When you're old, tired and in last place.....

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- [font size=4]JUST SAY CALIDOSCOPIO!!! -- NEVER GIVE UP![/font]

He raced practically in the Bronx in the early going, but Dona Pancha's Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) victor Calidoscopio caught up with seven opponents when it mattered to take the $200,000 Brooklyn Handicap (gr. II) June 7 on a sloppy track at rainy Belmont Park (VIDEO).

Spotting the field 22 lengths after a half-mile under jockey Aaron Gryder as 7-2 shot Percussion led through opening fractions of :24.16 and :48.54, the 10-year-old iron horse remained at the back of the pack by daylight before unleashing his giant run rounding the far turn of the 1 1/2-mile event. The Argentina-bred bay horse is the first 10-year-old in history to win a graded stakes race on dirt.

"He wasn't even in the race and before you know it, he started gobbling up ground," trainer Mike Puype said. "He absolutely just exploded when it was time to do his thing. I couldn't be happier. Belmont is such a long track. You have so much running to do here. Aaron hit him left-handed and got him in the sweet part of the track. He got them at the right time."

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1. That was an amazing race!

I happened to hear about the race the day after and a sportscaster was talking about this horse. He said something to the effect that this was typical of Calidoscopio's style of trailing in the beginning then kicking ass at the end

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2. Calidoscopio NOW!

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3. That made my morning. I gotta go do something awesome.

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4. It ocurred to me.....

...that Calidoscopio's lungs were probably much clearer than the other horses breathing in all the mud they were kicking up by the time they head into the final turn.

- That's what I call horse sense.

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6. It's also possible he had a very smart jockey who knew he could go long.

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5. !

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7. DU Rec