Actually I love dogs, cats too. I'd be much more prone to try French Style cuisine. Maybe down the road a little Green Monkey Steak Diane. Maybe it was a schooling race for the Monk, but its pretty clear the horse has issues. That being the case his last race may just have been run or maybe his next race at Gulfstream Park is the last one. If he's ouchy I think they made a huge mistake bringing him to the races. Seattle Dancer never ran and had a stud career. By going to Stud unraced there would have been diminution in value but running and losing and heading off to stud makes for a major loss. The first mistake was paying that much for a horse with that pedigree. The second mistake was running to further erode the residual value.

I've noticed Maktoum and Magnier are not bidding on the same horses this year. I have to believe that is an arrangement. "First horse is mine, second up is yours". I don't think such an arrangement is illegal. Its just more evidence the most money does not always land the best horse.

Post Red Board I have concluded that Rags ran dang near a spot on 2, right where I stated she would run. That calculation fits very nicely with the Figure history of both the winner and third place Tiz's Sis. The winner is a nice horse but will in all likelihood be a little compromised by the Monmouth surface.

Rags will be very beatable if she goes to the dance.

stillinger Wrote:
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> Barry Irwin Wrote:
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> > Didn't like the way she was moving down the
> lane.
>
>
> She has a problem,
> but the Monkey is a GQ, Vanity Fair, looking beast
> for sure.
> It's too bad he can't make a living posing! Cut
> and cute. A girl magnet.
> He had no idea what he was doing. I think he
> thinks he's a movie star.
> One thing these two beasties share is big-time
> thighs. Awesome looking, the both.
>
> But Kelso was a ragged looker, and that worked ok.
> These are spun sugar comaparitvely now, pun
> intended. Hard to feel sorry for the connections I
> guess,
> but I do - especially a young trainer that hasn't
> had this kind of bump before really. Chuck will
> probably track me down and burn my dog. kidding
> him.