2012 Count Fleet (LS)

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Date/Track:
1/7/2012, Aqueduct
Post Time:
3:39 PM ET
Distance:
1 70y (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:42.83

What the Nation is saying about the 2012 Count Fleet (LS)...

Alpha’s third victory has earned mixed reviews in the Twitterverse. Here’s what some of our tweeps had to say.Read More
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  • JosefferAcosta Rives · next up $1,000,000 makes me think they believe in their horse in the wood and the derby why run in the Gotham and crush the field and make a bank deposit.Run in a better field in the Wood for a bigger bank deposit to simplify. · 100 days ago ·
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  • broxtone · Ditto Dude run for more green in the Wood and test the colt against grade 1 company instead of makin a bank deposit after the gotham then having a tougher race a month later and then 3 in 5 weeks if a tc run is in order. · 100 days ago ·
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Saturday’s grade three Withers Stakes marks the second stop on the 2012 New York Derby Trail. This year in New York there is $250,000 more of the Derby qualifying graded money available and the sequence of the races has been changed.Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · ALPHA wins the Withers handily. · 106 days ago ·
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  • zatt · Lookin' good! · 106 days ago ·
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Blogger Matt Shifman takes a historical look at the New York Derby trail, as well as, what an infusion of money could mean to this year's road to Louisville through the Big Apple ...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · UPDATE: Here are some purse comparisons for MSW/Allowance NW1. New York: 65/62, Parx: 45/47, Santa Anita: 56/58, Gulfstream: 52/54 · 120 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · UPDATE: The Withers closes with 42 nominations of which 20 are also entered in Sunday'sHoly Bull at GP. If Hansen runs in the Holy Bull that could mean a nice field at AQU. Withers nominees include: Algorithms, Alpha, Big Blue Nation, Casual Trick, Consortium, Discreet Dancer, Howe Great, My Adonis, Optimizer, Reveron, State of Play, and Trinniberg. All are nominated for the Holy Bull except State of Play. · 119 days ago ·
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Discreet Cat impresses on both Coasts with Out of Bounds and Discreet Dancer!Read More
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  • DeadHeat · Too early to tell that Brian. Out of Bounds looks like one that can handle more distance, and DD looked to have a lot more in the tank. Elusive Quality has sired some top horses at distances, just look at Raven's Pass and Smarty. QR also was grade one placed at 10f. He could go either way with Forestry, but I do believe that the UAE Derby is longer than a mile. 10f may have been to much for DC, but during his prime that speed could be carried a good ways. · 133 days ago ·
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  • terri.zeitz · Check out the article in the Saratogan on Dec 7th, "Rising Stars: Discreet Dancer Dazzles in Debut", The article talks about his extremely talented and classy dam and her female family. His dam, West Side Dancer, is out of Gone West. The Gone West line has produced Excluswive Quality, Smarty Jones, Awesome Feather, and Quality Road. Tood Pletcher said Discreet D was not at all tired after a mile and can go the classic distances. Look at his dam's line to see that quality. Both he and Awesome Feather are on facebook. Pletcher has a Little Red monster in his barn. And you can only bet on him in futures, as he has 4 to 5 odds at the track in his first 2 races. · 129 days ago ·
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The ungraded, $150,000 Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct was one of two Kentucky Derby 2012 prep races to be run on Jan 7 and strong favorite Alpha did not disappoint in New York. On the West Coast, Out of Bounds upset Secret Circle in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes. Count Fleet Stakes (1-7-12): 85 BSF (Alpha...Read More
Alpha gets back on track in Saturday's Count Fleet Stakes at the Big A. Stephanoatsee was up for the place.   
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  • ajump08 · I think the horse will pretty much run all day. I've never questioned that. · 134 days ago ·
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  • ajump08 · Ordinary preliminary Beyer set at 85. · 134 days ago ·
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Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin unleashed a pair of eye-catching 3-year-olds Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack, with odds-on favorite Alpha taking the $150,000 Count Fleet by 2 ½ lengths and Captivating Lass coming on late to capture the $100,000 Busanda for fillies in a thrilling finish. Carrying ...Read More
The $150,000 Count Fleet Stakes at a mile and seventy yards begins the Kentucky Derby 2012 journey for the newly turned 3-year-olds based in New York and it is put up or shut up time for Alpha. The promising son of flashy stallion Bernardini, out of Nijinsky II mare Munnaya, began his career with an...Read More
The Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct marks the 3-year old debut of a field of seven. After a break of about a month or two, these seven colts have returned to the track and are ready to begin their march to Churchill Downs. The first Saturday in May is still four months away, but it is never too soon ...Read More
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  • DeadHeat · I think Speight will be better prepared to run than he was in either the BCJ or Remsen. He had a good race at the distance and track in his last, so other than a bad trip, a poor performance coming from him will have no excuse. IV is dominating, I wouldn't be surprised to see him take this in the least. Shacks little bro is a big colt, and may take some time to get used to that gigantic frame. I think he'll only get better with distance and age. Alpha is a deserving favorite, but this is far from a slam dunk. · 135 days ago ·
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  • kedez2012 · Geez, this is a hard one... I not be surprised if either Whistleblower or Il Villano pulled off the win, but I'm also willing to take a look at How Do I Win just for long-shots sake. · 135 days ago ·
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With the $150,000 Count Fleet for 3-year-olds on tap Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack, what better time than the present to start thinking about the future? A field of seven sophomores was entered for the one-mile, 70-yard Count Fleet, the opening salvo in a trio of races leading up to the Grade 1, $1...Read More
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  • mdracing69 · Alpha spend the month of December in Florida (Palm Meadows Training Center) but has returned to NY for the Count Fleet. · 138 days ago ·
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  • jmac500 · He won't win this race. · 136 days ago ·
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Speightscity or Shkspeare Shaliyah will win.

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