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drbillym

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GP R7
« on: January 23, 2011, 03:18:29 PM »
Escort is owned and bred by Claiborne Farms, trained by Pletcher.  I know Jerry has made a distinction between Pletchers firsters depending on whether or not they are homebreds.  Can someone 0r jerry remind me of that distinction?  Looks live in the early DD pools and I want to use the Tagg horse as well.
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drbillym

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Re: GP R7
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 03:20:42 PM »
In addition, Pletcher has a non home bred in the same race, #6, who is also live in the early DD pools.
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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2011, 05:38:03 PM »
As I heard it at Saratoga, Jerry\'s theory is that when a trainer runs a horse bought at auction it\'s typically because they\'ve seen something they like in its conformation or a speedy breeze. A homebred from a society stable may be a bum but the trainer has no choice but to train it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 06:25:52 PM »
Meant to answer that myself and forgot. Yeah, that\'s basically it. A homebred may randomly be good, but on average it\'s not going to be the athletic individual the top stables are able to grab when they get to pick them.
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2011, 12:47:24 PM »
As an uninformed opinion I might add. If the horse looked good with a good pedigree maybe they would have sold him for Big $Bucks$. And then again maybe they tried but didnt get as much as they liked (the Reserve) so they kept him.

Be curious to know what # Washingtons Rules ran in the 5th at Gulfsteam last Saturday. I hear the price is going up!
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