Pros and Cons

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

I made it pretty clear in a thread that I like Nick Zito. I think he\'s a good trainer. Apparently they have found a hairline fracture on Commentator that they suspect he incurred during the running of the Hal\'s Hope. The horse didn\'t exhibit any signs of discomfort until a couple days after the race. The way these things develope you can never say with certainty they influenced the race. When they retire them over it thats a little different. It\'s funny to read what Zito says of Commentator now that the race is over. Pre Race he seemed to be talking very optimistically about the horse:

\"In my mind he\'s probably not a two-turn horse,\" Zito said. \"Perhaps he could get a mile and one-eighth around one turn at Belmont, but he\'s just too fast to do it around two turns when he\'s got to change leads again.

\"Remember,\" Zito added, \"he accomplished a lot in only a short time and also put on a lot of valuable weight between November and January, and I think the combination of the two was probably the reason he might have opened a little crack.\"

http://www.drf.com/news/article/61952.html

From the same link page this blurb about Dynever who is on his way to Saudi Arabia:

\"We were very pleased with Dynever\'s performance in the Hal\'s Hope,\" Moubarak said. \"He ran a super race, and it should set him up perfectly to go 2 1/4 miles.\"

Yeah, you read that right 18 marks...lol Now thats racing. He might get the ground I suppose. I haven\'t seen a burning desire for him to get marathon ground, but they must figure he can. That Zilzal dam side stuff and his light Belmont Stakes kinda dissuade me.

CtC