Well....not to take anything away from the great GZ, but I think Romans and Frankel were in cahoots on BC day as they ran 1-2 around the track. I believe the owners of each horse were somewhat friendly. That being said GZ's win in The Met Mile was insane. If they stay healthy I think we are gonna see Curlin, Street Sense, and Rags all get together in The BC Classic. Not sure if I wanna see anymore match races. Did you happen to catch The Ruffian movie on ABC. Pretty good.
You obviously know horse racing well. GZ performance in the Met mile was like Conquistador Cielo's. CC running 1:33 (w last 2 quarters in 24 seconds each), I had a feeling he'd zip around the track in the Belmont 5 days later. You prob have something about GZ in the classic, i was surprised he had the lead so easily. Thought there was gonna be more pressure on him. I think Street sense will prove to be a cut below Curlin and RtR. He needs a fast pace or he is not going to win big races.
Thanks. Good to met another fan. I am not saying GZ was gonna get beaten in The Classic, but I found it VERY interesting how the owners of the 2nd place horse had a very good connection with the trainer of GZ. it's almost as if they were running for 2nd place. Just a thought. I was shocked when SS got beat at the wire. I think Borel was a bit too confident, and him looking over his shoudler might have cost the horse the race. Curlin is a freak.....period. To not race as a 2 yr old then do what he is doing is nuts. I agree with you about SS....he does need a set up to make his run. I also think he is gonna have problems with his closing/inside run style at Monmouth in the fall at The BC.
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WOW. i've never met anybody important and nobody invites me to anything. you people must be super fancy high roller types. or maybe not..... i'm too entertained to look away anyone who watched mr. sykes clown it up on tv and still read the book must be some sort of saint. i wish i were a better man.
I'm appalled to see that censorship has taken place on this thread. Tim apparently cried and got atticus posts removed. they contained very pertinent info about tim's fund. From what I remember: +25% 2004 +23% 2005 -23% 2006 -7% YTD 2007 all w approx $1M AUM. quite ordinary performance, so I suppose if I were tim and trying to sell a book, i wouldn't want these figures known either. Shame on whichever moderator bit and appeased tim's whining.
Again, I have no axe either way as to Mr Skyes, but I don't understand this gripe. Mr Sykes lays out his performance in detail in the book. Far from being 'unknown', I'm sure it's the best-publicized track record of any small fund in history. I've read and reviewed the book already (which few of the self-professed Timmy-experts on this thread have bothered to do), but I'd add that, on further reflection, the book is best enjoyed as the tale of the trials and tribulations of a start-up business (much in the spirit of all the dot-com books), rather than as a book of how-to-get-rich trading secrets, of which Mr Skykes, by his own attestation, hasn't any.
exactly, just an entertaining read for experienced traders, is how this should be marketed, not how tim was saying that he will teach us about micros and how to explot them
I don't think the 2007 YTD carries CYGT. Even Tim's "friends" think he's such a jackass that they blabbed about his big loss in this pink sheet. You think many funds would hire a guy who buys illiquid pink sheets with ~30% of their working capital to run a fund? I don't. I've asked him a number of times to post the excerpt from the book but I think he's too busy crying. He asked me to post something original and I did and now I'm waiting for the excerpt.