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![]() i know i had seen in the past they planned to run him at four, good!
just put him up as one of my picks as a star for next year.
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![]() Sometimes, I really think people forget how difficult it is for a 3YO to beat older horses. Just as there is a maturation process from 2YO-3YO, there is also a difference from age 3-4.
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Indeed. As good as EC was last year as a 3yo, I said over the winter he would have a monster 4YO year, and he has not dissapointed. His 2 losses this year have come in races where they CRAWLED around the track. |
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just think the odds bettors will get on english channel come bc time.
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also, don't forget high chaparrals repeat win in the bc turf, when he dead heated with johar(WHO?! lol)! the americans will have a shot if the ground is right. keep an eye on the weather.
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You think he needs longer?? |
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![]() must be, those are his two losses. horses are funny, but turfers are really funny.
a lot of euros like softer going, so if we have a lot of rain leading up the bc, i'd back a euro over an american...but if we have a really firm course (also, overseas they water the track if there's no rain) than i would back an american horse. it's why most euros don't want to show up if the bc is on the west coast. they don't like the track. but when the bc is at belmont for instance, you don't have a problem getting a full field. a lot of people believe in a euro 'dominance' over here--but i wonder how many paid attention when the stat was put up that the arlington million is won 1/3 of the time by euros, thus 2/3 by north americans. i'd think most would have thought it was the other way around. also, a lot of euro horses come here to run after limited success overseas, generally because they don't like the cut in the ground you get over there, and not over here. our turf is much firmer than overseas...that's why they come here--they're good horses, they're just out of their element over there. it's amazing to me how much the surface affects most turf horses. certainly seem pickier than their dirt running counterparts.
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I think those two losses were more due to the slow pace in those races as opposed to the distance of the race. EC has won going 1 1/16, 1 3/16, 1 1/4, 1 3/8 |
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In the Million, EC was 3 wide the whole race and it didn't help when he and Cacique bumped coming out of the gate, pushing EC even wider out than the far outside that he started from. That million was more a jocks race than anything else. How in the hell they could let a horse as game as The Tin Man get away with setting those fractions was beyond me. No one went with him to keep him honest and they all paid the price. |
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Hell...you got me....I couldn't make a 4 1/2 furlong sprint race at Charlestown. |