Nice call and congradulations on the Dmr race . Sorry for the confusion , The 3-5 reference was not related to FS ( or the Sar race ) and it was an attempt at making a general comment on being "opinionated", and I suppose that we all have our relative comfort zones when handicapping . However, and this is not intended at you DD or anybody specifically but if one took from my post that I belived FS was going to break down yesterday it would be quite a remarkable stretch to make that case or attribute my comments as such . People who Know me have little doubt that if I felt a horse was going to breakdown or have a physical problem based on numbers , pattern etc , I would certainly say so in no uncertain terms .
I didn't feel FS was in any kind trouble phyically going into that race - my only concern was that the horse might need a race . Many times they return as fast or faster than they were prior to a lay off and there were No numbers that indicated deterioration .
I suppose the intention of the 3-5 comment actually was in a round about way of saying - go for it . People will have very strong opinions for various reasons but Very rarely is there only one way to look at a race ...



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/2006 09:55AM by marcus.