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Showing up is not showing up.Just read it on drf.com. Can anyone handle Kip Deville in this spot?

Also Oracle, Spoke to the Ieah crew and they tell me Wonder Lady is going in the CCoaks and they are expecting a field of 4. Hard not to get g1 placed there

WLAL will love the CCA Oaks distance....very live filly in that spot....as for Showing Up...that is actually surprising to me because it is $1 million that he would be 4-5 in....How is that not attractive?...That is as rare a scenario that you'll get as an owner/trainer....odds-on fave for $1 million on a course where your horse just dominated a solid field of turf 3yos....Wow, I can't believe they'd pass unless something was ailing the horse.....Maybe they are trying to keep him fresh for a race like the Gr. I Secretariat at ARL next month.....That would be the only logical reason I would see them forgoing the Virginia Derby proposition.....They might be out-smarting themselves here.....

tagg says he doesn't like the spacing and showing up will run next in the secretariat. Will Kip Deville be odds on in this spot?

I remember just a few years ago, two weeks was short rest and three weeks was optimal time off. Now three weeks is too short. *SIGH*. Sooner or later we're gonna see horses twice a year.

Absolutely not...as a matter of fact I believe he will be a huge play-against because the riders will be more concious of him and move to tackle him early down the backstretch instead of letting him run free until trying to reel him in the stretch.....

They very well may do that, but it's a risk. The more they send on the backstretch to keep KD honest, the more they may end up just taking the starch out of their own finish. Who is really going to want to tackle him early and still have plans to hit the board. It's a tough call.

English Channel sure didnt have a problem with it last year:D :D

Yeah, but on the other hand if you know he can go 1:08 and change for 3/4 and still finish then they are all running for second anyway, right? I think his last race was an aboration and I really don't see him turning in that type of freakish effort again..i really don't....And I really believe that there are a few jockeys that will attck him early if they have a horse with any tactical speed that they are riding.....they have to and will IMO....

Okay then, you may be right that he won't repeat the last, freakish performance. But if you're racing against him next time and you believe that, then you should be comfortable letting him go knowing that he will be coming back to the group. I don't have the answer but I sure do look forward to seeing him race again.

I just think that at least one of those jocks will go after him early on....gotta believe at least one tries to hook him down the backstretch...

I dunno Joel, I'm dying for her to win a grade one so I can say I purchased a grade one winner but Shug's filly looks like a real nice one who is just starting to develop and I think she may be ready to run a big one.

Will Dutrow bring Quincy back to ride , or will he uses one of his top riders now that they see that the horse can perform? Im sure the jock agents wernt knocking down his doors in the last becase they all probably had doubs abut this colts ability, IMO Quincy is a jock that is close for a breakthrough with the big boys.

Where did you read it on drf.com? Please provide the link. They are still undecided last I heard. He was considering working him on this Sunday but they had not made up their mind on the race. As for the Secretariat, I am not sure that is correct either. They still have not ruled out the Travers last I heard.

Ha Ha. They want no part of Kip Deville with a real jockey, so much for that.

I wouldn't go believing anything mp3 writes here as fact without a link to the story. I just sent an e-mail to find out the real story. The plan was still to run him last I heard. He didn't work this weekend because he didn't need the work. It is completely possible they are passing but Tagg is not one to make up his mind almost 2 weeks before the race. Remember Tagg ran him back in 2 weeks for the derby so 3 weeks is not a big deal. This is a 10F race at Colonial though so maybe he thinks it is just too much. This horse has a 4yr old season ahead of him so I guess they might want to be careful with him.

Kip Deville will not hit the board. You are delusional if you think KD is in the same league as Showing Up. WHERE IS THIS ARTICLE ON THE DRF? I hope for this guys sake he isn't just starting rumors. As of Tuesday morning I know for a fact they had not made a decision, although I also know the Travers was still on the table. I am not calling the guy a liar but if he is going to talk about the story he should provide a link. I sent an e-mail so I will know the real story later today.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/76158.html



It is towards the bottom of the article.

Sounds like he isn't running in the Virginia Derby or the Travers. Tough to go back and forth between turf and dirt.

Either that or the though that another grueling race in which they chase a lightning fast Kip Deville with Prado onboard rather than Hamilton has them taking another path. Smart move on their part if its true. I'd want no part of chasing Kip again with Prado onboard instead of the kid who opened up 17 lengths. YOu still really arent laboring under the delusion that if the kid only opened him up say by, a completely moronic 10 lengths as opposed to an incredibly moronic 17 lengths, that he was really going to beat Kip are you? I guess a lack of understanding of pace and energy expended would be expected by a guy not following the game real long.
Trust me, they want no part of Kip in that spot.

Why is it that anything to do with Lael causes you to fly off the handle?

CHILL!

Make sure you aplogize to MP3 when you get that email back. The difference between 3rd hand info and 1st hand info could never be clearer than it is now.
For months you have explained to us with total certainty that the horse would run in the VA Derby and the Travers. It now appears that he will do neither. Its why I consider anything other than 1st hand info to be phonier than a three dollar bill.