richiebee Wrote:
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> Bobphilo:
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> How bout those fast times at Hallandale High...
> Ah those precocious kids are at it again.. they
> broke the track 6f record with their internal
> fraction, and broke the track record for the
> likely seldom run 7.5 mark distance... would be
> interested to see what the gallop out past a mile
> was...close to track record I
> would imagine.

Maybe those werent track records. Maybe they were Negative 5's?


> Are racehorses getting faster? Are surfaces
> getting faster? Are teletimers accurate? Are they
> less accurate in inclement weather? Do you think
> horsemen were happy that a track which was
> absorbing so much moisture was yielding fast
> times?

Can't complain with the Donn results, but did anyone else like the old Hallandale better?

> As to the winner of the Holy Bull, he looked
> professional, but still has not won over a fast
> track. I look forward to trying to beat him at
> short odds in his first try over a fast
> surface.

If Barbaro is special that second place horse ain't bad either. Not sure they are the ones, but they have to be closer to it than First Samurai.