Pulpit

[big ant]

That Pulpit pedigree didn\'t fare too poorly at the Big A today. Tell me was it the Unbridled side that ran well today?

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Hats off to Tapit.

He did do it four wide. It was only his second back and he could still be moving forward. Did you see that stagger job in the stretch? He looked like a drunken sailor. The question is why? Did he need one more or was he all out? Being last might not have been the worst place to be in that race. Although Little Matth Man certainly didn\'t make up any ground.

I could be wrong about him. I hope he runs in the Derby.

[Michael D.]

i remember preach, the dam of pulpit. she ran a decent mile i think as a two year old, but faded in the stretch in the BC, in a very slow race. pulpit ran ok in the blue grass, but i think that was a five or six horse field without any pace over a speed favoring surface. i believe he wired them in a slow time. captain bodgit flew by him in the fla derby, and pulpit had little to offer in the stretch in the derby. looks like his strong suit as a sire will be milers. as for the wood, i think the race went pretty slow. edd once again had a lot of trouble changing leads, which led to his downfall. i would get that horse away from henning immediately. if JD can\'t get it done with henning training him, nobody will. in my opinion, pletcher could turn that horse into a champion.

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

I just read at the Brisnet site that Tapit supposedly wasn\'t 100%. But then I don\'t think most of the field was 100%. I know Master David wasn\'t. Eddington is still learning. I Think Value Plus bounced or couldn\'t handle Sinister\'s Pressure. I think Sinister bounced. (But nothing from the Lanes End ran well today) It was an interesting race. I\'m looking forward to viewing replays. Dickenson is high on him. He said he\'d be happy with third today to qualify for the Derby. No one has mentioned it yet, but he was all over the track the last dozen strides or so. To my knowledge he is the first 9 mark winner for Pulpit and I do think the stout side breeding is gonna be what carries him over the top if he\'s not already there. He overcame some adversity to win: Short training, a cold, way back, going wide. Thats in his favor. The next will tell. I\'m still guessing he\'s a miler   lol

You know theres the sentimental aspect with Him. He was the last horse bought by \"the Donut king\"...Verne Winchell. Mr. Winchell passed away without gettin to see him run is my understanding. For all the years he knocked on the Derby door. It may be his son that enjoys the reward for him.

A similar sentimental story exists with Smarty Jones. He\'s named after the owners Mom or Grandma is my understanding. She passed away at a ripe old age, but loved horses. She\'d earned the nickname \"smarty jones\" cause she was such a sprite and so clever. Smarty was born on her birthday so naturally he got her moniker.  

Aqueducts 2nd was a hunch bet in a way for me in regard to sentiment. I\'d read TGJB\'s poor luck with Lil Miss Sparkle and shortly thereafter I read a story how Edward Evans lost two mares, one of which went in the clinic for post birth care. While at the clinic they supposedly discover shes got a broken leg. Imagine that?  She was a valuable high class mare. The winner in Aqueducts 2nd today was one of her foals and had been bet down first and had all kinds of trouble. I couldn\'t let that go.

You can\'t produce these kinds of stories. They are real.



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[shanahan]

Smart Jones - I could not resist to have several hats overnited to me here in hot springs while here for the meet...a few words about Tapit - to me he looked like Thunder Gulch, looking the whole way down the stretch into the crowd!  I loved it...bet my biggest pik 3 of my life and broke dead even (maybe lost 50 cents!)only because Shorty won at dead even...god, I love this stuff!  Anyone heading to KNLD next wkend?

[JR]

I think he didn\'t change leads.

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

shanahan wrote:

a few words
> about Tapit - to me he looked like Thunder Gulch, looking the
> whole way down the stretch into the crowd!  I loved it...

It could be. I don\'t remember seeing him do that in the Laurel Futurity or the Florida Derby. The crowd was bigger Florida Derby Day. His head sure was cocked to the right. I noticed it right about the time he had to go outside of Swingforthefences. When he cleared him, he suddenly veered in to the left. Luckily he was clear there. Why no one, not even the Jockey post race, mentioned the erratic behavior I can\'t understand. I don\'t know if he threw his own head right to offset a fatigue pull to the left or the Jockey was steering him right and then he bore in suddenly when he\'d cleared SWTF. He had horses in front of him and he cocked his whole head to view the grandstand? Maybe, I\'m guessing fatigue or something bothering him.

[fasteddie]

He runs with his head cocked like that in every race; I was at his debut at Delpark, and he did it there; at Lrl he did it just off the turn, and Dominguez practically ripped his head off to straighten him. In a public work between races, thay were teaching him to split horses, and this time, he behaved himself.

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

O.k. Tapit runs with his head kettered more than Pollard\'s Vision. I can accept that, but what about that 2-3 path bear in at the wire?

Heres the latest standings on the graded earnings requirement. The horse on the bubble is Pro Prado and I hope he gets in. TGJB steered me onto him and I cashed a chalky but straight trifecta with him. I think he\'s one that has moved forward with every race.

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2004/derby_coverage/derby_news/derby_news_04122004.html

Note that \"Constipate\" is poised to enter the field before Eddington. The \"Baffert Trifecta\" is still a possibility.





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