tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post3057489504630216475..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Stay SkepticalAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-47462832327226709032011-08-01T08:23:55.133-04:002011-08-01T08:23:55.133-04:00You can take those sheets #s and run them right up...You can take those sheets #s and run them right up the flagpole. Pants On Fire can't hold Shackleford's jock. I don't believe for a second that Shackleford's career top is a 7. TG is probably closer to the mark. -jpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-49024009766224538742011-07-31T17:27:17.616-04:002011-07-31T17:27:17.616-04:00On Sheets, he had a 3 and a half point move forwar...On Sheets, he had a 3 and a half point move forward in his last, with his previous top coming in the LA Derby. He surely could bounce, and the guy who rides the Ragozin Insider column in TB Times doesn't like him.<br /><br />But a number of the others are also coming off tops that should set them back.<br /><br />Shackleford could move forward, and that commentator likes him. But his top is a 7, and Pants is coming off a 3 3/4. I'm hoping Pants will pair or only regress a little.<br /><br />This isn't a big play for me, it's just that on sheets, Shack is no faster than anyone else, I think Ice is likelier to bounce than Pants, and Pants is next fastest.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-90817907456554217342011-07-31T12:26:23.333-04:002011-07-31T12:26:23.333-04:00Yeah, unfortunately for you, I agree about Shackle...Yeah, unfortunately for you, I agree about Shackleford. I was briefly on his bandwagon for the Belmont, and now I'm off. Pants on Fire seems an erratic type, and is due for an 'out' in his in-out-in-out pattern. But he had excuses in the Risen Star and the Derby (as in, it was the Derby), and his Beyers cycled back to his top fig last time out, are you seeing that on the Sheets?Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-78221961505621975252011-07-31T11:18:16.646-04:002011-07-31T11:18:16.646-04:00Are you playing the Haskell today? I'll go on...Are you playing the Haskell today? I'll go on a limb and say that Shackleford is today's bad chalk. (Does this guarantee he'll be the second coming of Stay Thirsty?) <br /><br />It's a weird race with lots of speed but all of it rating-type speed and I think Shack'll be wide from post 5. I'm hoping Coil (and maybe Joe Vann) duels with Shack and I'll be looking for Pants to catch fire round the turn. Not a big value, I know, but to me, betting the hot pants is much better than the 7-5 or less I think you'll get on Shack.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.com