I've now added Brad H. Cox to my trainer contacts. I messaged him on FB about Arklow today and he responded.

Basically, I told him it wasn't his horse's fault today, but Geroux's. He thanked me for the "outside perspective."

Nice guy, though he said he was a Packers fan. I won't hold that against him.

let's see the test...I love American Gal stumbled still won...Chalon Paco might steal this your horse Vertical Oak well campaigned I loved his sir...thinking he might want more ground.....,and Rube thinks the jockey sucks,Those 3 exacta and tri boxes.W VA Derby what a shit field McCormick win and place

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Victor Gio It and Perfect Spirit are animals to be dealt with in the second heat.

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I ain't kicking Arklow out of my stable yet, not after giving Brad H. Cox a pep talk to step it up.

Let's see how he responds. I'd like to see Arklow back on dirt.

But Geroux, he's kicked out for good. Anyone would look good riding Gun Runner.

Rube my man it's not the jockey,trainer.the fix is in.....sometime we just handicap like shit!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I don't know how you pulled a rabbit out of your hat with Bricks and Mortar with those speed figures, Walt, but kudos.

In the future, I'll be more careful about taking horses with outside posts in turf races. Too much to overcome in getting position, even with a good horse.

I'm not really seeing anything I like until the 7th at Del Mar on Friday. I'm going to try using the Beyer Figures from now on, which are supposed to be best, but they don't give you EP vs. LP breakdown.

Dude, I told you Bricks and Mortar will win the Breeder's Cup mile over a month ago:

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He's never lost a race. Why would his speed figures matter? He's running as fast as he needs to. If you watch his race on the Fourth of July and see the way he closed into a weak pace on a track that was playing well up front, it was just fucking unbelievable.

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the Million

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

If he did that well, then his performance should have been reflected in the speed figures. That's what I'm trying to understand. Where was the evidence? He did have a good LP figure, but I wasn't sure his EP figures could put him in a position to win. I'm guilty of having had my mind set on Arklow, too. Goes back to what Walt said, bad handicapping. I should have watched videos of Bricks and Mortar and the other horses, as you said.

My decision was mostly quantitatively driven, plus I was convinced Geroux would be gunning for it. Arklow came up best by a good margin. But as I said, the horse fell victim to jockey error and a bad post. I don't think it was the horses fault at all. I saw how he wanted to run down the stretch. No where to go.

It's like a pitcher's W/L record. It's who you beat, not how fast you go doing it. Good horses win slow races and fast races. Bricks and Mortar isn't slow.

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I agree, JORR. I look at that, too.

But Timeline had both the speed and the undefeated record, and he didn't win his last. Neither did Arrogate. It's still a crap shoot to some degree.

This guy at the OTB on Sat. put $30 on a horse. Don't know what race it was. And then he's red in the face, because his horse lost the jockey. I felt bad for the guy. In horse racing, shit happens more often than you'd guess.

i shoulda just believed in b&m.

i'm not sure what horse/race to look forward to in the near future though.

The Travers looks like it's going to be a great betting race.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don