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Originally Posted by mountainman
The matchup we had hoped for has materialized. Huntress Helena vs Roman Officer at her pet distance. Like Charles Bronson's character said to the imported "hitter" in the classic "Hard Times" : " These things have a way of coming around."
I've installed Roman Officer as the 3/5 morning line favorite, with Huntress Helens 5/2. I would have preferred to go just a bit lower on her, but the large 5 point gap to the next lowest price point would have necessitated making fast horses such as Appealing Yankee and Bebopaleon, each a winner at the quarter-mile distance, 20-1 (or higher), and that just didn't feel right.
Whatever the odds, the mare's best asset is that she doesn't beat herself. Huntress Helena breaks suddenly, and keeps a straight course. No such assurances with Roman Officer, who isn't as quick or consistent at the break, and has been known to lug in when asked for his all.
No question that the Charlestown horse is more rapid. From the standpoint of top-speed, Huntress Helena is bringing a knife to a gunfight, but that knife will be applied with surgical precision, and 2 furlong purses aren't always to the swiftest.
On a side-note, I'd be a tad surprised if EITHER camp goes strong in the show pool.
This all transpires in Monday's 8th race.
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this race will be the most exciting race of the summer anywhere.
if you switched post positions, HUNTRESS HELENA would probably be the same odds or even favored over ROMAN OFFICER.
