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Old 05-27-2018, 11:52 AM   #31
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Why is it so surprising that horse like Bravazo and Tenfold would run career best races and figures when they get a dream setup like they had on Saturday? Sitting behind dueling leaders who engaged the whole way, quickened at at the 3/8ths pole and tired late is exactly what I would have wanted had I trained those horses.

If there are overbet horses out of the Preakness its Tenfold and Bravazo.

Justify's issues in the Belmont wont be that he is too slow it will be that 12F is too much or maybe just too much racing the past couple months.
Totally agree with these thoughts.
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Old 05-27-2018, 11:55 AM   #32
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My question is will Justify have a horse or two pressing him up top? Then the conditioning and 12f aspects might be exposed. OR, just to be fair, he's still growing and improving, so he can hack it with 3 weeks. Historically I think that is less likely on the probability scale, but that's what makes TC champs.

With some pace up top, I still think the rest is huge and depending on price, I'll be looking to Mott's "wise guy".
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Old 05-27-2018, 12:41 PM   #33
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Why is it so surprising that horse like Bravazo and Tenfold would run career best races and figures when they get a dream setup like they had on Saturday? Sitting behind dueling leaders who engaged the whole way, quickened at at the 3/8ths pole and tired late is exactly what I would have wanted had I trained those horses.

If there are overbet horses out of the Preakness its Tenfold and Bravazo.

Justify's issues in the Belmont wont be that he is too slow it will be that 12F is too much or maybe just too much racing the past couple months.
I will agree with you on Tenfold, but not Bravazo. Bravazo was, and still is a improving horse. Yes, he might be a little pace dependent, but not nearly as dependent as Tenfold. As for Justify being too slow, the speed figures indicate that is not the case.

One interesting thing I am sort of looking forward to is that what if the Belmont track is speed favoring? Seems to happen a lot on their big racing days. Could change the race in favor of Justify in a huge way.
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Old 05-27-2018, 03:10 PM   #34
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Bravazo was, and still is a improving horse.

If you don't mind, explain why you see this.

I watched him work for quite a while over at OP. I am not seeing any improvement----I see a horse who freaks in the slop, who gives the appearance of an improving horse because previously he really hasn't done much----then he gets on mud in the Preakness and handles it better than some of the other horses and suddenly now he's an "improving horse"?

Not saying I'm right, just want some other thoughts.
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Old 05-27-2018, 03:49 PM   #35
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If you don't mind, explain why you see this.

I watched him work for quite a while over at OP. I am not seeing any improvement----I see a horse who freaks in the slop, who gives the appearance of an improving horse because previously he really hasn't done much----then he gets on mud in the Preakness and handles it better than some of the other horses and suddenly now he's an "improving horse"?

Not saying I'm right, just want some other thoughts.
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Still messing around with this, the top 4 horses all improved their rating compared to their last race.

... 1950
... 1897
... 1856
... 1848
... 1841
... 1836
... 1824
... 1806
Just using my rating system for this.

Justify had gone from 1899 to 1928 to 1950 and Bravazo had gone from 1727 to 1737 to 1848. This is why I say this. The rating has been good for picking winners when they have a 30 pt advantage and it has been good at showing improvement. Why it is good at picking winners is because that is what it is designed for. Why it is showing improving form is still a little bit of a mystery to me. Since it uses only pace and speed figures I can see some of it but a lot of the time, as the case with Bravazo, when I look at the form I do not see it myself. The rating system is a work in progress but I am starting to trust it more and more.
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Justify had gone from 1899 to 1928 to 1950 and Bravazo had gone from 1727 to 1737 to 1848. This is why I say this. The rating has been good for picking winners when they have a 30 pt advantage and it has been good at showing improvement. Why it is good at picking winners is because that is what it is designed for.
Thank you. That helps me.

I watched B's gallop today, it looked good except for where he was a little off focus gawking at things. OTOH I kinda like horses who are curious, as it shows intelligence.

Any thoughts on Badua yet?
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Thank you. That helps me.

I watched B's gallop today, it looked good except for where he was a little off focus gawking at things. OTOH I kinda like horses who are curious, as it shows intelligence.

Any thoughts on Badua yet?
Not yet, just waiting for the post draw, will post the ratings when I get them done.
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Any thoughts on Badua yet?
Stretch runs of his two starts (both at 10 furlongs):

http://www.attheraces.com/atrplayer-...D/1036065/true

http://www.attheraces.com/atrplayer-...D/1038855/true
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Thanks for digging those up for me. Looks like he was carrying 136 lbs and 131 lbs. and running on a virtual cranberry bog both times.....very tiring soggy going. Dunno if that can translate to dirt, but he'll certainly be fit.......and gets 10 less pounds....

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Adding Belmont Day Graded Stakes:



I'll post more specific Belmont stuff after taking out the wife for dinner and a drink or two.
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Justify's figures, using Timeform, are amazingly consistent.

going from first race to last

129
122
131
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Good stuff as always. Thought Bee ran a monster.


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Wait, they said it was a slow pace?

I think riders have a tough time discerning a slow pace from a controlled pace.
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I think a lot of people talk for sake of talking.
CJ says it with numbers to back him up.

If that pace was slow, what was the Brooklyn? Turtle racing?
They went over 2 seconds slower to a few calls.

The last people I listen to are jockeys and trainers.
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