| King Glorious |
10-01-2006 02:14 PM |
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Following the preliminaries to Discreet Cat's guaranteed victory in today's Jerome Handicap at Belmont over such luminaries as Nar and Quietly Go Goldolphin Stables, in their usually " throw caution to the wind " style, have announced an ambitious assault on this year's BC. They have contacted BC officials, who were more than willing to reshuffle the sequence of races in order to accomodate the man who filled the coffers of all breeders, and subsequently will be running Discreet Cat in the BC Sprint ( now the first race ), the BC Mile ( now the 4th race ) and either the BC Turf or the BC Classic.
While this aggressive schedule may seem unrealistic to some it is hardly surprising for both a horse so obviously better than any horse that ever lived and for as daring a stable as Godolphin. While they recognized that Discreet Cat would be making as many starts on November 4th as many of their charges make in a lifetime the Sheik was quick to point out " Special horses demand special situations ". In this time of shortened careers and careful placing this writer is proud to see the Sheik stepping out from the crowd.
Garrett Gomez, Discreet Cat's rider, was quick to point out that the BC Sprint was really going to take no more effort than Discreet Cat's normal prerace warmup. Thus he will be well warmed up for the BC Mile, and as Gomez said, we all know he is equally good on all surfaces. Thus both races will be mere cakewalks for this proven superstar.
While Godolphin is expected to then hold out for the Classic, there are some that believe Discreet Cat will run in the BC Turf simply to keep their options open for then returning in the Classic. As for those that think they will skip the Classic just to allow their other star, Bernardini, win that race, the Sheik scoffed at that notion. " Why would we allow an inferior beast such as Bernardini to steal the limelight from his obviously superior stablemate? "
I, for one, can hardly wait.
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This post has helped me to see the stupidity of my thinking. What this sport needs more of is people without imagination. We need more people to stick with the traditional ways and to stop thinking outside of the box. We need to stop running fillies against the boys. That's stupid. Forget about what Winning Colors, Lady's Secret, Personal Ensign, and Serena's Song did. Girls shouldn't run against the boys. Pride has NO CHANCE of beating out Hurricane Run, Shirocco, and Deep Impact today in the Arc. Instead, she needs to be in the Prix Opera. Girls against girls, boys against boys. What else? Oh yeah, horses should NEVER switch surfaces because when u are good on one, u need to stay on that one because u can't be good on another. I wish the trainers of horses like Lava Man, John Henry, Giant's Causeway, and Secretariat would understand this simple truth. What else? Well, while we are at it, 3yo's shouldn't run against older. There are too many races for 3yo's to stick with their own kind and it makes no sense to step outside of their division. Guys like Neil Drysdale and Andre Fabre are obviously idiots. I mean, didn't Drysdale realize that Prized was a really good dirt horse, good enough to beat Sunday Silence in the Swaps? What was he thinking when he put Prized in the BC Turf as his grass debut? That Prized WON the race is irrelevant. It was a dumb move. And Fabre is really stupid. I mean he took a horse named Jolypha and ran her against just about EVERY logical training edict there is. To start, Jolypha was a multiple grade one winning, champion 3yo filly in France. So what does Fabre do with her? He ships her across the Atlantic to run her against males (older ones at that) in the BC Classic, her first start on dirt. It doesn't get more ridiculous than this does it? That she finished third, only beaten 1/2 length by our champion older male is irrelevant. It was a stupid idea to try it.
My point here? I guess I really don't have one. By his comments, I know I partly inspired BTW to write this post. It was actually pretty well written and pretty funny. But what is so wrong about me suggesting that it would be a good idea to run Discreet Cat in the BC Mile? Sure it would be his first start on grass but if he's really supposed to be an extraordinary horse, as I believe he is, shouldn't he be able to do extraordinary things? Prized could switch over with no problems. Giant's Causeway, Sakhee, Johannesburg, Arazi, Sheikh Albadou, Dayjur, Arcangues, Ibn Bey.....all horses that made their debut on a new surface in a BC race and either won or ran in the money. Why can't Discreet Cat do it? We know that the mile distance would probably be perfect for him. If he's good enough, they could win BC races with him and Bernardini and never have to run them against each other. Wouldn't that be ideal for them? Why is it such a silly idea? |
