I like the way Carpe has been breaking this year. with a little nudge, he left quickly and secured position both times. took a bit of dirt at Tampa and responded well. could get a valuable ground saving trip. has a strong cruising speed, and the stride and pedigree to finish. prepared perfectly for this spot and sports a lovely pattern.
things could get ugly quickly if the 1 & 3 come out and in. significant trip risk here. but the other top ones have trip risk as well. Dort and/or AP could run too fast early securing position (as could FL), and Frosted and Upstart might lose a ton of ground.
if Johnny V works out the inside trip, a \'0\' could get it done. 7-1 fair enough.
key Carpe Diem.
Michael,
Hope things are well in tropical central NY!
I loved this horse coming in, a perfect pattern ready to burst through to a negative number. Posted here a couple of times and I dropped him like a hot potato after the draw. Today was a nice 6F workout for him, he expended a lot of energy out of his comfort zone rushing up for position.
He will live to fight another day!
Frank D.