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Old 06-02-2007, 12:18 PM
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Default Here's a real shocker!

Bobby Frankel has scratched Saint Anddan from todays Grade 3 Aristides at Churchill Downs.

The lesser of the two Asmussen entrants is also out...making it a field of five.

Frankel probably crapped his pants when he saw the numbers Fabulous Strike had been running on the sheets (and everyone elses figures) --- though, you can't always be sure of that...as no one is more scratch happy than he is.
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Old 06-02-2007, 12:39 PM
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Couldn't possibly be the unfair weight assignments could it?
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Old 06-02-2007, 12:52 PM
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Frankel probably knows Fabulous Strike pretty well.

Most likely he didn't want to run Anddan against strike today.
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Old 06-02-2007, 12:54 PM
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How's the weight assignment "unfair" ?

You do realize that this race isn't a handicap...and Frankel knew exactly how much weight he'd be carrying when he entered the horse.

Frankel also is a rabid sheet figure user...and has a history of scratching in situations like this.

I'm not saying Fabulous Strike is a mortal lock either---as he had smoke and mirror trips in those races, over what can be a peculiar surface. Although, the figures are stone cold accurate---and he and Greg's Gold are almost certain to run 1-2...with him being the more likely winner.
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Old 06-02-2007, 12:58 PM
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Here's a link to the nominations.

The only way Frankel didn't know he'd carrying that weight...is if he doesn't know how to read.

http://www.churchilldowns.com/racing...stidesnoms.pdf

I do realize it's tremendously unfair that he had to give between 2-to-4 pounds at the distance of six furlongs--in a Grade 3 stake--off of a Grade 2 win last time out.
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Old 06-02-2007, 01:06 PM
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I think the weight comment was a joke.

The contest seems to have you unusually on edge today.
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Old 06-02-2007, 01:11 PM
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No.

The guy who said it was the weight was the same (and I think only) poster who tweaked out on me for mentioning how fast his figures have been.
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Old 06-02-2007, 08:22 PM
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Couldn't possibly be the unfair weight assignments could it?
That depends, did anybody tell Frankel beforehand that the horse would be required to carry a jockey? I mean if they just sprung it on him, I could understand why he'd find that unfair against Fabulous Strike.

Seriously though if Hard Spun can carry Larry Jones around a track without fracturing something, a horse can carry 120-124 just fine. Unless they're made of glass, which apparently Bobby finds is frequently the case in his barn.
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Old 06-02-2007, 08:29 PM
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While perhaps something happened to the horse, considering Frankel's personal pps, he probably scratched because he knew he couldn't beat Fabulous Strike. When you have a horse as special as Saint Andann you don't want to risk a defeat to spoil his pristine record.

It's gotten to the point where even Michael Dickinson was recently heard saying " Geez, that guy scratches an awful lot. "
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