richiebee wrote:

> Chuckles:
>
> You preach the virtue of the TGs. Do you ever read them? Hill rode him the TG running line was "close up
> INSIDE, 3 wide move into stretch, drew away, driving".
>
> Have Uncle Jerry send you some product, get a glove, and get
> in the game.

Tgraph shuld be the last and most important course in anyone's handicapping education. Post graduation, alumni may not always be familiar with the University's wide on a day to day basis. If TGraphs wide call is different from the wide call of the other p.p.s, you have to defer to TGraph.

However, the salient issue here is the racetrack "hack" Channing Hill, who despite getting 5 pounds in almost all his races is now winning at only about 9 percent. When the bug is gone, thankfully he'll go back to Montana, or wherever he belongs to try ranching or whatever job riding horses poorly he can get. Its good to be on the best horse and thats the ONLY horse he wins on. A minute thirty four is a long time for Channing Hill to not make at least a couple of mistakes and thats why hes not riding Sir Greeley. J.Jerkens disposed of Hill, certainly we can.

Not sure you're 3 horse race is in the cards. Sir Greeley certainly merits consideration without Hill. Theres 3 other horses that look competitive, but if TGraph says Chekhov, Golden Man and Sir Greeley are tough customers thats hard to argue with.

If you haven't seen the closeup of the Preakness top of stretch incident, this is a pretty good view.

http://espn.go.com/horse/triplecrown05/index.html

On the right margin you'll have to click on "ESPN MOTION, Preakness Stakes".

After the Pop Up window loads, scroll up to a piece by Moss titled: "How Amazing was Afleet Alex's Preakness".

Note the vicious windmill windup Dominguez lays into Scrappy. The horse has gotten distracted when getting the lead and that was definitely an attention getter. Didn't quite work out the way he planned. Note also the stretch wrap up ride.