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Old 09-03-2022, 09:27 PM   #226
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A side note to the whole Flightline/Pacific Classic:

Kudos to Del Mar for allowing their morning line maker to make Flightline the very realistic 1/5.

So many places they would have posted him a lot higher.
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Old 09-03-2022, 09:32 PM   #227
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I believe I saw one of the DRF writers tweet out it was 19 1/4 lengths.
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Old 09-03-2022, 09:34 PM   #228
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I was pretty close considering I eyeballed it from the stands!

Trevor said 20 as it happened. Both of you were on target
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Old 09-03-2022, 09:49 PM   #229
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I believe I saw one of the DRF writers tweet out it was 19 1/4 lengths.

So it's official.. not only can he handle the distance, he's EVEN BETTER WITH THE DISTANCE!!
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Old 09-03-2022, 10:26 PM   #230
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The Bid won the World Playground Stakes @5/1

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But HE CAN NEVER FORGET IT! Sorry Phil!
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Old 09-04-2022, 01:16 AM   #231
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I hope Life is Good makes it to the Classic. Not that I think Flightline can’t do it, but I’d like to see him chase LIG, challenge him fairly early, and see if he can put him away and still draw off on a track that’s a little tougher on speed than DMR was today.

I think LIG is the faster horse early. I know Flightline has had horses in front of him already, but I don’t think he likes it. I think he’ll pull to chase and take on LIG early enough in the race for a serious battle to occur. That will be the kind of test to show conclusively what he has in the tank. He’s obviously better than LIG to date, but he’s never hooked a horse like him and still won. It’s the extreme tests that will 100% convince me he deserves to be mentioned among the best horses I’ve seen.
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Old 09-04-2022, 02:56 AM   #232
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That's the first race of flightline's I've watched. Made believer out of me.
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Old 09-04-2022, 08:16 AM   #234
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So it's official.. not only can he handle the distance, he's EVEN BETTER WITH THE DISTANCE!!
Wow.

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Old 09-04-2022, 08:38 AM   #235
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I have seen that 'race shape' once before, somewhere, sometime. But just once.
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Old 09-04-2022, 09:46 AM   #236
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I haven't been following horse racing much this year, I just watched all his races. Why the big gaps between races? He has raced like 5 times in a little less than a year and a half. No one has even come close to him. It almost looks like he has this high cruising speed and is just out for a stroll.
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Old 09-04-2022, 10:00 AM   #237
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I will have to be in the minority on this one. Some have compared Flightline to Secretariat and I agree. I agree they are two very overrated horses. Sure they have both ran outstanding numbers. They also have/had very little if any competition to run against. Also let’s take into consideration very small field sizes. Get into trouble or have a bad start with 10-12 entries in a race it changes the complexion rather quickly....not so much in a small 6 horse field where recovery is much easier. I will never be impressed with these small field win super horses. Clearly these horses were born at a good time with no competition to run with.

BTW . Someone mentioned not being able to make any money with Flightline. Well next time use the horse as a free square in the pick 4 and 5. I did and made some better then decent money.
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Old 09-04-2022, 10:06 AM   #238
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I will have to be in the minority on this one. Some have compared Flightline to Secretariat and I agree. I agree they are two very overrated horses. Sure they have both ran outstanding numbers. They also have/had very little if any competition to run against. Also let’s take into consideration very small field sizes. Get into trouble or have a bad start with 10-12 entries in a race it changes the complexion rather quickly....not so much in a small 6 horse field where recovery is much easier. I will never be impressed with these small field win super horses. Clearly these horses were born at a good time with no competition to run with.

BTW . Someone mentioned not being able to make any money with Flightline. Well next time use the horse as a free square in the pick 4 and 5. I did and made some better then decent money.

You do realize the fields are small because a lot of trainers don't what to get their horse annihilated. You called Secretariat, very overrated. Are you one of those guys so excited about NFL football season openers your breakfast orange juice is half vodka?
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Trevor said 20 as it happened. Both of you were on target
How much did he win by?
He won by so much, Velasquez thought HE won on the !
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Old 09-04-2022, 10:32 AM   #240
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Waiting for TimeformUS (pace adjusted) and TG (ground adjusted).

Then comes the fun part, debating them.
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