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Originally Posted by MAGICHORSEMAN
The twinspires pool spent tons of money on Union Rags in the Ky Derby twinspires pool and lost. And had he lost the Belmont there would have been tons of people saying that it was un bee lieee ablee that this group would have spent tons of money on him again only to see him lose.
Its kind of unfair to make comments after the races since before the races are run there are all kinds of things that can go wrong.
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You just hit the nail on the head....there are all kinds of things that can go wrong....and in the Derby everything did go wrong for Union Rags.
Now, armed with a 59 workout and Johnny V in the boot for both that workout and the Belmont, to not allocate the same amount of P6 coverage to Union Rags as the other two Belmont horses was downright ridiculous. This is especially true given Union Rags owning a G1 win over the track (Champagne) and with Paynter owning a total of 4 lifetime starts and only a 4th place finish in a G1 (SA Derby) and entering the Belmont off a win in a $50,000 allowance race.
The notion that the group lost a lot of money on Union Rags in the Derby Pick 6 pool does not excuse them for relegating him to second tier status in light of everything that transpired between the moment the gate opened on Derby Day until 6:40pm last Saturday. They simply didn't "get it" with Union Rags....period.
Vinman
