Travers

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Nice looking performance by Bernardini

Factors were the scratch of the speed to keep him honest and the unruly behavior of Ministers Bid again. Minister left his race at the gate.

Bluegrass Cat was forced to track and finished in a shade under 2:04. Not very impressive.  

Bernardini is a good horse, but we\'ll get him. Just need to catch the right field.

The good news is that hes not showing a lot of tractability recently. He\'s grown accustomed to being in front.

[shanahan]

you are igonring a legend in progress...this is  a BC singletom.  who was it that disputed my Darley proporisinton?

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

shanahan Wrote:
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> you are igonring a legend in progress...this is  a
> BC singletom.  who was it that disputed my Darley
> proporisinton?

He\'s a good horse and to me appeared to run a straight path home. The Travers however tends to be additional evidence that he\'s developing a very eager attitude. Ideally, Kip Deville runs and Ministers Bid  matures to test the good horse hypothesis. Neither one happened and the lack of an early challenger made the race an easy pass.

It looked good, but dont\' think he beat much again. The division was never stellar and it got very weak with Barbaro, Sweetsaint, Bro Derek and Sinister Minister all passing the late year events. Also don\'t think Bluegrass Cat ran a very big number

He\'s in a good spot for the time being, but then so was Lost in the Fog. The real tests are around the corner and there will be no easy lead should he continue to run aggressively.

Hopefully he\'ll square off in open class at odds on.

Regarding the number and only roughly factoring path, certainly Ministers Bid did not equal his zero.

Dr. Pleasure pinched at the break 5

He\'s an old Salt steadied and wide 4 or less

Bluegrass Cat coming off short rest and being forced to press 2

Bernardini about a Negative 1 it looked good but there wasnt anything to challenge him. He leads the division clearly.