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Old 06-27-2011, 05:18 PM
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By BC Turf winner Johar out of an Indian Charlie mare (IC's two favorite horses)

This is the 2nd foal from this IC mare - the first foal was Biofuel (made over 750K in 11 starts - deep closing router by blah sire Stormin Fever)

Tu Endie Wei won her career debut going just 5fs in the 155K My Dear stakes at Woodbine Saturday. Her margin of victory was 4.75 lengths - it's not easy for a first-time-starter to win a debut by 5 in a 14-horse field on synthetic, against stakes company, going just 5fs.

She did it from plenty off the pace. Again, by a BC Turf winner out of a dam that dropped Biofuel. And she was BET!

Make no mistake - she has a real future.

Samsal - a Consolidator filly who had the outright fastest unblinkered 1/4 at OBS March - was 3rd at 38/1 odds.
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Old 06-27-2011, 05:59 PM
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By BC Turf winner Johar out of an Indian Charlie mare (IC's two favorite horses)

This is the 2nd foal from this IC mare - the first foal was Biofuel (made over 750K in 11 starts - deep closing router by blah sire Stormin Fever)

Tu Endie Wei won her career debut going just 5fs in the 155K My Dear stakes at Woodbine Saturday. Her margin of victory was 4.75 lengths - it's not easy for a first-time-starter to win a debut by 5 in a 14-horse field on synthetic, against stakes company, going just 5fs.

She did it from plenty off the pace. Again, by a BC Turf winner out of a dam that dropped Biofuel. And she was BET!

Make no mistake - she has a real future.

Samsal - a Consolidator filly who had the outright fastest unblinkered 1/4 at OBS March - was 3rd at 38/1 odds.
I hope your right about this one, but to be fair, it was a very strangley run race, specifically the tactics of EJ Wilson on Hope For A Win, who quarter-horsed a 20.70/44.33 half. Can't imagine what she was thinking, that certainly helped Tu Endie Wei's cause, but she certainly looked great winning that race.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:06 PM
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Not really strangely run - Hope For A Win was up a pole in the blink of an eye last out.

She was totally loose again - not like other speeds were run into the ground trying to go with her.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:21 PM
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Not really strangely run - Hope For A Win was up a pole in the blink of an eye last out.

She was totally loose again - not like other speeds were run into the ground trying to go with her.
I thought in her previous race, when she went 21 & 2, Husbands attempted to rate her a bit after getting that big lead. Emma Jayne did no such thing on Saturday, and the race did collapse. No other speed horses ran with her, they couldn't, but it then caused them to potentially do something they weren't yet comfortable doing, trying to close.

Despite all this, I agree with you, I think she can be a special horse.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:29 PM
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and the race did collapse.
Can a 5 furlong race on synthetic really collapse? That's like a 3.5 furlong race on dirt.
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Old 06-27-2011, 06:58 PM
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To lend some perspective using the Trakus data, Tu Endie Wei traveled 3,377 feet in the five furlong race, breaking from post 13. The number of five furlong races with horses breaking from 12 and out are limited, but the average they've traveled is 3,359 feet. For all horses running five furlongs at Woodbine, the average traveled is 3,345 feet.

Tu Endie Wei's winning margin was 4.75 lengths, but if given the average trip, she probably wins by more than 8 lengths, and almost assuredly would've broken the course record with an inside trip. She traveled anywhere between 9 and 45 feet more than the rest of the field.

The second place horse, who closed from well back, is going to look good on paper coming back, but Tu Endie Wei traveled 31 feet more and still beat her well. I think the second place horse is the one to potentially bet against next out considering many people are probably going to think her late move was flashy.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:02 PM
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Is the rail good there, Pat?

I don't bet Woodbine - but I watch a lot of races on TV - and it seems like the wides do fine.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:04 PM
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Not really strangely run - Hope For A Win was up a pole in the blink of an eye last out.

She was totally loose again - not like other speeds were run into the ground trying to go with her.
Didn't the other horses that figured to show speed all get gutted merely giving chase to the frontrunner? Except for your OBS superhorse, the superfecta was made up of runners from the back half of the field. I don't think the Pletcher and co. were rating behind the leader. Whether or not that's the definition of a "collapse", I don't know, but certainly the speed didn't hold which seems atypical for that race (I think the last 3 years have been won wire-to-wire).

Some field it was, too. Made up of Penn National and Presque Isle maiden breakers and a couple of maiden claiming winners. The other first time starter in there (a late running 5th) was less than 9-1.

I'll wait for Keeneland before anointing this one.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:07 PM
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This horse is good Rolo. Just the money it took said a whole lot.

By the way, I didn't cash on anything in it.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:14 PM
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This horse is good Rolo. Just the money it took said a whole lot.

By the way, I didn't cash on anything in it.
Why would the odds be important in this case (a 5f 2yo stakes in June)? Wasn't the other first time starter a relatively low price, too?

Who was the heavy in there?
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:20 PM
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I'll wait for Keeneland before anointing this one.
After one race, of course, I'll wait too, but there should be some reason to be excited by the potential given the ridiculously strong effort. Not sure if you are a Reade Baker fan, but I love the guy and he held nothing back to suggest that she was special. For a guy like that to no mince words, even on a special horse, is something, he was even talking Breeders' Cup. Just not his norm.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:22 PM
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Why would the odds be important in this case (a 5f 2yo stakes in June)? Wasn't the other first time starter a relatively low price, too?

Who was the heavy in there?
A Johar half to Biofuel should be more like 55/1 debuting at 5fs.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:28 PM
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Is the rail good there, Pat?

I don't bet Woodbine - but I watch a lot of races on TV - and it seems like the wides do fine.
From a pure post position standpoint, there aren't any overwhelming post biases for sprinting wins.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:39 PM
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A Johar half to Biofuel should be more like 55/1 debuting at 5fs.
Biofuel, a multiple graded stakes winning Canadian champion, won her debut sprinting over the same course for the same connections, a 20% barn that is one of the most recognizable in this country coming out of Canada.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:50 PM
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Biofuel, a multiple graded stakes winning Canadian champion, won her debut sprinting over the same course for the same connections, a 20% barn that is one of the most recognizable in this country coming out of Canada.
She was like The_Fat_Man's favorite horse.
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Old 06-27-2011, 07:53 PM
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She was like The_Fat_Man's favorite horse.
She is an excellent drafter. Personally, I think she'd be a killer at 7f, having won 2 of 3 sprinting and showing some "hang", albeit against Grade 1 foes, at 9f last year.

But comments from Reade Baker suggests she will only route. Should start soon I'd imagine.
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He was pretty crestfallen when her drafting skills couldn't wipe-out Devil May Care.
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Old 06-27-2011, 08:58 PM
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Can a 5 furlong race on synthetic really collapse? That's like a 3.5 furlong race on dirt.
It can when it's 2yo fillies in June.
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Old 06-27-2011, 09:28 PM
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Races for 2yo fillies in June at 5fs are won wire-to-wire at an ungodly high percentage.

When a lot of those winners come together - sure - you're going to get a fast pace.
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By BC Turf winner Johar out of an Indian Charlie mare (IC's two favorite horses)

This is the 2nd foal from this IC mare - the first foal was Biofuel (made over 750K in 11 starts - deep closing router by blah sire Stormin Fever)

Tu Endie Wei won her career debut going just 5fs in the 155K My Dear stakes at Woodbine Saturday. Her margin of victory was 4.75 lengths - it's not easy for a first-time-starter to win a debut by 5 in a 14-horse field on synthetic, against stakes company, going just 5fs.

She did it from plenty off the pace. Again, by a BC Turf winner out of a dam that dropped Biofuel. And she was BET!

Make no mistake - she has a real future.

Samsal - a Consolidator filly who had the outright fastest unblinkered 1/4 at OBS March - was 3rd at 38/1 odds.
I didn't think much of Johar's chances at stud, however, I thought he had the potential to maybe at least get 1-2 really good runners with most of the rest being poor.

The mating of an IC mare to Johar is pure genius!
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