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View Poll Results: Who is the best 3yo as of June 8th, 2013?
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18.99% |
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Oxbow
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48.10% |
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Palace Malice
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6.33% |
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Other (please explain)
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26.58% |
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06-09-2013, 12:45 PM
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After TC races, who is the best 3yo?
With yesterday's Belmont in the books, who do you think is the best 3yo?
There won't be too many choices in the poll, and if you like a filly you will have to vote "other" and explain your thoughts.
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06-09-2013, 12:46 PM
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Normandy Invasion.
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06-09-2013, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Normandy Invasion.
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The Kentucky Derby was the deciding factor for my choice.
The top three finishers in the Derby all got great trips given the pace of the race...and they all bombed in their subsequent starts -- to validate the opinion that the Derby was heavily influenced by the "dynamics" of the race.
There also were three horses in the field who got bad trips...and still made respectable showings given the circumstances. Palace Malice got the worst trip of all, and understandably finished further back than the other two disadvantaged horses...but he came back to win the Belmont.
Oxbow got a bad trip in the Derby...and came back to win the Preakness.
But there was another horse who got an even worse trip than Oxbow in the Derby...and yet, this horse recorded the best race of all...regardless of the circumstances. He was the horse that I wanted to see return to the track...but I haven't seen him yet. Normandy Invasion.
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Last edited by thaskalos; 06-09-2013 at 01:09 PM.
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06-09-2013, 01:14 PM
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It was mentioned in yesterday's Belmont telecast: I've Struck A Nerve
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06-09-2013, 01:21 PM
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Abstraction- David Carroll 's Pulpit colt improving right in time for a summer campaign.Stall's Departing cant be ruled out..
Last edited by TheEdge07; 06-09-2013 at 01:24 PM.
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06-09-2013, 01:29 PM
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Pretty drab 3-yo crowd this year, imo....Of course somebody will come out on top by year's end, but for the life of me, I really couldn't tell you at this juncture who I could honestly say I would root for to take the top honor for 3yo's.. No interest this year for me....Blah group....Honestly sad about that, tho...
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06-09-2013, 01:42 PM
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Three different winners in the Classics doesn't help at all . We will need to see the Travers , the BC and Fall meet .
Dogwood came out of this in good shape though so far . Palice Malice will have a lot of European interest with the classic distance win with a horse that has a strong line of top turf blood and stamina on the female side . HOY Curlin as his sire sweetens the deal .
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06-09-2013, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
But there was another horse who got an even worse trip than Oxbow in the Derby...and yet, this horse recorded the best race of all...regardless of the circumstances. He was the horse that I wanted to see return to the track...but I haven't seen him yet. Normandy Invasion.
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Such is racing in 2013. His trainers should feel like a knucklehead right now.
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06-09-2013, 02:37 PM
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OK, we have a vote for a maiden winner.
Says it all. 
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06-09-2013, 03:25 PM
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intus habes, quem poscis
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I'll go with Beholder. Several very nice fillies again this year.
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06-09-2013, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by OTM Al
I'll go with Beholder. Several very nice fillies again this year.
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 Cannot disagree at all !
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06-09-2013, 04:00 PM
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I voted Oxbow.
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06-09-2013, 04:01 PM
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Why does NI get a pass when all the others that finished around him in the Derb get a knock? Winless this year, nowhere on the season's High Beyer list, a fistful of excuses...best of the year so far?  Maybe the most potential (debatable), certainly not on year-to-date performances.
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06-09-2013, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rastajenk
Why does NI get a pass when all the others that finished around him in the Derb get a knock? Winless this year, nowhere on the season's High Beyer list, a fistful of excuses...best of the year so far? Maybe the most potential (debatable), certainly not on year-to-date performances. |
Normandy Invasion's Derby race did not resemble the races of those who finished ahead of him.
And I didn't interpret the meaning of the question of this thread to be about who is the most "decorated" three year-old so far. The man asked for our opinion on which three year-old is BEST. And if they all lined up again...Normandy Invasion would get my enthusiastic support.
It's as simple as that.
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Last edited by thaskalos; 06-09-2013 at 04:30 PM.
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06-09-2013, 04:47 PM
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No love for Rydilluc or Noble Tune?
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