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I dunno. I see Lookin at Lucky differently. He stumbled in The Rebel on the Oaklawn surface and still finished strong to win. He was stopped and steadied on the Santa Anita surface and still rallied to catch 3rd. He had a unanimously accepted horrible trip on sloppy dirt in the Kentucky Derby and still was fighting and closing in the stretch. He then goes to the Pimlico surface and is tested in a stretch fight and rallies to pull away for the win. He's 7-1-1 in 10 career starts with a laundry list of 9 G-1's and G-2's on his 10 race resume. He's 3 years old this month and is already a winner of over $2,000,000. I think he's pretty good. |
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There was no magical seam, no rail card and no pace help. The winner wins that race a majority of the time. |
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I love how early criticisms on LAL included him being too fast for his own good.
Now he's slow and a grinder. I don't get the love for Jackson Bend nor do I get the dislike for LAL. They are kinda similar horses, except LAL is the better of the two. |
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Horses dont run against the track, they run against other horses. The rail 'bias' seemed to help First Dude but LaL shouldnt get credit for beating an inferior opponent who was aided by some neblous bias. While the rail seemed like a good place to be the path taken by LaL wasnt necessarily a negative. Lookin at Lucky got a clean trip and was simply the best of a bad bunch.
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Looking at lucky is far more accomplished than good |
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2010 features a historically bad group of older 'handicap' horses in a millennium that had hardly distinguished itself for older horses. Yet I dont think any of the three year olds we've seen so far will be able to capitalize on that.
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What could have been had Summer Bird never been hurt last year.
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i agree. someone had to win all that money. they don't cut the purse because the horses don't run fast.
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There is something to be said for a horse like LAL, he's willing, keeps to his task and doesnt quit when he gets the lead. The thing to be said about LAL is we wish we had him in our barn.
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This is almost like complimenting Rachel.
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no doubt but these are classic races therefore we hold the winners to a higher standard
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So, getting the worst of it tripwise, in terms of ground covered and timing of move AND doing it against a (perceived) bias is not something that's noteworthy for you, huh? Good thing you're training rather than trying to win betting. |
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TFM is unusually lucid this weekend.
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I guess I am, no doubt she and maybe Mine That Bird ran the better races last year.
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