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06-06-2012, 02:38 PM
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06-06-2012, 03:48 PM
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06-06-2012, 04:23 PM
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I think it was 45 and change, but potatoes and potatos.
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06-06-2012, 04:24 PM
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06-06-2012, 05:28 PM
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If he's to have any chance to win, he'll need to do it from closer to the pace than he's ever been around two turns. In a 12-furlong race with a projected moderate pace, that drop back and make one late run shtick isn't going to cut it. I just can't see it. I'll Have Another and Paynter both will get first run on him. Castellano has to hope neither of those two will get the distance.
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06-06-2012, 06:04 PM
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I agree with that, I don't see him running close to the pace then outfinishing I'll Have Another, and if he hangs way back to make a run I think he's doomed. Many people get all excited about closers having more distance to get the job done. not me.
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06-06-2012, 06:38 PM
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I HATED Dullahan in the Derby, and I still have my doubts about him on dirt, but he was brilliant on the Belmont dirt a few days ago, and Romans thinks he's ready. I think he and Paynter are the two IHA has to worry about. I've completely abandoned the Union Rags bandwagon for the time being.
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06-06-2012, 06:44 PM
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I actually look for at least a little more pace than people are expecting in the Belmont.
You have a full field, a big crowd that might stir up a few horses, not a very long run into the 1st turn, and a lot of jockeys on hopeless horses who know they have no shot if they're not forward...and might want to try and pull a D' Tara on the front end or a Commendable pressing a stretch-out sprinter from a clear 2nd. Paynter won a 5.5 furlong maiden race just four months ago. Unstoppable U won a 6 furlong maiden dueling on the lead less than 3 months ago. A few other horses in there can go faster than 48. I just wish I didn't have to hear all of those people going on about how Dullahan is training. I'm gonna take one last shot with him. I don't see myself on him again for a while after this.
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06-06-2012, 07:52 PM
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06-09-2012, 11:43 PM
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06-10-2012, 12:10 AM
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06-10-2012, 12:33 AM
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Of course, he never ran again, either. I could only imagine the outcry of such a situation in this day and age. Roussel might be crucified for even working the horse, never mind running him. I wonder if this was the ultimate deciding factor in Team O'Neill yanking I'll Have Another from the race (ie not so much the risk to the horse as the public backlash if things happened to go wrong).
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