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I feel that California Chrome is a very good horse, but as for being a champion I had my doubts like you. It was hard to see him getting the mile and a half, but I agree that he did well for a horse...

Str, I have a question about California Chrome's ride. Should he have been farther up to the front from the get go to have prevented getting boxed in? He could have been caught from behind very...

I'm really not seeing the horses that you mentioned being close to the lead early as being a problem to California Chrome either. I am now a little worried about Commanding Curve, where as I wasn't...

[QUOTE=str;21985387]As try try try said, Kid Cruz is out.

You are right about CC is no lock. He has a helluva chance but there are no locks in that game.

I saw earlier today that Kid Cruz and...

Thank you for your advice on handicapping this race! It will a tough one, with so many horses entered and with several that could use that extra distance to their advantage. Like you, I want to go...

I just saw that Intense Holiday will be retired due to injury. Hopefully, he will recover from this. And after looking again at Commisioner's recent races, his worst were against higher classed...

I finally have a chance to respond to your post, have been watching my grandchildren since school is out for summer - something I couldn't do much before retirement. I understand what you mean about...

California Chrome is clearly the horse to beat, hard to see him lose, but stranger things have happened. I know what you mean about Union Rags. He always seemed to have a bad trip in races before the...

I'm looking at the Belmont also and have read pedigree information on each horse, along with going to the chef de race website. Had some free time the other night. I was surprised to see there are a...

Social Inclusion getting upset today is something to be concerned about, especially since the Preakness crowd tends to be loud. Shackelford was worked up at that track before he won the Preakness,...

I just watched a video of the Wood Memorial, and I was impressed with Social Inclusion's race too. He seemed to have had the win in hand, until (like you said) something went wrong. It didn't look...

Thank you! My daughter's situation is finally getting resolved. She really needed a new (well good used car) anyway. And one thing we finally have to realize in our lives is that we won't have our...

Str, I've been reading your posts about speed horses needing to have a clean right eye, and the need for horses to change their lead leg from left to right after coming out of a turn. This is...

I actually had a little luck with Indiana Downs. I need to experiment with other tracks too. My best luck by far has been with Belmont. Saratoga may be worth a try. Is there any similarity between...

I have a question about the jockeys? Is it a positive sign when a horse is switched to a high percent jockey? And does that mean that the jockey accepts riding that particular horse because he thinks...

It sounds like Leparoux did make a mistake in judgement. From what it looks like, he rode Atigun extremely well a couple of times, especially in the Belmont. Maybe he couldn't quite get a handle on...

Mike Smith will be riding Atigan now instead of Leparoux, which seems kind of interesting to me.

I have another question regarding Atigan, in the Travers. I looked at the past performance form, and saw that his last race wasn't very good. On his trip description to the right, it said that he was...

I just couldn't go with Tahoe Lake to win. He just didn't show that he could win a race like that. The field just seemed to deep to even put him in an exotic wager, so I just did an exacta with Point...

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I hope this will work. I tried to attach the form for the Sword Dancer stakes here.

I have another question, Str, regarding Tahoe Lake in the Sword Dancer stakes Saturday. I'm trying to figure out why he would be one of the longer shots in the race. He's finished in the top 3 and 4,...

Thanks from me too! I had seen Leparoux win a number of races on the grass and thought maybe he was a better turf rider. Evidently not.

You give such good advice, Str. I used to bet on more races - now only on the races where I see a horse that stands out as one that can maybe challenge the favorite. And I wager very little, because...

I remember the story of Phar Lap. Years ago I watched a movie about that. I believe Phar Lap wa found dead in his stall by his trainer in the morning. He was certain the mob had killed his horse, but...

Thanks, Str! I missed that on forms. I didn't see it, for looking elsewhere and not at abbreviations (which I wouldn't have understood anyway). I wonder if the public has been led to believe that...

Str, I've tried to find informantion on gelded horses. I don't see where they list whether horses are gelded on racing forms, unless I've missed it. It would be useful to know. I was surprised to...

Why would Desormeaux ride Dullahan that way? I don't understand it either.

Str, You're right about not putting too much emphasis on workouts on the forms. I watched the Haskell and was surprised to see both Dullahan and Gemologist finishing last. I had them in a quarter...

Thank you, Str! You have really passed down some valuable information. I just haven't known what to look for. Now I will go back and try to dig up more information on the horses. Thanks!

I have to make a correction. There's not even 7 horses in the Haskell, and Handsome Mike has #5. It's just been a long day.

Str, I'm looking at the field in the Haskell race tomorrow. It looks on paper like it'll be a race with the favorites coming in 1, 2, and 3. Yet I'm a little intrigued with Handsome Mike running...

I apologize for not getting back with you sooner, Str. It's just been a month of battles with the forces of nature. In answer to your question about Royal Currier. His regular jockey was Steve...

It might be race #9 at Parx, could have typed it in wrong.

Life has been crazy for the last few weeks, and I haven't had a chance to look much at upcoming races. Str, I was looking at Parx race 8 for Sunday and saw that Royal Currier didn't have a designated...

Although it's disappointing that there won't be a Triple Crown winner this year, it would be much worse to see the horse crippled or in pain for the rest of his life for being pushed too hard. Seeing...

Thanks! Probably the majority of horses wouldn't fare well then in this race with an outside post. It seems there have been more horses winning the Belmont from the 4 - 8 post, not many from the far...

Str, I looked at the post positions for the Belmont and saw that I'll Have Another will be running from the far outside. I can't help but wonder if the #11 position might make the race even harder...

I use the site that Dark Horse posted the link to fairly often. You can get the form for the Brisnet race of the day, along with races in which specific trainers have entered horses. They'll be...

Thanks, str! I looked up past Belmont winners with their sires and dam sires listed. Fairly often they were bred from horses that could run that distance also, though not always. I'll Have Another...

I have a question, str, about pedigree in horses in regard to distance. I looked up the pedigree line of the horses in this year's Triple Crown races. If it's actually a relevant factor, I'll Have...

I don't know, but O'Neill seems to be on the defensive. It makes you wonder why. I realize the timing of of the media bringing this up isn't great, but these charges weren't bogus. Some of his horses...

I'm just not very knowledgable about this. If the nasal strips were beneficial to the horses, you really would expect most trainers to use them - but they don't. I didn't know that lasix needs to be...

This is an interesting topic. I wondered too if I'll Have Another would be affected by not having the strip, but do you think if he hadn't used it in his first major races that he might be more...

Thanks! I could see the pace being a lot slower, with the absence of an early speed horse like Bodemeister. This will be just a totally different situation for I'll Have Another and his rider. Still...

I just haven't had info on the Australian races, don't know what would be a good online information source (that's hopefully free). You think there would have to some past performance data available...

I'll Have Another ran a great race! I just wonder if he'll be able to win at 1 1/2 miles. It's very possible, because he's been able to handle every distance he's been asked to so far (except for on...

Thanks for answering my questions, str. I've been over the past performances of the horses. I'm leaving Went the Day Well out of my 4, probably a mistake, but I'm wondering if he could be a better...

I have another question about Daddy Nose Best. He won the Sunland Derby at 1 1/8 of a mile in a fast time, didn't do well in the Derby. He hasn't had a workout since before the Derby, and it wasn't...

Thanks! I'm glad that Bode wasn't exhausted by his Derby race. I'd really like to see him win the next race, just don't see any horse in the field fast enough to beat him. So do you think his not...

I have a question also. Like Dark Horse said, this race will be different. No early speed horse like Trinninberg. Could I'll Have Another be sent up early this time to try to run with Bodemeister? It...