Thoughts from the Churchill backstretch

[big18741]

I was reviewing the speed/presser/stalker types last night and the one in my mind that has the best chance to be hanging around at the 1/8th pole is Pants On Fire.

Post position will be pretty key and so are tactics.Don\'t think he can get involved in any duels but best chance is sitting 4th,5th,6th and saving some ground.Broke his maiden on a sloppy track,ran okay at five different tracks,and as Michael D. pointed out runs best with time between races.Had some issues in between the Risen Star and the La Derby but still managed to run the new top.

He\'s only improved a few off the two year old top so another move isn\'t out of the question.By all reports he\'s doing pretty well at CD.Even though the half mile work wasn\'t fast on the clock-both the Mig and Stevens liked the way he did it better than Shackleford who was very fast against the clock.

Would be interested to hear any comments Jim on how he seems to be doing.

                            Thanks

[sekrah]

big18741 Wrote:
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> I was reviewing the speed/presser/stalker types
> last night and the one in my mind that has the
> best chance to be hanging around at the 1/8th pole
> is Pants On Fire.
>
> Post position will be pretty key and so are
> tactics.Don\'t think he can get involved in any
> duels but best chance is sitting 4th,5th,6th and
> saving some ground.Broke his maiden on a sloppy
> track,ran okay at five different tracks,and as
> Michael D. pointed out runs best with time between
> races.Had some issues in between the Risen Star
> and the La Derby but still managed to run the new
> top.
>
> He\'s only improved a few off the two year old top
> so another move isn\'t out of the question.By all
> reports he\'s doing pretty well at CD.Even though
> the half mile work wasn\'t fast on the clock-both
> the Mig and Stevens liked the way he did it better
> than Shackleford who was very fast against the
> clock.
>
> Would be interested to hear any comments Jim on
> how he seems to be doing.
>
>                             Thanks



;-).  I\'ll give my comments/picks either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.

[Ill-bred]

As far as who is thriving, Archarcharch is tops on my list. He moves over this track very well.