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Pedigree Ann — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:36:56 GMT

Interestingly, Golden Ticket is cross-entered in both the Goodwood (Frankie's race-names are an insult to SA and the region) and the CD stakes. Could make life difficult for whichever front-runner he runs with.

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Ranagulzion — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:09:47 GMT

Rusty,

Yes indeed ...Saturday is a huge pre-breeder's cup day.

The JCGC at Belmont is a very knotty affair but I've settled on Cross Traffic to go all the way and hold off Orb, Palace Malice and Ron The Greek. Alpha has a shot if he can stay with CT on the headlines but I doubt that he can match the latter's early speed. Flat Out hardly ever fails at Belmont Park but this one looks a bit salty for him so soon after his Woodward effort IMHO.

In the Kelso it looks like Todd Pletcher again with Graydar but the South American, Brujo de Olleros will have something to say about that.

At Santa Anita in the Awsome Again Stakes there will be no stopping Mucho Macho Man (a cinch comparible to Fort Larned in the Homecoming at Churchill Downs). Good luck.

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Rusty Weisner — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:51:28 GMT

Big day Saturday.

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Pedigree Ann — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:39:55 GMT

Wolverines are vicious animals. Bears are vicious animals, in fact, they are "god-less killing machines". Horses are not vicious and that idiot judge ought to know better. One hopes he will be overturned on appeal.

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Mary Zinke — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:43:37 GMT

Darn paperboy. I didn't get my copy.

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Pedigree Ann — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:59:31 GMT

Mary Z -

The 'horses are vicious animals' article was on the front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader yesterday or the day before. Under the fold, but still front page. When will they go for cows? And guineas pigs? They will bite, too, in the right situation.

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Mary Zinke — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 06:35:48 GMT

You should have a small farm. Aren't you getting old? He is. Who will be as nice to him?

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KY VET — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:42:20 GMT

i gotta put him in this race where alot of horses will get claimed....its time....he will miss his race here because of a little infection......should i lay him off? hes 4 away from record....hes too cheap.....i gotta get rid of him...shipping 2 hrs south....race will gaurantee claim.....i dont have a farm....

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Mary Zinke — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:14:35 GMT

Horse #1, the old guy, is getting claimed away from you? What ass would do that? I guess that's the game, but to me that's sad.

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KY VET — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:52:54 GMT

i'll do the next one.....been busy......hey....how are the timeform usa picks been doing...havent paid attn.....they seem to suck.....horse #4 which is now #2 running at fair sunday...horse number #1 getting claimed on nov.16..........

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Plod Boy Phil — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:30:04 GMT

My pleasure Mary.

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Mary Zinke — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:53:56 GMT

Thank you, Phil for hosting the Fairplex contest. Count me in for any future contests.

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Mary Zinke — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:47:55 GMT

More proof that some people should not name horses. Maybe the kid called the horse some horrible name, like Scuppy. Another thing is, where do you find these news articles, KY? One more thing is, you could have just won the contest, but that would have required human-like participation.

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KY VET — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:59:17 GMT

More proof that all horses should be killed...........from msn.com

Owners appeal after Conn. court classifies horses as vicious animals

8 hrs ago Mr. Ed would have a lot to say on this matter. After a horse called Scuppy bit a boy in the face, a Connecticut court concluded that horses are a naturally vicious species and therefore Scuppy's owners should have restrained the horse (who had never bitten anyone before) to prevent the injury. Now horse owners and equine enthusiasts are asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the decision. Classifying horses as vicious would make owning the animals uninsurable and jeopardize the state's profitable horse industry, say horse owners. Doug Dubitsky, a lawyer for farmers and horse businesses, told the AP that "you could not pair children and horses, the core equestrian business nationwide that it's all about." Fred Mastele, acting president of the state's horse council, said, "In our opinion, horses are not vicious animals. They are certainly not attack animals." [Source]

EQUINE PIT BULLS!!!!!!!

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Plod Boy Phil — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:51:52 GMT

Congrats Derbygal on winning the 2013 Fairplex Handicapping contest.

Thanks to all that played.

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Pedigree Ann — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:34:10 GMT

Thank you, Mary. I love the history of TB racing as much as I love the sport itself. It provides a context for the pedigrees I that are my primary area of research.

So when I come across Carry Back in a pedigree, I know that his sire Saggy was not a total loss as a racehorse but was the only horse who defeated Citation during his 3yo year. He did it in mud at 6f early in the year and was getting weight, but he did beat the champion. And besides Carry Back, he sired the top older mare Outer Space.

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Mary Zinke — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:57:39 GMT

I'm going to congratulate derbygal now. Good job, derbygal.

Only complaint about the contest was that everyone but Phil and I were so talkative. One could barely get a word in edge-wise.

It's okay if only I get me.

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Plod Boy Phil — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:31:58 GMT

In the meet

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Mary Zinke — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:52:30 GMT

One week left?

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Plod Boy Phil — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:42:18 GMT

FAIR Standings thru Day 13

derbygal - $55.20

wineman - $46.60

Mary - $44.60

Phil - $30.20

Well done Mary

One week left

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Mary Zinke — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:31:04 GMT

I do enjoy reading about the history of the sport, Pedigree Ann. I don't know enough to join in those discussions, but I read everything and was recently shown where those Belmont chutes were. I'd like to have seen a Futurity run on a straight course.

Phil, Fairplex finally "got good". First comment about it from a friend was an enormous unsmiley emoticon. Yesterday, it was I, heart symbol, Fairplex. Cracked me up.

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Pedigree Ann — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:40:56 GMT

Actually a pretty mundane weekend. Favorites win the Cotillion, Pa Derby; Ben's Cat wins again, giving weight and being carried out to the outside fence.

Back in the day, we would have had the 2yos in The Futurity about now, a race that once had the richest purse in the country, two or three times larger than that of the Belmont or Kentucky Derby.

How was that so, you ask? Because the first nomination fee was due the November before the mare foaled, then sustaining fees were due as foals, yearlings, and 2yos. Major breeders nominated every mare in foal, and kept up the fees until the offspring was 2. Made for an enormous purse, all from eligibility fees. At the yearling sales, being nominated to The Futurity was something that was noted on the sales page.

After The Futurity was moved to Belmont, it was run at 6.5f on the Widener course, a straight course that cut diagonally across the infield, starting beyond the training track, and finishing just before it met the main track, at the far end of the grandstand. It could accommodate the large fields that The Futurity always drew with no turn to create traffic jams.

Belmont used to have a 5f chute (off the far turn) and a 10f chute that crossed both the training track and the Widener course. The straight course came out in order to build infield turf courses, but why did they get rid of the chutes? Starting 10f races on the turn is awkward and unfair; with all the video equipment today, the start in the distant chute could be visible to all and fairer to the runners.

Messing with chutes seems to be an NYRA thing. Saratoga used to have an 8f chute on the Clubhouse turn ala Ellis Park, while Aqueduct extended its 7f chute so it could run 8f races (was that when Jamaica closed and Aqu took its spring meet and wanted 8f races for new 3yos?)

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Mary Zinke — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:38:24 GMT

Such a nice win by Blueskies in the Hinds! Big Guy had two Fairplex stakes winners this weekend!

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derbygal — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:25:38 GMT

Fairplex (BSR)

R9) #8 Ivana Come Home

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Mary Zinke — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:13:09 GMT

I just know KY stole my pick in r6 and lowered the odds.

;)