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Gio Ponti

Postby CountRaja » Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:16 pm

He's such a handsome guy!



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Postby Turn-To Fan » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:22 pm

Nice pics and yes, he is a handsome guy!
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Postby wangkw » Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:44 am

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Postby zinn21 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:57 am

He's a great horse. Essentially kept his Grade I form for 3 years.. Stakes winner from 2-6. 28 starts 12-10-1 with 11 stakes wins..
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Postby Aug27 » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:07 am

I agree. Can't believe some say he's not HOF material (like Jon White, for example.)
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Postby madelyn » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:14 pm

Pardon me, but what is "HOF material"?
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Postby Lisann » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:04 pm

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Postby CountRaja » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:18 pm

I'm glad I got to see him run at Keeneland. I've heard the Breeders Cup will be his last start.


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Postby Strategic Maneuver » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:40 pm

He is such a handsome guy and thanks again for sharing the pics. I try to never miss one of his races and will miss him when he retires.
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Postby wangkw » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:24 am

Gio Ponti raced 5 times this year..won the last start, 8F....Gio Ponti had 12 career successes..disregard the 1st 2 wins as a 2 yo...half
of his wins are in 8f...the duel with Goldikova can be very interesting..Goldie aussi ran 5 races this year..won Prix Rothchild (8f filly)
and Prix Díspahan (9.5f)..Goldikova won 15 times in career as a 3 yo and above..of which 12 times in 8f.
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