
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How'd he do? Is today thursday?
Huge move on the turn. Had me scared for a moment that he might actually blow them away and win. Luckily for me, even though I had temporarily forgotten who he was, HE didn't forget who he was. Flattened out quickly and finished a retreating third.
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Huge move on the turn. Had me scared for a moment that he might actually blow them away and win. Luckily for me, even though I had temporarily forgotten who he was, HE didn't forget who he was. Flattened out quickly and finished a retreating third.
Did he go off as the fave? I was looking forward to betting against him, but couldnt pull the trigger blindly.
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Old 12-18-2008, 04:49 PM
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Huge move on the turn. Had me scared for a moment that he might actually blow them away and win. Luckily for me, even though I had temporarily forgotten who he was, HE didn't forget who he was. Flattened out quickly and finished a retreating third.
I guess the :49 half and 1:14.3 three-quarters that the winning favorite got away with had nothing to do with the outcome of the race...
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I think Steve said it best. Something about 8 jockey brains and they wouldn't make a full brain on this. Lay and wait and think you'regonna reel in the leader? Hey what do I know, my horse last night ran through the fog and while we couldn't se him, some how got a length and a half win in a 24K Allowance at DeD
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Hey what do I know, my horse last night ran through the fog and while we couldn't se him, some how got a length and a half win in a 24K Allowance at DeD
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Old 12-19-2008, 12:13 PM
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I think Steve said it best. Something about 8 jockey brains and they wouldn't make a full brain on this. Lay and wait and think you'regonna reel in the leader? Hey what do I know, my horse last night ran through the fog and while we couldn't se him, some how got a length and a half win in a 24K Allowance at DeD
I "saw" the race, at least as much as you could in that fog. He won VERY easily, as soon as the rail opened it looked like he scooted right through. it was a nice performance.
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I guess the :49 half and 1:14.3 three-quarters that the winning favorite got away with had nothing to do with the outcome of the race...
It may have but around the far turn, Blackberry had made a huge move and had every chance to go on and win if he was good enough. He wasn't. I'm not into making excuses for horses that are now 1-14. Obviously, with a horse like this, he didn't lose the race because of the fractions. He lost because he doesn't like to win. To use the pace as any sort of excuse for him is, I think, looking for an excuse where there is none. Especially when you look at the horse that finished second in the race. After a 1/2 mile, Our Dancer was in third, about 1 1/2 lengths behind the leader. Blackberry was another 1 1/2 lengths back in fifth. After 6f, Blackberry had gone past Our Dancer. Blackberry was third, 1 1/2 back of the leader. Our Dancer was fifth, about a 1/2 length behind Blackberry. After 7f, Blackberry still held a length advantage over Our Dancer and was 2 1/2 off the lead. At the finish, Our Dancer was 2 3/4 in front of Blackberry and Blackberry was 5 1/4 behind the winner. So from the 7f mark to the finish, Blackberry lost 2 3/4 lengths to the winner and 3 3/4 lengths to the runner-up. It wasn't like Blackberry ever turned in a blazing internal fraction just to get to contention and then flattened out. Nobody was running fast in the race and Blackberry was never more than four out of it. Those fractions may have had something to do with why the winner won......but nothing to do with why Blackberry lost.
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A long-winded explanation designed to ridicule one horse while failing to address the fact the FAVORITE WON getting a ridiculously easy front-running trip that no off the pace runner was going to overcome.
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Those fractions may have had something to do with why the winner won......but nothing to do with why Blackberry lost.
So the fractions helped the winner beat everybody BUT Blackberry Road, who lost on his own?
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