EDDINGTON WORKS :46 2/5

[jbelfior]

EDDINGTON put in another sharp work at Belmont today. One more sharp work at Belmont like that and they may erect a statue of him and put it next to Secretariat.

This was a quote from \"Clueless\" Hennig:

\"We\'ve got to make up 13 lengths on SMARTY JONES, but it\'s a little easier making it up going a mile and a half than it is going a mile and three sixteenths.\"....yikes!!!

AND TO THINK THIS GUY TRAINS HORSES BRED TO BE POTENTIAL STAKES RUNNERS.  


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[JAKE]

With the 24 48 1:13 pace of the Belmont, SJ will be challenged around that final turn.
We\'ll see what transpires when this occurrs
going 12 furlongs.

[twoshoes]

This isn\'t an endorsement of betting a horse at 2-5 to do something they have never done - or any time actually - but I think the answer to your question might be \"Buh-bye\"

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

I understand the theory that its not wise to take short odds on a horse doing something its never done. Of course, but for odds, they all are in that boat and they were all in it in the Kentucky Derby as well.

Eddington is certainly a threat. As is Rock Hard Ten and The Cliff\'s Edge. I think Birdstone is a better horse than he\'s had an opportunity to show his last two races. He\'ll need a combination of fortuitous events to win the Belmont if he\'s entered however.

The Peter Pan is another one!!!!!!  You got mega slow races early. A fair time 6 mark sprint preceeding a on its face blistering 9 mark race where the sprint fractions are equaled.  All of this surrounded by damnable turf racing. Folks T-Graph will be earning its keep on this figure. Holy Moley.

CtC



Post Edited (05-24-04 17:27)

[Bham41]

Yea right!!! War Emblem and Funny Cide both stumbled out of the gate. Both WE and FC lost the last leg of the triple crown as heavy favorites.   Pushing the odds is nothing new.  What happened to letting the best man and horse win.


Against all odds.

[Bham41]

Also wasn\'t the Kentucky Derby questioned because some one or something thought they saw a glint in Santo\'s hand.  What if it was a device that supposedly could make the horse fly.  But also could stop a horse in its tracks.   Big Money scams happen all the time everywhere even at the races where an insider changed their pick six tickets as the races finished to lower there cost for a sure win.  Even made 60 minutes or one of those night shows.  Sounds more like an X-File to me.   Not that I hate to lose just hate being suckered or hustled.

[Bham41]

Maybe even a network insider paying millions to show the race and pocketing personal income to make it justified.  CEO\'s and big bucks go figure.  Tend to talk to myself incase no one noticed.   I know the instant replays in football would have done a better job proving definitively that what was in Santos hand was legal.  Or even if it was, was it there when Funny Cide stumbled, War Emblem stumbled or even when Funny Cide got back on top and stopped dead in his tracks when the whip and whatever hit the horse.


Maybe we should make a movie after all the X-files of horse racketeering.



Another brilliant proposal by John Q. Filmmaker the Third.

\"Evil Prevails, when Good men DO NOTHING\"



Post Edited (05-24-04 20:12)

[JR]

When you say \"bet on a horse to do something they have never done before\", do you mean win at a mile and a half or lose?

[Bham41]

Well winning is where the money is however if you are using drugs to win it would be foolish to drug the winner considering it would be tested, when drugging all the other horses would accomplish the same thing.   But If I were betting on a plot twist I would lean toward another horse beating the odds on favorite.  Not the fav beating itself again.

Boxing the super takes some of the risk of who edges who out of the ticket.  

Smarty
Eddington
Tapit
Purge

Comically though I would love to see a ROYAL ASS.ault   in the winners circle



Post Edited (05-24-04 21:59)

[shanahan]

great post, JR...what in the hell are people thinking?  Talk about overthinking it....

[twoshoes]

My point was simply that I don\'t think 2/5 a great reward - however - if the pace of this race is as suggested above
24;48;113
I do think Smarty will be long gone. Those fractions would play right into his hand. He could bounce and win. Maybe the -1 3/4 was the bounce for him. Fortunately you aren\'t restricted to making win bets to make some dough. And if I can\'t find anything worth taking a shot it\'ll be a great time to sit back and be a fan.

[pgsheets]

Does a 0 win the Belmont ?

Who has trained over the surface and trained brilliantly ?

Who will feel most comfortably with the surroundings ?

Who is bred to run forever ?

Who is still eligible for Alw2x ?

Who is the dumbest horse of his generation ?