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After all the discussion about the jockey change on Echo Zulu, the filly won SO easily that I think Larry Jones could have ridden that gal to victory.
IMHO, the other five riders weren't "letting" her get an easy lead; you could see jockeys already scrubbing on their fillies down the backstretch, trying to keep up with her.
IMHO, the other five riders weren't "letting" her get an easy lead; you could see jockeys already scrubbing on their fillies down the backstretch, trying to keep up with her.
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Surprising Juju never went with her as she was being restrained early but she broke a bit slowly, raced wide- but no one was going to catch Echo Zulu today. HC a bit worked up before the race- kept throwing her head up and biting the pony repeatedly. May just have lost a bit of focus possibly leading to the stumble.
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Yeah, Echo Zulu earned it by breaking best but everyone else seemed to just accept defeat after that. But clearly a worthy winner, and a very nice filly.
Did anyone else catch Randy Moss refer to Gun Runner as "the great horse Steve Asmussen sired?" I'm losing it...
Did anyone else catch Randy Moss refer to Gun Runner as "the great horse Steve Asmussen sired?" I'm losing it...
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Yeah I think cause he had so few foals that no one realizes how old he actually is. He didn't go to stud until he was 7(in 2010) and actually started at stud in Kentucky, I'm not sure when he moved to California maybe 2015? But I guess cause he hasn't really been in California that long maybe that is another reason everyone thinks he is young.BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:27 pm Nineteen? Already?
Wow...didn't realize he was that old. Even one of the TVG analysts mentioned him as "the young California sire" after his two fillies ran 1-2..
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I listened to the livestream of the Juvenile Fillies while driving home and when Collmus said "and there goes Echo Zulu right to the front" I said "they won't catch her" out loud to myself.
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I love George Leonard!
it do be like that sometimes
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I watched California Angel on the far turn. She went to close but then immediately got blocked by two others.
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LMAO at pizza time.
My Hello You had a perfect trip and dead aim on them turning for home, just wasn't good enough. Give some credit to Malavath for running huge from post 12. And score one for the ML maker, I suppose- he had Pizza Bianca the favorite, but she drifted way up from it.
My Hello You had a perfect trip and dead aim on them turning for home, just wasn't good enough. Give some credit to Malavath for running huge from post 12. And score one for the ML maker, I suppose- he had Pizza Bianca the favorite, but she drifted way up from it.
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She took a hard hit from the 2 on the first turn and had to check at another point (Kent strikes again). Looking forward to seeing her run again.
But that ride on the winner................. and Clemente to boot.
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Steve is a prolific trainer…not THAT prolific!Tessablue wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:42 pm Yeah, Echo Zulu earned it by breaking best but everyone else seemed to just accept defeat after that. But clearly a worthy winner, and a very nice filly.
Did anyone else catch Randy Moss refer to Gun Runner as "the great horse Steve Asmussen sired?" I'm losing it...
I’m sorry Santana was removed and didn’t get the chance to savor victory on a filly he’d been so successful on before..
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NGL it'd be cool if Jasper Great won for Japan. He has a nice female family too.
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Can Commandperformance pull a Good Magic? TUNE IN AFTER THE BREAK.
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