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Old 06-06-2009, 05:41 PM
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No, it was very fast.
good final time as well.

I didn't like Summer Bird at all. Well, I liked him a lot at 1 1/16th... Wow.
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:43 PM
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my video feed @#$^#^ed up , but did John Velazquez sneak up the RAIL 1st turn with Dunkirk??
Nice move from a jock who hasn't scrapped the paint in 3 or 4 years.
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:45 PM
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my video feed @#$^#^ed up , but did John Velazquez sneak up the RAIL 1st turn with Dunkirk??
Nice move from a jock who hasn't scrapped the paint in 3 or 4 years.
No sneaking involved. He broke very well and went straight to the lead. Very very game race by Dunkirk.
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:50 PM
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Dunkirk ran a very nice race. 47 was just too fast.

Good race for Kent. He took a lot of **** last year that was mostly undeserved.
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Old 06-06-2009, 05:56 PM
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We're not at Churchill anymore Toto...
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:20 PM
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Dunkirk ran a very nice race. 47 was just too fast.

Good race for Kent. He took a lot of **** last year that was mostly undeserved.
He pulled up a horse that wanted to finish the race. I'd say it was deserved. However slow Big Brown was going, I don't see why he had to just completely stop him in the middle of the race. I'm not saying he should have whipped him or anything, but it's a disservice to gamblers to see a perfectly healthy horse being stopped by the jockey like that.
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:32 PM
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That Belmont/Sonya comparison by Kent after the race was about as stupid as anything I've heard not out of Goldberg's mouth.


She does have great jugs though.
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Old 06-06-2009, 11:10 PM
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That Belmont/Sonya comparison by Kent after the race was about as stupid as anything I've heard not out of Goldberg's mouth.


She does have great jugs though.
That is the difference between Kent and Calvin. Kent says crap like that during his interview. Calvin spits during his interview.
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Old 06-06-2009, 07:04 PM
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He pulled up a horse that wanted to finish the race. I'd say it was deserved. However slow Big Brown was going, I don't see why he had to just completely stop him in the middle of the race. I'm not saying he should have whipped him or anything, but it's a disservice to gamblers to see a perfectly healthy horse being stopped by the jockey like that.
He had half his shoe ripped off
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Old 06-06-2009, 07:41 PM
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He had half his shoe ripped off
for some reason this fact will be ignored by many in history.
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:26 PM
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Dunkirk ran a very nice race. 47 was just too fast.

Good race for Kent. He took a lot of **** last year that was mostly undeserved.
Yes, I agree. I figured the half would go in about :48 or so and I figured Dunkirk would be 3-4 lengths back. That horse does not want to be on the lead in :47 in a 1 1/2 mile race. I think he would have been right there if they would have taken him back.
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Old 06-06-2009, 06:36 PM
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Yes, I agree. I figured the half would go in about :48 or so and I figured Dunkirk would be 3-4 lengths back. That horse does not want to be on the lead in :47 in a 1 1/2 mile race. I think he would have been right there if they would have taken him back.
He got away with a 25 second third quarter on the backstretch though. I thought Velazquez gave Dunkirk the best chance he had at winning today. You have to take into account how quick the track was playing as well before judging the pace numbers.
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Old 06-06-2009, 07:37 PM
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He got away with a 25 second third quarter on the backstretch though. I thought Velazquez gave Dunkirk the best chance he had at winning today. You have to take into account how quick the track was playing as well before judging the pace numbers.
You're absolutely right.

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Dunkirk ran a very nice race. 47 was just too fast.

Good race for Kent. He took a lot of **** last year that was mostly undeserved.

very true..
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Old 06-08-2009, 09:29 AM
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Good race for Kent. He took a lot of **** last year that was mostly undeserved.
tigg,

It was indeed a good race for Desormeaux and in fact an absolutely textbook perfect Belmont Stakes ride on that type of horse. But make no mistake... any crap he took last year was 100% deserved, as it always is with him. He is a study in contrasts, equally capable of brilliance and unparalleled stupidity. And he reminds everyone of that on a regular basis.
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tigg,

It was indeed a good race for Desormeaux and in fact an absolutely textbook perfect Belmont Stakes ride on that type of horse. But make no mistake... any crap he took last year was 100% deserved, as it always is with him. He is a study in contrasts, equally capable of brilliance and unparalleled stupidity. And he reminds everyone of that on a regular basis.
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Old 06-08-2009, 09:33 AM
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the stupidity of last year was that Big Brown was entered in the race to begin with.
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