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Old 03-27-2011, 10:50 AM
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Until now, I never realized how slow Uncle Mo is.
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Old 03-27-2011, 11:03 AM
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Until now, I never realized how slow Uncle Mo is.
To bump your 6f pace figure of 58 to a final figure of 89 at a mile ... you do have to run a 'late pace' figure of 182. A slow horse can't do that.

Very few true front-end speed horses would ever tolerate going that slowly early on.

Look at Bind yesterday ... he was running much faster fractions than those set in either the Louisiana Derby or the New Orleans Handicap race won by Mission Impaz - and he was doing it with his rider taking him wide on the first turn (riders think horses relax better further off the rail) and the horse had his mouth open fighting the bit the whole way.

For whatever reason - the better offspring of War Front all seem to rate beautifully. It would only be par for the course with the way the breed has been going if War Front becomes the greatest route-race sire in the land. The Larry Jones filly who romped at Turfway yesterday is the latest War Front tour-de-force in a route stake.

Uncle Mo's dam was a turf horse - and based on how extremely kindly he rates - he's one of the few speed horses who would probably love both turf and synthetic racing.
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Old 03-27-2011, 11:24 AM
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To bump your 6f pace figure of 58 to a final figure of 89 at a mile ... you do have to run a 'late pace' figure of 182. A slow horse can't do that.

Very few true front-end speed horses would ever tolerate going that slowly early on.

Look at Bind yesterday ... he was running much faster fractions than those set in either the Louisiana Derby or the New Orleans Handicap race won by Mission Impaz - and he was doing it with his rider taking him wide on the first turn (riders think horses relax better further off the rail) and the horse had his mouth open fighting the bit the whole way.

For whatever reason - the better offspring of War Front all seem to rate beautifully. It would only be par for the course with the way the breed has been going if War Front becomes the greatest route-race sire in the land. The Larry Jones filly who romped at Turfway yesterday is the latest War Front tour-de-force in a route stake.

Uncle Mo's dam was a turf horse - and based on how extremely kindly he rates - he's one of the few speed horses who would probably love both turf and synthetic racing.
I was joking.
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Old 03-27-2011, 11:27 AM
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What do you think of the latest War Front sired special:

http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?...=D&country=USA
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Old 03-27-2011, 11:55 AM
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More of a Larry Jones special. . .
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Old 03-27-2011, 12:02 PM
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What do you think of the latest War Front sired special:

http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?...=D&country=USA
Looked ok, I guess. I hate that track though.

Why do you like her? Is it because her dam is named Mazel Tov?
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Old 03-27-2011, 12:31 PM
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Comma to the Top's effort was huge to keep trying after the other pace collapsed when Premier Pegasus ran by. He's probably not a 10f horse, but he had it much tougher than the Factor's Rebel, even if not quite as fast.
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:08 PM
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Comma to the Top's effort was huge to keep trying after the other pace collapsed when Premier Pegasus ran by. He's probably not a 10f horse, but he had it much tougher than the Factor's Rebel, even if not quite as fast.
Comma to the Top went 14 points (or exactly 5.75 lengths) faster than The Factor did in his Rebal win.

Perhaps you missed that because I spelled the Rebel 'r-e-b-a-l' .....
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