Re: Rags To Riches (399 Views)
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mchmura44 (IP Logged)
Date: September 15, 2007 11:31PM
RAGS TO RICHES LOSING TODAY SHOWS THAT THE BELMONT RACE WAS A "FLUKE" AND THAT THEY MADE SURE TO KEEP CURLIN BOXED IN. FINALLY, A HORSE CAME ON HER OUTSIDE AND WENT BY HER. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEATEN THAT FIELD EASILY ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT IT WAS RESTRICTED TO HER OWN AGE AND SEX OF 3 YO FILLES. TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM LEAR'S PRINCESS WHO IS A NICE FILLY, BUT RAGS TO RICHES SHOULD HAVE BEATEN THE FIELD EASILY STILL. DON'T YOU FIND IT INTERESTING THAT ALL THREE PLETCHER HORSES OWNED BY MICHAEL TABOR TODAY RAN LIKE THEY DID. THE GREEN MONKEY, THE LEOPARD, AND RAGS TO THE RICHES ALL WERE NOT FULLY CRANKED UP. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME IN A BIG RACE WHERE A PLETCHER HORSE WAS PASSED THE LAST 1/8 OF MILE. SHE WILL PROBABLY GET A DECENT FIGURE OF 1 OR 0 BECAUSE OF WEIGHT AND BEING THREE WIDE, BUT AS FOR THE BREEDERS CUP, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RACE WIDE AND OVERCOME THAT ON A SPEED BIASED RACE TRACK LIKE MONMOUTH?