First Samurai falls to Keyed Entry.
Well, a top 3YO contender making his return after cutting down in distance from the BC Juve loses to an in form horse with sole tactical speed. History repeats itself. Don't worry, Richiebee. This thread has already been done with Stevie Wonderboy and Brother Derek. LOL
Bob
Bobphilo:
How bout those fast times at Hallandale High... Ah those precocious kids are at it again.. they broke the track 6f record with their internal fraction, and broke the track record for the likely seldom run 7.5 mark distance... would be interested to see what the gallop out past a mile was...close to track record I
would imagine.
Yes once again the first out of the gate won a 3YO prep, defeating a rival who couldn\'t go by. And it doesn\'t hurt to be running over a quaqmire and to be by Honour and Glory, who is by RELAUNCH, who is IMO as strong a slop influence as one can find in any pedigree.
Are racehorses getting faster? Are surfaces getting faster? Are teletimers accurate? Are they less accurate in inclement weather? Do you think horsemen were happy that a track which was absorbing so much moisture was yielding fast times?
As to the winner of the Holy Bull, he looked professional, but still has not won over a fast track. I look forward to trying to beat him at short odds in his first try over a fast surface.
Richiebee,
I think the results from Gulfstream show there is no such thing as a "stanadard" sloppy track. Having included Super Frolic and Suave in my Exactas, I was initially optimistic when I saw the sloppy designation since both of these horses had run well on off tracks. Not so on the new Gulfstream slop- they didn't handle it at all.
As far as Barbaro, though his win was visually impressive, the time was slow. Their used to be a mistaken belief that turfers liked the mud when just the opposite is true, so I'm not too concerned with his slow time. I think he put away the field on class alone despite disliking the footing. I'm eagerly awaiting his fast dirt debut.
I remember Michael Matz from his show jumping days. Unlike most equestrians, he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth but was a great rider and brought home an Olympic medal. He also risked his life to save a couple of kids in a plane crash.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the ability of the horse, but I am rooting for him and Barbaro. Sentiment aside, I'll wait and see how he does in his next race before touting him as a Derby contender.
Bob
richiebee Wrote:
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> Bobphilo:
>
> How bout those fast times at Hallandale High...
> Ah those precocious kids are at it again.. they
> broke the track 6f record with their internal
> fraction, and broke the track record for the
> likely seldom run 7.5 mark distance... would be
> interested to see what the gallop out past a mile
> was...close to track record I
> would imagine.
Maybe those werent track records. Maybe they were Negative 5\'s?
> Are racehorses getting faster? Are surfaces
> getting faster? Are teletimers accurate? Are they
> less accurate in inclement weather? Do you think
> horsemen were happy that a track which was
> absorbing so much moisture was yielding fast
> times?
Can\'t complain with the Donn results, but did anyone else like the old Hallandale better?
> As to the winner of the Holy Bull, he looked
> professional, but still has not won over a fast
> track. I look forward to trying to beat him at
> short odds in his first try over a fast
> surface.
If Barbaro is special that second place horse ain\'t bad either. Not sure they are the ones, but they have to be closer to it than First Samurai.