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08-26-2011, 08:46 AM
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08-26-2011, 10:17 AM
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[quote=RolloTomasi;802999]I thought he looked terrible down the stretch in the Curlin, not like a horse on the improve. His maiden win was nice, and highly rated, but talk about a ragtag field.
Bill Mott had enough sense to put To Honor And Serve in allowance company (no mean feat with the colt owning 3 lifetime wins). How hard would it have been to get Raison d'Etat into a first condition allowance? What injury is Coil coming off of?[/QUOTE] Maybe this? Dunno either - hadn't heard anything... From BRISnet - Baffert said that Coil scratched his right eye at some point after his most recent work, a six-furlong drill in 1:13 last Wednesday, but that the injury has been improving. "Coil's eye is getting better," Baffert said. "He scratched it somehow after I left and has a small ulcer. I'm going to breeze him after the break on Tuesday and make the call. It's always something." Baffert's assistant Jim Barnes said he has been keeping the eye covered and out of direct sunlight, and that the ulcer was on the colt's cornea. "We're not sure how it came up, if he scratched it in the work, bumped it in the stall or what," Barnes said. "You have to very careful, but it looks like it's doing fine."
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08-26-2011, 10:22 AM
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I agree with you, if you look at the Preakness he had pace to stalk then opened up on the turn and just tried to hold on. That strategy works, but the problem is I think he gets lazy/distracted/pulls himself up if he doesnt have a target for a portion of the race (which is the case Sat).
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08-26-2011, 10:38 AM
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08-26-2011, 04:50 PM
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Pretty damn impressive race from To Honor and Serve.
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08-26-2011, 04:54 PM
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Yep.
Likely ran a 105 Beyer there today and ran hard the whole way. Slevin had a dream trip and got drowned -- and he's a horse who ran in the 89-to-92 range each of his last five outs. Third place was coming off of a 91.
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08-27-2011, 04:43 PM
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I like Raison D'etat in the Travers. By AP Indy - Sightseek so distance not an issue.
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08-27-2011, 05:19 PM
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08-27-2011, 05:40 PM
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this Travers sucks, Coil magically dissappeared, and the wiseguy horse never ran a lick
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08-27-2011, 06:32 PM
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You guys are a tough crowd. I thought Stay Thirsty ran pretty darn well to survive that hot pace.
Stay Thirsty would have jogged home the Colonel John/Mambo in Seattle year when Mambo got beat with that brutal nose bob.
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08-27-2011, 06:55 PM
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At least it appears To Honor and Serve is back after his race on Friday. Uncle Mo ran really well and hopefully Pletcher can squeeze a few more races out of him.
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08-27-2011, 07:09 PM
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I dont like Stay Thirsty, I love Uncle Mo who is the better horse. Mo should go to the Woodward too!
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08-27-2011, 07:15 PM
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08-27-2011, 08:07 PM
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His Saratoga form is pretty good and his biggest achievement so far is just staying healthy and getting a little better all the time. Like Lookin at Sucky last year -- he was also an expensive 2yo sales buy -- who was a pretty ok 2yo and just kept healthy. 2nd and 3rd in the Travers had to suck-up from that hot pace.
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08-27-2011, 08:18 PM
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How did Coil not pass Shackleford in the stretch?
I looked to my brother entering the turn and said DFL to te horse he bet, Shack.
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