Well if you look at the form coming in Asi Siempre was a better horse than Happy Ticket. The only one that could have beat her was Spun Sugar who you never know when she'll fire. If Bernardini met English Channel on polytrack he'd have no problem with him since he's the better horse. I really haven't seen a really good dirt horse get taken down by an average turf horse yet. Perhaps when all things are equal the advantage goes to the turf horse but I don't think it is a significant advantage.

Happy Ticket had the race won if he didnt get completely cut off.

Thats very hard to make that statement. Asi Siempre was coming with a full head of steam down the center and would have been tough for Happy Ticket to catch. I think the margin of victory would have been less, but I think the Biancone charge would have still won. Asi Siempre got the all important jump on Happy Ticket.

I don't agree at all that Asi Siempre was the better horse coming in. She was 1-1-1 in five starts on the year and the highest level she's ever actually won at was grade three and had never run on dirt. Meanwhile, Happy Ticket was 2-3-0 in five starts, has won a grade two this year and narrowly missed in a grade one and has won multiple graded stakes on the dirt at several distances. I can't agree at all with the assessment that u never know when Spun Sugar will fire. She had only been off the board once in her 11 career starts so it seems to me that she fires just about every time. In addition to that, in her six career races around two-turns, she was 5-1-0. How do u make the claim that u never know when she'll fire? In her two-turn races, she's handled Keeneland, Pimlico, Saratoga, Gulfstream, and Oaklawn. If anything, she's shown that she's very consistent and doesn't need to take her track with her.

The Distaff division is weak compared to the FM Turf. Using Beyers Asi Siempre looked better coming in than Happy Ticket. Spun Sugar might do well in her races but her figures are all over the place. She has about two or three lifetime races that she had a high enough figure to run with Asi Siempre.

Ok. Sorry, but I disagree that Asi Siempre looked better than Happy Ticket going in. Maybe u saw something that most everyone else didn't though. Happy Ticket was 8/5 and Asi Siempre was 9/2.

Just for the record, Asi Siempre was one of my top two plays for the race.....but only because she was proven on grass, not because I thought she looked better coming in.

I don't have the slightest idea how anyone could say a horse like Asi Siempre was a better horse, none. I mean she'd won one race all year, and failed against the stop dogs in her own division. Whatever, just let her line up in he gate at CD on BC day in the Distaff and we'll see just who shes better than.

I'll post the figures tonight, I don't have them here. I'm sure some discounted her because she was a turf horse and the race was on "dirt". Others probably looked at her record and saw she wasn't winning as much as the dirt horses in the easier Distaff division.

It would be insane if they went to the Distaff with Asi Siempre though. A turf horse running well on polytrack does not mean they will magically like the dirt.

Don't bother with the figures. They don't mean much of anything to me when I've been able to see the races for myself. I mostly only use figures in handicapping horses I haven't seen.

Well that certainly makes it tough to compare dirt and turf horses clashing heads on polytrack. Picking the best turf horses might work for a bit while their odds are still inflated but eventually more bettors will catch on and it won't be that simple.

I'm confused as to what you're saying here- High Cotton is a good dirt horse who liked it because he won the Rushaway on it? If that's the case, i'll make the counter argument that he could have won that race 3 legged with the bums in that field. I'm not so sure he REALLY liked it, because he certainly didn't run his fastest in that race, rather than he just was a layup against that group.

Sadly, something was amiss in the Pegasus. He stopped like a hooker at a Jersey Turnpike rest stop at the top of the stretch. I'm hoping it was just he bled or something.

I dont agree with this. You have Pine Island and Balletto who should love and need every inch of the track, you have Healthy Addiction on a roll coming from the West... she's classy and seasoned.

Then you have Fleet Indian, Spun Sugar, and Happy Ticket who have all proven themselves one time or another to be real dangerous when given the chance.

And then you have the unknown of Asi Siempre.

It might not be a full field, but each member is distinguished in their own right. And almost anybody could make a case for any one of these mares to win.

High Finance to take this one!!!!!!

I'm going with Midnight Lute...or 'Fish Sticks' which was what we called him as a baby...

I think the Distaff will be a fantastic race this year, I just don't think any of the horses are especially good. I like Pine Island and Balletto for the exacta but they aren't exactly throwing 100+ Beyers up left and right like Gorella, Film Maker, Honey Ryder, Wait a While, and Asi Siempre are in the FM Turf division. My point is we shouldn't be too surprised that the sixth or seventh best horse in the FM Turf division can beat the second or third best horse in the Distaff division on a track that plays to both turf and dirt.

Oh man that's too many horses!! Obviously polytrack isn't working out! Calgon take me away to JCGC day! Whooo now we're talkin!

Yeah, Keeneland's always had a problem getting big fields, I mean who wants to run in $50,000 maiden races....

Here are the brisnet PP's

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...cher_58962.pdf

I'll take a shot with Court Folly. He has been working well at the slow
and deep training track at Skylight Training Center in Kentucky.

I was wondering where those workouts were coming from.

Nice field...I've been staring at the PP's forever! LOL

Big difference in a grade 3 and a maiden race. :rolleyes:

I like High Finance best.