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1. Dialed In
2. Shackleford 3. MMM 4. Stay Thirsty 5. Santiva Last edited by cal828 : 05-06-2011 at 10:03 AM. |
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We need to know post position. There is not one runner in this race who can win from the 20 post ala Big Brown.
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There is not one runner who can win it from the 20 the way Big Brown did. But one of the deep closers might be able to win from out there if the race does fall apart.
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who is this year's BB?
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Don't even try to compare Uncle Mo right now to Big Brown going into the 2008 Derby. That's a reach, even for someone as myopic as you.
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I think he means Mucho Macho Man
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1. Dialed In
2. Shackleford 3. Pants on Fire 4. AAA 5. Brilliant Speed |
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1. Archarcharch
2. Master of Hounds (defies all logic but....) 3. Pants on Fire 4. Shackleford 5. Brilliant Speed
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Better that than clueless. Ok, let me spell this out to you Nick. As you incessantly like to remind us, this field is atrocious. Even more atrocious, according to you, than the field Big Brown wasn't challenged by. Like Big Brown, Uncle Mo has shown ability far beyond anyone else in the field. Like Big Brown, Mo is lightly raced, especially this year. I'm pretty sure I recall some talk about soundness with Big Brown, pre Derby. Just like with Uncle Mo. Like Big Brown, there is talk about Uncle Mo's distance challenged pedigree. The only real difference between them is that Big Brown won an atrocious Fla Derby in his last prep, while Uncle Mo ran a crappy third in the Wood. To me, this is almost a complete non factor for the myopic reasons I've posted previously. But yeah, there are no similarities at all. |
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Uncle Mo's signs of greatness came 6 months ago as a 2-year old, and nobody knows if he is still the same. |
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I hate this field.
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I saw enough in the Timely Writer to think that Uncle Mo is still better than those he will, or might be, facing Saturday. |
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I have never wavered from the opinion that the 2010 Uncle Mo will rip this field to shreds. However, we differ opinion-wise because I think the 2010 Uncle Mo is a thing of the past. You have few viable excuses for his Wood defeat other than "he didn't look comfortable" and apparently still believe his Timely Writer win was impressive despite walking through the opening half-mile and beating two horses who were pummeled in graded stakes in their next start. Really, Uncle Mo at this point and Big Brown 3 years ago couldn't have been more different. One was just developing into something special while the other is trying to find what made him special. I honestly hope we see the same Uncle Mo on Saturday that we did in November at CD. If it means I don't cash any tickets I'll be happy because racing will have a star to follow and a big-mouth owner to grab headlines. |
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As much as I hated Big Brown, he'd dust this field by a dozen lengths. And I don't think that's an exaggeration.
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The Wood, something was definitely wrong in my near sighted eyes. My first inclination was that he hated the track, but who knows, maybe he really was sick. I hate that they were total sissies with him this year, but it is what it is, and I haven't seen anything to definitively say he has regressed from last year. |
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The colt never made it back to his 2 year old form. Once Pletcher's go backward they never return to form..The juice is a one way street.Shame I wanted hi to be special also |
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However, I'm still not sold that the Wood was a regression, based on what I saw. |
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I'm not really sure how you could say that. He hasn't come close to running like he did last year, in either race this year.
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His first start back was a complete joke of a race, yet he still did manage to run a pretty dynamic last portion of the race, which tells me he probably had not regressed. The Wood, that's a toss. |