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09-11-2006, 08:26 PM
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Not sure how anyone could be considering Cotton Blossom for any real race after her abyssmal performance in the Spinaway.
I don't want to get into personal discussions I may have had with trainers, and obviously I'm pretty close to Nick, but who wouldn't at least be thinking BC. I will say that he has been high on this filly since well before her debut. I'm certainly rooting for her. 
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09-11-2006, 08:41 PM
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09-11-2006, 08:43 PM
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I don't care what her breeding is...she's not much. Good luck to her down the road. I expect a mediocre third in the Tampa Bay Oaks if she lasts that long.
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09-11-2006, 08:54 PM
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 I do like Paint Raid some, but I thought that Cotton Blossom looked oike a route filly in the flesh and is bred to be a route filly, yet she won a graded stakes at the Spa around one turn - and did so with a wide trip....not horrible credentials in a down year to this point in that division.... I think Magical Ride is the best of her generation to this point, but you won't be able to van her around two turns....
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09-11-2006, 09:10 PM
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Geez, Octave is even worse than Cotton Blossom. I certainly hope we see many better horses than those two plugs.
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09-11-2006, 09:12 PM
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Andy....if we could just get you to open up a touch and tell us how you really feel about a few horses.... 
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09-11-2006, 09:14 PM
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09-11-2006, 09:19 PM
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Octave's maiden win at CD was not horrible...not sure what happened next out but she did rebound.....I don't think she is a world beater, but she's okay...Unbr. Song out of Dr. Carter mare says sprinter/miler - so she probably has maximized her career... The only reason I like Cotton Blossom is because she should stretch out with her pedigree and actually be better going two turns.....if you are a graded stakes winner at the Spa around one turn and are supposed to be better around two turns - you get a little benefit of the doubt from me....
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09-11-2006, 09:25 PM
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I'm not a result oriented guy Joel. I don't care what names may be attached to races horses ran. The simple fact is that both races were slow. I gave credit to Cotton Blossom for circling the field, though the second finisher had a tougher trip, but after her mediocre Spinaway effort I decided she has a strong case of the " slows ".
As for Octave, and the Adirondack, did you watch the race and evaluate the race from a pace and trip perspective? The race had about as big a pace/final time fig disparity as a race can have. She saved ground and had a perfect trip in a VERY slow race. She is a BUM. If you want to tell me Cotton Blossom will improve stretching out I will grant you that possibility, though I doubt she will beat anybody in even a relatively quickly run race, but Octave is simply a slow horse.
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09-11-2006, 08:45 PM
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I could see where he might have bled some because that happens alot when horses brake poor and incur high stress, especially if he slammed himself... I hope he isn't one of those types of horses that has to have it his own way to be effective because I like the little horse...
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09-11-2006, 08:52 PM
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I hope he is still pointing to the Vosburgh. Or, perhaps, he is heading to Keeneland for the Phoenix. I really have no idea however.
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09-11-2006, 08:33 PM
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Not to me. I thought she looked uncomfortable the whole way and was strictly a distant suck-up second. I may be proven wrong but I think Cotton Blossom is a flat out bum.
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09-11-2006, 08:40 PM
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The Spinaway winner definitely benefited from ending up lone speed, as you pointed out, which I suppose hampered the others. It just seemed like nobody did anything even remotely effectual behind her. I agree the winner does look like she may be distance challenged and also is vulnerable if confronted on the front end.
I am looking forward to seeing some of the maiden breakers as they seem like the likeliest horses moving forward. Panty Raid is supposed to go in the Matron ( I don't like that she missed the Spinaway with a small " problem " ), as of course is Magical Ride, and I also like the fillies that finished first and second the final Sunday, Imperial Reign and Autobahn Girl.
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09-11-2006, 08:54 PM
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09-11-2006, 09:09 PM
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