Big Week Coming Up!!

[Silver Charm]

Hope there are lot of good conversations and information coming forth. We need good weather, safe trip and solid tips!!

[TGJB]

It\'s gonna be tough to follow last week, when we heard about Ptolemy, moose self gratification and a 13 length winner on the same day.

[Silver Charm]

You left out Bellarmine and NO Pletcher to kick around all week. But I Bet we come up with something....lol

[moosepalm]

TGJB Wrote:
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> It\'s gonna be tough to follow last week, when we
> heard about Ptolemy, moose self gratification and
> a 13 length winner on the same day.


Consider the bar raised.

This week, I will link articles about such matters, perhaps four or five per day.

As for the Preakness, I think its most useful wagering function will be to set up value in the Belmont when illusive hopes of a Triple Crown fuel the pool.

[vp612]

He didn\'t win the preakness yet, and he doesn\'t look overwhelming to me.

[magicnight]

"I thought it was freaky," trainer Shug McGaughey said. "It didn't look like he got out of a high gallop. It gave me chills, I'll tell you that. That's what good horses do."

http://www.drf.com/news/preakness-stakes-orbs-monday-workout-reminiscent-kentucky-derby-week

[moosepalm]

vp612 Wrote:
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> He didn\'t win the preakness yet, and he doesn\'t
> look overwhelming to me.


Vito, on the numbers here, in recent years, horses who looked like they might be ready to back off their winning Derby effort, particularly on only two weeks rest, didn\'t.  Or, if they did, they still ran enough to hit the exacta, and were only knocked out of the top spot by some pretty fair horses.  I don\'t see horses of that caliber right now.  You have to make excuses for the Derby surface, or the trip, and have them run back to numbers, or even hit a new number.  The strangers haven\'t beaten anybody, and while I don\'t know Departing\'s last number, I\'m guessing they\'re going to have to make a significant forward move, at least in terms of class if not figures as well.  So, even if Orb doesn\'t look overwhelming, you need someone else to look at least whelming.  Impossible?  Of course not.  That\'s why we\'re all here, looking for that edge against conventional wisdom.  But, right now it looks like a confluence of events would have to occur to keep Orb from winning.  Personally, I have many more losing tickets than winners based on some shaky \"what ifs\" in hopes of knocking off a 4-5 shot.  That\'s why this Saturday, I\'d rather see Orb win by ten, and look for value in a stakes-filled undercard, and then see what the field and numbers look like three weeks later.  But, you have to dance with who brung ya\', and I respect that you stick to your guns.  There are quite a few sharp trainers who, unless their owners are pointing a gun to their heads, think their horses are telling them they\'re ready, so I\'m guessing they would agree with you.

[Paolo]

What is the relationship between moose palm and camel toe?

[TGJB]

To get to the other side?

[Rich Curtis]

\"What is the relationship between moose palm and camel toe?\"

Dreamy.

[moosepalm]

Paolo Wrote:
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> What is the relationship between moose palm and
> camel toe?


Thanks a lot for leaving this on the tee for TGJB and Curtis.  Next thing, they\'ll be doing a pattern analysis on it.