Fantastic Alex - Noble Scrappy - The rest suck

[jimbo66]

That was an unbelievable race by Afleet Alex and the incident on the turn, makes his margin of victory much smaller than it would have been.  

Scrappy T. ran a game race, not sure why Dominguez is hitting him left-handed in the middle of the turn....  But he was second best, by a mile.

What happened to the rest of these horses?  What is it with this group of 3 year olds?  Anybody see the beaten lengths numbers?  Scrappy T. was five lengths better than the 3rd place finisher.  Then you have Greeley\'s galaxy beat by 20, High Fly by 26, Noble Causeway by 19, Closing ARgument by 27, and Mr. Lukas and Going Wild by 42.

Another strange reason, not in that the winner was a surprise, but how many of the supposed \"good\" horses, never picked up their feet.

No 3 year old could get within 5 lengths of Scrappy T?

Zito\'s horses were all bums again.

Stute plans to work Greeley\'s GAlaxy another 5/8 of a mile tomorrow....

The Belmont is not going to be a race to look forward to.  Exactly which tomato can can you bet on against Afleet Alex?  Not with my money.

[spa]

Jimbo, why did he switch the stick and wail right handed....where was the first blow struck on Scrappy ?

[Saddlecloth]

I think Giacomo should be in a 50k claimer next week, he sucks....horse like sun king is much better

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Greeleys broke bad again. I needed him or high limit for the super. Stute drilled him the other day so the break was surprising.

Closing Argument bounced. High Fly is better than he showed. Too much wear and tear on the Derby probably.

Alex proved the Ark was no fluke. That was by FAR the best derby prep and the bounce from it and insidish run at Churchill cooked him that day.

When Lukas ran five Derby Starters I think he won 2 or 3 legs of the triple that year.

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Giacomo ran his race and some of the significant others bounced. Its just wide wasn\'t a benefit today is all.

[big18741]

Spa

Dominguez walloped Scrappy T lefthanded on the ribs.He had no clue Afleet Alex was near him-despite what he says.He needs to get many days for that.He should have hit him on his flank-not the ribs and he should have been aware of Afleet Alex.

[brokerstip]

When I earlier asked the question of \'patterns\', CA and ST seemed to be the \'best looking\' patterns.

Scrappy T ran well no doubt. A great selection by those who pointed him out. Well done.
  Would have been a great key if I only chose to place the race on its own. (I didn\'t and missed the pick 4 with a hosrse I am embarassed to admit I left out ---from A to Z, it was not AA). I know...Dumb and Dumber.

So as I drown my sorrows in some Lemonade, at least I have my $40 grandstand seats for my 34th straight appearance at the BS in Elmont three weeks from now. Thanks NYRA for not charging me $150 per.
And I can also cash my $2 souvenir tickets on G as there will be no 3crown this year. ( I buy a cuple on each horse each year to try to put a triplecrown set together...hasn\'t worked too well).

Maybe I\'ll try EBAY and ask $200 apiece...lol.

[JFS165]

Nice race of the week by the boys at T-graph.

I think from now on I am going to get smart and wager the opposite of who they advise or at the very least throw out who they advise.

I realize this is not an exact science but how dead wrong can they be

Oh well, there is always another race to bet tomorrow.



Post Edited (05-21-05 19:29)

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

hmmm brokers ...you almost had one last year. If smarty rates a bit, wins that thing and retires undefeated I bet those 3 two buck tickets bring a pretty penny.

[spa]

Biggee, I was calling 911 for me. Hope you blew the doors off !!!!

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

I got back all my bad on Alex...I got too pig headed about Sun King (who still sucks) but 20 bucks on pig headedness cost me the full super.

[big18741]

Spa

Scrappy needed 911,but I did okay on the race.I thought the rest of the field were real pigs,and they are except for your horse.You called it.He\'s a damn good 3yo in any year.

[gowand]

AA may not be of the caliber of some of the better 3 year olds I have seen but I don\'t think I have ever seen a horse who is more agile or who looks as comfortable running among horses.  This was true as early as last year in his Saratoga races.  He is amazingly well balanced and did everyone catch the isolated replay?  He absolutely exploded.  He may not be a \"freak\" in terms of raw ability but his footwork is amazing.

[jimbo66]

Gowand,

I think the jury is still out on whether AA can be a \"freak\".  Obviously, after the Derby, nobody thought so, but today\'s race was awfully impressive.

I had bet Greeley\'s Galaxy, so I was watching him make a move appproaching the turn and for a second I thought I had a shot, then a blur of horseflesh shot by like a rocket.  I wasn\'t sure who it was at the time, but it was an awe inspiring acceleration.  To then be almost knocked off his feet a few seconds later, only to recover and still win by open lengths, is very very impressive.

Who could you possibly make a case for in the Belmont, to beat this horse?  

I say nobody, unfortunately.

[Bally Ache]

You could go to the archives (Mar. 19 I think-the date of the Rebel).  At least some of you were suggesting Alex should go back to Del.  He was just a sprinter it was said.  Didn\'t much care for J. Rose either as I recall.

Well, they\'re never as good as they look on their best day and never as bad as they look on their worst.  If you remember Smarty\'s Preakness from last year you\'ll know Alex is no lock in the Belmont.

  The nice thing is, a tragedy was narrowly averted and the best horse still won the race.