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![]() I'd be curious to hear what you guys think was the best effort in '07 by a runner pointing to the Derby...and why.
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![]() I'd say Great Hunter's Lewis and Street Sense's Tampa Bay Derby (by proxy, AGS's TBD too) |
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![]() I thought Circular Quay's performance in the Risen Stars Stakes was
unbelievable to finish 5th after jumping James Graham and his horse to run on that well at the end |
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nobiz because he ran straight and finally seemed to grow up, he turned down any given saturday who alot of ppl loved going into the wood, and he also held off a fresh challenge from sightseeing, i know the time was not very fast but to me thats ok because i dont think he has peaked yet and i think he has alot of talent that we hopefully see in the derby street sense because it was first off of a long layoff, on a track he had never ran over vs a horse who was fitter and had a race over the track, now i dont know how everyone feels about street sense, since any given saturday came back to run so poorly, but i still think his tampa bay derby was a big time effort |
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![]() Curlin in the Rebel. He made the competition look like a pack of turds with nubs for legs.
But Robbie will find a way to eliminate any chance of this horse having a shot at winning the Derby. Book it. |
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![]() Scat Daddy FOY.
Had a heck of a tough run and still won. I dont care about the numbers. I thought the horse was done on the turn home, he felt the whip early, I thought he was done and he just kept coming. Suprised the crud out of me that he had enough left after that trip. I did not respect nearly enough until this race. |
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And I will let him prove me wrong. |
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![]() No Biz improved tremendously in the stretch run in the wood from the stretch run in the FOY. Looked pretty damned relaxed fending off the challenge from AGS and whoever that clunker was that passed AGS.
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I think the horse has a great deal of talent and is physically awesome. But he does not know how to relax and he has had more than enough time to fix this. He did run straighter but he was alone on the lead close to the rail (no horse between him and the rail, possibly his comfort zone). He uses way too much energy early on, no fast efficiency ala Smarty jones. Bottom line: He will cook himself in the Derby. He will be right in the mix on the turn home and he will die in the stretch imo. Just watched the video again. Corny V was standingup sitting back in his stirrups trying to save Nobiz. He uses way too much early on, way too much. Cant relax. If he could run relaxed during the first part of a race, awesome. |
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![]() Good question because this year in particular seems devoid of impressive performances. a few that impressed me,
Street Sense - pretty solid return effort. Curlin - second race looked damn good and very professional Ketchikan - not that it matters now, showed speed and stamina. For overrated performance I would say Circular Quay in the LaD, they don't set up any better than that, was allowed to loaf early on. |
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