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Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** Yesterday, 08:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,208
Posted By Spalding No!
Horses that should have been in the Preakness &...

Horses that should have been in the Preakness & where they will finish in their next starts:

SIERRA LEONE - 2nd Belmont Stakes; 1st Jim Dandy

FOREVER YOUNG - 1st Japan Dirt Classic; 5th BC...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-12-2024, 09:44 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,208
Posted By Spalding No!
Imagination, the "other" Baffert, working...

Imagination, the "other" Baffert, working side-by-side with Muth. Has Frankie Dettori in the saddle. Never worse than a neck back in 5 straight 2 turns races. Beyer from his most recent win puts...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-11-2024, 09:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 487
Posted By Spalding No!
Been a trend unfortunately for several years now...

Been a trend unfortunately for several years now to skip the Preakness as a default. Plenty of different reasons.

For this year specifically (a weak year for classic 3yos IMO):

Whoever or...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-11-2024, 05:49 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 930
Posted By Spalding No!
Seems like the stretch out to two turns has...

Seems like the stretch out to two turns has exposed him; a cutback to extended sprints might reboot him, especially with his closing style.

This was suggested a couple of times during the buildup...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-07-2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 310
Posted By Spalding No!
Also-rans from the 1978 Kentucky Derby: ...

Also-rans from the 1978 Kentucky Derby:

HOIST THE SILVER (8th) - northern CA horse that later sired the great 3yo filly/sprinter VERY SUBTLE

SENSITIVE PRINCE (6th) - unbeaten FOY winner going...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-06-2024, 10:32 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 851
Posted By Spalding No!
Just Steel is not a frontrunner; he needs to...

Just Steel is not a frontrunner; he needs to revert to his stalking style if he's to make a dent in the Preakness.

Lukas might want to put a more experienced rider up despite all the silly "human...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 05-06-2024, 10:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 851
Posted By Spalding No!
Just Steel was completely taken out of his game...

Just Steel was completely taken out of his game being sent to dispute the pace. You can argue he still needs a rest because he's made a lot of starts (relatively speaking), but from a handicapping...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 04-28-2024, 08:35 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,720
Posted By Spalding No!
Surprise, surprise. Timberlake isn't in the...

Surprise, surprise.

Timberlake isn't in the Pat Day Mile even though he came out of the Arkansas Derby "very sound" & the trainer & owners are eager to cut him back to shorter distances because he...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-09-2024, 01:29 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,077
Posted By Spalding No!
Well that plugs up this rabbit hole. Since...

Well that plugs up this rabbit hole.

Since the advent of the points system (2013) the Beaumont has produced exactly one runner (Kelly's Humor, a 50-1 shot in the Oaks).

If they retool the...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-08-2024, 07:36 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,077
Posted By Spalding No!
CDI wants that race to produce horses for the...

CDI wants that race to produce horses for the Eight Belles on the Oaks undercard, not for the Oaks itself.

Historically, it was used as an Oaks prep but also was run early in the Keeneland before...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 04-08-2024, 07:05 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,720
Posted By Spalding No!
They need to do away with the points system & the...

They need to do away with the points system & the Japanese/European Roads to the Derby.

Then bring back the auxiliary starting gate, the field wager, & the $5 million VISA Triple Crown challenge.
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 04-02-2024, 08:39 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,720
Posted By Spalding No!
Yep. In the Arkansas Derby thread, I likened...

Yep. In the Arkansas Derby thread, I likened Timberlake's profile to that of Mandaloun.

I guess I should have been smarter & guessed Cox would follow the Instant Coffee route (no race for nearly...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-02-2024, 10:18 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,282
Posted By Spalding No!
Other stakeholders in the industry have to be...

Other stakeholders in the industry have to be concerned not only with performance-impacting drugs but also with masking agents and substances that are detrimental to horse welfare.

Levothyroxine...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-01-2024, 11:02 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,282
Posted By Spalding No!
This case amounts to possessing a substance that...

This case amounts to possessing a substance that is:

(a) banned at all times
(b) undetectable in post-race testing
(c) suspected to be detrimental to the health of horses

Should horseplayers...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 03-31-2024, 10:41 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,310
Posted By Spalding No!
Horrendous decision by Prat on Timberlake...

Horrendous decision by Prat on Timberlake yesterday.

The horse usually tugs a little early into the first turn but always settles down the back stretch and puts in a run. It looks like Prat...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 03-22-2024, 10:35 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 9,326
Posted By Spalding No!
Not on topic but here's some hilarious trainer...

Not on topic but here's some hilarious trainer quotes in the aftermath of the 1987 Marlboro Cup regarding the timing of the Breeders' Cup:

"...After that, there's only one major event left on the...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 03-10-2024, 11:32 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,720
Posted By Spalding No!
The Remsen is producing all the prep...

The Remsen is producing all the prep winners...There is nothing eligible from CA that is worth a shot at CD...Pletcher's lot has either been horrendous or can't make the starting gate...

Better...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 03-08-2024, 11:56 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,535
Posted By Spalding No!
In your previous post you seemed to have confused...

In your previous post you seemed to have confused that video of his maiden win at the bush track for his Grade 1 automatic qualifier (the first video in this thread) which was at Meydan.

He also...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 03-08-2024, 07:46 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,535
Posted By Spalding No!
California Chrome was sold to stand in Japan...

California Chrome was sold to stand in Japan years ago.

Last year, he ranked 123rd in the Japanese stallion rankings.
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 03-08-2024, 07:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 440
Posted By Spalding No!
First he had a "fever". Then he wasn't...

First he had a "fever".

Then he wasn't "acting like himself".

So glad it didn't turn out to be rabies.
Forum: General Racing Discussion 03-02-2024, 10:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,076
Posted By Spalding No!
The Hollywood Gold Cup is not the better race; in...

The Hollywood Gold Cup is not the better race; in fact it is the first of the 2 to be demoted to a Grade 2 race starting this year.

It was the better race starting circa 1989 up through the...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 03-02-2024, 06:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,076
Posted By Spalding No!
Eliminating the Strub series for newly turned...

Eliminating the Strub series for newly turned 4yos & the purse reduction precluding much interest from top level East Coast shippers helped put the nail in the coffin.

They gutted & retooled the...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 02-27-2024, 10:18 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 10,283
Posted By Spalding No!
If you like betting Preakness also-rans you can...

If you like betting Preakness also-rans you can have quiet confidence that the winners of the El Camino Real Derby, Federico Tesio Stakes, & Bath House Stakes will probably be in the race...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 02-14-2024, 09:21 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 9,412
Posted By Spalding No!
The 2000s-2010s were flush with win machine...

The 2000s-2010s were flush with win machine La-breds:

Happy Ticket
Star Guitar
Costa Rising
Sunbean
Vicars in Trouble
Hallowed Dreams
Tortuga Straits
Superior Storm
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 02-14-2024, 09:04 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 11,171
Posted By Spalding No!
Yep; Rokeby, Claiborne, Buckland Farm, Dogwood, &...

Yep; Rokeby, Claiborne, Buckland Farm, Dogwood, & I'm sure several others used to winter at Aiken & they ran some training races for the 2yos near the end of the season.

I think Forty Niner &...
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