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Author: Silver Charm
Date: 02-20-03 11:04


This horse is 11-1 in the future book. That might a decent price on him just making the race, much less winning.

Seems a little like Lils Lad to me. Only one short sprint win at two, giant win first out at three followed up by another big win first time two turns.

Lils Lad if you remember was "shot" by the time he reached Kentucky.


The significance of this post has less to do with being correct and more to do with a willingness to “put your ass on the line” before a race goes off. Something TGJB and TGAB do every week with their ROTW. On the flawed competitors Board a poster going by the following surname DBF had this to say about the La Derby.


DBF wrote regarding Peace Rules,

“I'll probably have him on the win end with exactas and tri's with Kafwain and Funny Cide.”

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he bet the above combination but he did use the word probably didn’t he. Enough with semantics it has gotten others into trouble on this Board. Now that Robes has returned from a weekend in the closet maybe he can post his Laurel 2/22 numbers. I mean that’s a race that has already been run not an in advance selection for goodness sakes!!

Back to the La Derby I have this final on the ROTW analysis. Had TGJB and TGAB been able to view the appearance Peace Rules made on the track I’m sure they would have become of the opinion this is a totally different racehorse and he needs to bet even if the surface switch is to gravel!! I don’t know that for sure but when you post an analysis a day or two in advance there are factors that can change any handicapper’s opinion They may have even changed DBF’s but he does get the benefit of the doubt for using the word probably. Ask the fellas at DRF who do this type of thing every day. It aint easy!


One final note that I will add more to later but is it not fairly obvious that Frankel literally owns Baffert these days.