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Old 03-27-2007, 04:57 PM
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That Santa Anita Derby looks awful.
thats what they said two years ago!
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:34 PM
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It's irrelevantly relevant though. Tons of the top horses are there but can you really conclude if Great Hunter beats Street Sense on poly again that he's going to do better than him when they get back to Churchill?
Forget the poly, even if they ran the Bluegrass on dirt at Churchill Downs and Great Hunter beat Street Sense, you couldn't automatically conclude that Street Sense wouldn't come back and win at Churchill downs in a month, there are many more factors than just the surface.
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:39 PM
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Funny thing. You never hear of any one actually pointing a horse for the Illinois Derby. Has any trainer ever said "Yeah, we'll go from the Swale to the Gotham to the Illinois Derby..." Nope. It's like a last ditch stop to a big payday for someone yet Sweetnorthernsaint and Greeley's Galaxy both took alot of $$$ in the big dance in KY.
I always make this comment about the Lexington. Its a race that no one that is mapping out a derby program for a horse talks about using as a prep. If your horse is running in the Lexington that means that something went wrong along the way, timing related, or missing training, etc. Otherwise its used as a last ditch effort to catch a few necessary dollars to make the derby field.
I don't think anyone originally point towards this race.
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:44 PM
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thats what they said two years ago!

Let's be fair. You could probably run that Derby from 2 years ago 100 times and Giacomo would lose 99. He got the trip of his life that day.
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:48 PM
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That Santa Anita Derby looks awful.
sure does.

what's the word on ez warrior? is he pointing anywhere, or he's not derby bound at all??
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Old 03-27-2007, 05:51 PM
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That's one ambitious schedule for Cowtown Cat.
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Old 03-28-2007, 08:54 AM
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the Illinois Derby is a way to either duck the big boys, or if your Pletcher or O'neil, a place to send a horse so you don't have to knock heads with another one of your contenders.

The Santa Anita derby does look awful right now. I read Tiago is pointing there as well, but it sure doesn't make that field look any better. I wonder if Rags to Riches is dealing with some minor issue, as I think she would have a great shot against that field.
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Old 03-28-2007, 11:59 AM
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As Dick Vitale would say, the next three weeks are "prime time baby" as far as the derby trail goes.

For a change the Bluegrass looks real relavent this year.
It is amazing what a year does. And Barbaro. The time off looks good now. Ahhh the tide will certainly swing again. I remember everyone pounding GP for changing the date making the Bluegrass an irrelevant prep. That is what happened, correct?
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:09 PM
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Hal's My Hope is out of the Florida Derby.....

He's coughing.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:47 AM
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Cowchip Cat now IL Derby 'confirmed'...
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Old 04-02-2007, 09:08 AM
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Several changes/additions to the Prep fields over the weekend..

Delightful Kiss to the AK Derby..

Flashstorm to the Wood..

Summer Doldrums to Wood or IL Derby..

more.. See 1st post..
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Delightful Kiss to the AK Derby..
Oh how I love the Alaska Derby!!!
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Old 04-02-2007, 09:15 AM
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looks like Sightseeing is unlikely for the Wood.


per NYRA.com :

"Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey said this morning the Phipps Stable’s Sightseeing is a “longshot to run” in the 83rd running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Wood Memorial April 7th.

“I’m not really planning on running him there,” McGaughey said. “We would consider it more if the race fell apart.”

Sightseeing, who hit the board in a pair of allowance races at Gulfstream this winter, is likely to work either Sunday or Monday morning at Belmont Park.

Without Sightseeing, the Wood Memorial field stands at five with Circular Quay, Nobiz Like Shobiz, Reptilian Smarts and Flashstrom confirmed and Summer Doldrums likely to race here instead of the Illinois Derby."
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Oh how I love the Alaska Derby!!!
It is my favorite as well!
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Old 04-02-2007, 09:31 AM
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Oh how I love the Alaska Derby!!!
You know who would have been a natural in the Alaska Derby???

Fairbanks..
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Old 04-02-2007, 09:33 AM
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You know who would have been a natural in the Alaska Derby???

Fairbanks..
Good Lord, . . . certainly no more that 1 rattle.
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Old 04-02-2007, 11:21 AM
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Good Lord, . . . certainly no more that 1 rattle.
I'm with ya there, but I know as well as anyone that you gotta go out on a limb sometimes trying to be funny
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I'm with ya there, but I know as well as anyone that you gotta go out on a limb sometimes trying to be funny
I liked it.. Though I guess you think I was skating on thin 'tundra' with that one...
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Old 04-02-2007, 12:23 PM
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I liked it.. Though I guess you think I was skating on thin 'tundra' with that one...
Or racing on it...

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Old 04-02-2007, 12:26 PM
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I'm with ya there, but I know as well as anyone that you gotta go out on a limb sometimes trying to be funny
It WAS GOOD, maybe 2 1/2 rattles. (insert one of those winky face things)
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