How Good Is Desert Gate

[Tavasco]

Is Baffert trainee and Best Pal Stakes winner Desert Gate that good or is the field and West Coast 2 year old crop mediocre so far.


And how could Willow Case go off @27/1 in the Sharp Susan (8th race @ GP slop)?

[milwmike]

If you didn\'t get the sheets, you can check it out tomorrow, but based on the only efforts of the field, he was 7 points better than the next fastest horse in the race.

The stablemate in the 2nd (who also won for fun) would have been a better comparison (3.5 points faster in only start).  However, based upon Harrington\'s workout report, the two worked against one another in final prep and DG easily outworked him (B+ compared to B-).

He may be really good, but that field was garbage.