It wasn't the fact that it was coming back in three weeks, it was the fact that they altered his training. He was training for a different race so he wasn't set for the Wood. If the plan is the Travers now, three weeks is enough for any racehorse to be ready.

Those are fightin' words Drugzie! :p

He does seem to be past his seconditis I guess.....

At least for that race anyway.

Now that would be very interesting and something that LA Downs would love to market.

I sure did, ill say I hammered AGS, then parlayed it to Nashoba's key.
other bets hit as well. So it was a very good weeeknd. Thanks for asking.

Whodey...here is the article from the DRF

http://www.drf.com/news/article/87048.html

"Why wouldn't it fit AGS well?" might be the better question. He just beat a G1 with three horses better than anything he'd probably see there.

Not sure if anyone posted this already but AGS ran a 115 Beyer. . . Nice!

Seems a little high to me.

Seems a lot high to me.

MTH is probably a tough track to make figs for so who knows. . .

http://www.drf.com/news/article/87352.html

travers 'unlikely' for AGS--pletcher mentions the brooklyn or jcgc as possible only start before the classic.

drf article says 113--after a 110 in the dwyer.

Well the purse of $500k is very decent, he wouldn't have to beat very much in there (if Curlin goes the purse is $1mm and AGS just demolished Curlin). It is 9f on Sept 22 and the Travers is 10f on Aug 25th which gives AGS plenty of time to rest between now and then and it would be a perfect prep (in the sense of time) before the Breeders Cup on Oct 27th. He wouldnt have to face Street Sense and he wouldn't have to face older horses.

Thanks Slew, I do appreciate the link.

Heck, the JCGC could be a nice race. If AGS goes in the JCGC, I wonder where Lawyer Ron will race next?

Much as it pains me to say it, the JCGC has really turned into a pretty lousy race over the last few years with every good horse trying to avoid each other prior to the BC. Last year it was Bernie against 4 Grade 2 and 3 horses. Yawn. I doubt the Robot wants to run AGS 10 furlongs until they have to. Ditto for Lawyer Ron. I would think LR's next race will be the Woodward, the Saturday before Labor Day.

I think Lawyer Ron will most likely stay in the 8.5 - 9f range, with an eye on the 1m70yd BC race this November.
I think AGS has more of a future at 10f than Lawyer Ron, so the JCGC makes sense for him. AGS's running style and his dam-side pedigree (AP Indy, Spectacular Bid etc.) suggest that despite his fairly flat performance at 10f in May, he may be effective at that distance going forward.

It's not.

I came back with the same number (115) when I made my projection.