How good is Harlan's Holiday?

[Michael D.]

I usually lean on the Pletcher/Velazquez team when betting, but is this horse good enough to beat the best going a mile and a quarter? If I were Pletcher, I would take a shot at the Saturday race, and see how much punch the horse has at the end. If he runs well, on to the Classic. If he fails, however, he should go right to the BC Mile. The horse runs like he would love a mile, and is bred on top and bottom to love the weeds.

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Your wish is granted. HH to the JCGC.

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Mike:

How good is HH? One has to take into account that Todd was a great student of the Master Blaster DWL! One needs to look no further than Left Bank to see how under Todd\'s training regimen, the impossible is more likely to happen than not. HH has only been a student for a short while and hit his top at first asking for Todd. I\'m looking for a winning forward move.

Lido looks like an 0-2-X candidate
Evening could bounce to the moon off the <2.0>
Nothing Flat will need much better than his 3\'s
Milwaukee has hit two 0.5\'s as a 5yo HH twice as a 3yo, who\'s better bunky?
Fabreeze has paired tops of 0.5\'s as a \"7yo\"
Puzzlements bests of 3.0 wellll, maybe the hood changes his life.

HH in my mind is a solid single key in Pik 3\'s & 4\'s. If Lido wins, BFD, value is shot to hell.

Later,

JB

[Michael D.]

JB,
How about Repent?......  I really don\'t know what to make of HH. My gut feeling tells me he doesn\'t want the mile and a quarter, and I would rather see him cut back. I don\'t like the race though, so I will still be rooting for him (if it\'s wet fast, I might make a small bet on him). If track is drying out, and the closers have a chance, I could see one of the two Frankel horses winning it in the lane. He has his BC horse in MdO, so I imagine both MB and LP will be cranked up big time for this one.