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Quality Road's schedule
I heard Steve Allday mention yesterday on ATR that Zenyatta, as great as she is, doesn't want any part of Quality Road this year. Tongue in cheek or not, it got me to thinking, what the hell is QR doing in the barn for so long then? Almost four months off after the Donn? Then what, the Woodward if we're lucky? I understand the horse has had foot issues in the past, but he's on pace for a six-race campaign, which should be unacceptable for an aspiring champion.
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I was thinking the same thing the other day, they're really treating him (QR) with "kid gloves".......one step goes wrong, it's to the breeding shed. Guess he's fragile as eggs!
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The connections are taking the exact same approach to the year that I would have done. Personally, from fan's prospective, I wish he would run in the Foster at CD against possibly Zenyatta and Rachel. From the connection's perspective, the Met Mile is a much better race to win to form a Stallion resume. |
I suspect his 'schedule' depends on the 'schedule' (availability) of the high grade elixir (and doctored tracks).
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Why is it surprising that he'd only run six, seven, eight times? That's iron horse-like compared to some of his contemporaries.
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While Quality Road has won going nine furlongs, both races were at Gulfstream Park, where he obviously thrives.
I think going a one-turn mile is more up his wheelhouse and the Met Mile makes a ton of sense. This is not to say he cannot handle nine furlongs in a race like the Stephen Foster, but I think the Met Mile is a neat race, with a lot of tradition, and is a great next spot. |
QR was given a bit of time not only because of the hole in the schedule in March and April but because they hadn't really stopped on him since last July, so he had earned a bit of a rest. Especially the way horses are handled nowadays.
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If I were trainer he would run every week at Gulfstream and about two times the rest of the year.
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Yep. What a shi!t race.
In the last decade alone it has attracted only BC Classic winners, Dubai World Cup winners, Donn Handicap winners (go figure), Strub winners, Big Cap winners, Woodward winners, Whitney winners, Pimlico Special winners, etc. How about the Grade 1 Carter at 7f instead? |
What does a Grade II race do for him, for HOY or breeding?
Jesus, what a non-issue. |
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A grade II race is insignificant to him. If he needed a race as a prep, they work. Otherwise, who gives a damn? |
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No one said that, except the imaginary person you are debating (they are so much easier to convince!). The point is a Grade II does zero for him, not that it hurts him. Nobody else of note showed up for the damn race, either, by the way. |
With fragile animals and the "sheet" guys making their case, you just aren't going to see anyone run 10 graded races like Cigar did in the mid 90's.
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Can't wait for the Eclipse Awards. That's when the real racing begins. |
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Tag-team morons on a horsey forum. Gee, I've never seen that before. How novel.
Oy. |
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Not sure why you're even posting right now seeing how the next significant (ie Grade 1) race isn't until the Kentucky Oaks. Maybe you can go suck on a lollipop in the meantime... |
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But to say that the Oaklawn is insignificant merely because its a Grade 2 is as preposterous as it gets. Pletcher won the race (while it was a Grade 2) with Lawyer Ron, who later went on a tear and ultimately won the Eclipse as champion handicap horse the same season. Coincidentally, Pletcher had no problem running Lawyer Ron in the Met Mile in his next start following his Oaklawn win (IIRC he was 3rd to Corinthian). |
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3rd in Met Mile, beaten 1 1/2 by easy BC Dirt Mile winner 2nd in Salvator Mile, beaten neck by MTH lover 1st in Whitney, setting a track record 1st in Woodward 2nd in Jockey Club Gold Cup, beaten head by HOY Clearly, the Oaklawn Handicap did him in. |
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but only because it was a gr 2... |
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Lawyer Ron's last 2 races were at a mile and a quarter. This was not his best distance. He ran well in the JCGC, until the last 8th.
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4-year-old year only:
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