Re: Rags To Riches (464 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: September 15, 2007 07:01PM
Chuckles_the_Clown2 Wrote:
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> First off, you have to temper my opinion with the
> fact I watched Plech today and missed some decent
> opportunities to cash. There's just no way they
> can run Green Monkey at this stage and send him to
> stud a loser. I'm stunned. Which indicates one of
> two things in my opinion. The Monk came out of the
> race poorly and may be done or Plech really can't
> resort to the good stuff right now for some
> reason. His early Belmont percentages are
> plummeting. I believe it was Miff that mentioned
> some undisclosed "substance" monitoring. Either
> that or Plech is reading this board and knows
> folks are onto him. I believe he's under 10% now.
>
> If you liked Rags race, you have to love Tough
> Tiz's Sis too. She carried only 3 fewer pounds and
> was wide. They ran in the 2 range, maybe a shade
> better. Was pretty much wrong today, but thought
> earlier that Rags will not go on to confirm any
> kind of Belmont Stakes greatness. The Belmont was
> not a particularly fast race.
TTS ran well. she was very sharp coming in though. cutting back from 10f, perfect timing, great works; she was primed to run big. R2R was not.
we're probably looking at 8/5 or so in the BC, depending on who shows up. will not be an easy call