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Well there is the "Sun King" angle.
Sun King won that 6f Sprint Stakes race at Keeneland back in the spring. I'm pretty sure that was his first cut-back in distance and he won. You know the fractions will be suicidal in the Sprint, so DC could sit off of it and hope to come with a run late. Even if Godolphin's idea is to save him for next year- I'm so afraid he's gonna pull a Ghostzapper and be retired after a race. If you got him in good form now, you gotta keep moving up. There is this angle too: What if he loses whatever BC race he's entered in? So what? Just give him a layoff until '07 and start it up again. Give him a couple of easy spring preps, and get him prepped for the biggies next summer. |
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And Discreet Cat is too fast to close. He'll be up there running a :21 quarter with all of them if they're insane enough to put him in the Sprint. This is a completely different situation than Ghostzapper's. Ghostzapper had already won the Classic, and had already won HOY. There was no reason to bring him back. They brought him back to try to showcase his talent, then realized it wasn't worth the risk once he hurt himself. Discreet Cat hasn't done anything yet. He won the UAE Derby and The Jerome. That's it. There's absolutely no incentive to run him once next year and retire him. It's not about losing the BC race. It's about possibly losing the horse. You're worried about not seeing him next year. I'd say there's a much bigger chance this fear will become reality if he's in this year's BC than if he isn't. |
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That's how you ruin a horse. If they ducked the Cigar Mile, then I'd be on your side. But skipping the BC is just logical and levelheaded. |
The Cigar Mile really would be the optimum spot for this horse. I even said that he should go in the Cigar Mile before his race today. Besides, a matchup between Silver Train and Discreet Cat would be something that I would absolutely love to see. All I have to do is wait a little longer to see the monster run again...
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Can Godolphin keep Humpty Dumpty together? Sure the ideal situation would be to go light this year and campaign for HOY next year culminating in the BCC, but it seems that its only a matter of time before this horse gets injured again. No it's not best to go into the BC off these two races, but he's healthy right now - who knows what his condition will be 13 months from now.
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Newsflash. His next race is going to be a much harder one than what he's been facing. Doesn't matter if it's the BC Mile or the Cigar Mile. The BC Mile would just be more horses to beat but the effort needed is going to be nearly the same either way. He's more than likely going to have to run a 1:33 and change race in either spot. |
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Well King, I'm glad to see you have returned this thread to the ridiculous by comparing the times of dirt and turf races as though there is some relevence. Keep up the good, or should I say ridiculous, work. |
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Second, look at the four horses u mentioned for the Classic. Sun King has never won a grade one race either and never won at 10f so he's in the same boat at Discreet Cat. Lava Man is still completely unproven outside of California. Even his trainer has voiced some concern over how we'll he'll do. He's already BEATEN Invasor and that horse will be coming in off of a 13-week layoff. The only one that should be a real concern is Bernardini. I said the Mile or the Classic, preferrably the Mile. I didn't say the Sprint. |
Sorry.
Facing Silver Train off eight weeks at a mile on dirt is the same as facing George Washington, Araafa, Aragorn, Ashkal Way, Gorella, Showing Up, and Librettist off five weeks on a surface he's never tried before. Thanks for correcting me. The Mile would be much easier than the Sprint. |
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Either way, the depth of the fields faced is not even important. He'd have to run hard to beat Aragorn in the Mile. Or to beat Araafa. Or George Washington. Just like he'd have to run hard to beat Silver Train. In fact, he might even have to run HARDER to beat Silver Train than he would have had to run in the Mile. |
He'd have to beat all of them. Usually beating five or six very good horses is a wee bit tougher than beating one, especially considering five weeks to eight, turf to dirt..
Man, what's the use.. |
And the $5 million Classic isn't the only race Discreet Cat's connections are contemplating. Rick Mettee, the assistant trainer for Godolphin Racing, said Monday that the $2 million Sprint could also be an option for Discreet Cat, who is 3 for 3 around one turn.
"He might just be good enough to do it," Mettee said. "He's got a lot of natural speed to stay close. It's always a tough raceo- there are usually horses in form and with more seasoning than us - but he might be the kind of horse to do it." Most racing observers would love to see Discreet Cat face Bernardini in the $5 million Classic. But since Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum owns both horses, that meeting is unlikely to happen. Bernardini, the Preakness and Travers winner, is scheduled to run in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Mettee said that no decision regarding Discreet Cat's next race would be made until after Bernardini runs. Sheikh Rashid, the son of Sheikh Mohammed, owns Henny Hughes, who is running in Saturday's Vosburgh, a key prep for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. "The Sprint, Classic, or Cigar Mile, I would think you would see him in one of the three," Mettee said. ______________________ When he won that allowance race and they said he wouldn't be running in the BC, I said I didn't believe that to be true. Just yesterday, when I said that I believe that the BC was in the plan all along, BTW said this to me: "I think it is very presumptuous of you to continue to make these claims. Godolphin is seemingly pretty clear about their plans and I don't think they have been planning some sort of sneak attack on the BC." Well, now it's looking more and more like they are seriously considering the BC. The most telling comment was when they said no decision will be made until after Bernardini runs. Isn't that exactly what I said the other day, before the Jerome? Quote:
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Oh, you're uninformed for sure, but I will leave the " idiot " part for others to decide. But, what you also are is a guy who takes " internet chances "....and NOW you are gloating? Give me a break. Obviously they are going to discuss the BC, duh, so you are hardly a brilliant prognosticator. But, the funniest part is that what you really have been insisting is that he would run in the BC Mile! Where is that mention by Godolphin. I was wrong, your sentiments really do belong in this thread, that's how silly they are. |
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