Zarkava
 

Maybe this belongs in the international section, but do yourself a favor and go to Youtube and watch this sensational 3YO filly's win in today's Prix Vermille.

She honestly may be the best horse in the world.

PRIX VERMEILLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgdXISrmRM

A future stakes winner ?

That was more than impressive.

She's top notch

She rocks. I can't wait to see her in the Arc.

When you compare the orderly (tight and compact) pack in that race to what typically happens in a turf race in the U.S., where jockeys like Johnny V and Prado are consistently needlessly wide WITHOUT COVER, you get a sense of how clueless (or just plain dumbasses) American riders are when it comes to drafting.

Anyone who has cycled, and has experienced riding at the tail of a large group, can appreciate the garden trip this filly got in that race. And, while they repeatedly focused on her bad start in the video, it wasn't anything to get concerned about.

This is what racing should be like: sit a trip and sprint to the wire.

Because I am lazy and haven't watched her other races, does she always spot the field double digit lengths by walking out of the gate or was today an anomoly?

I've never seen her get left that badly. It's easy to watch her other races.

Prix de Diane 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVoV...eature=related

Wow
 

That was quite impressive.
What a turn of foot the last 1/8 mile....
Sort of reminds me of one of my favorites Pebbles when she won the Breeders Cup turf race at dreary Aqueduct back in the mid 80's coming from way back...

The Fat Man
 

Agree with the majority of what you have to say....
Just curious, if you took over a turf horse who just received another "bad ride" from a jockey who would be the 2-4 riders on the turf that you would potentially put on your horse???

She only ran the last 200 meters! Exciting effort. She'll be tough in the Arc.
I doubt she makes it to the BC with a big effort in the Arc.

Right now, in NY,

Garcia
then Maragh -- the master of the inside, suckup, trip.

She`s a heck of a filly, you have to wonder if that race will take something out of her being it is a prep for the Arc, thanks for the heads up.

One horse to keep an eye on is Ideal World, finished second in the key arc prep The Prix Niel. He`s probably more known as a son of Banks Hill, but perhaps more important he`s trained by Andre Fabre.

Is anyone else here following the arc? How about the other undefeated 3 yr old Vision D'Etat, apparently he was only 85% cranked up today currently 8-1 on ladbrokes. His regular rider is Arlington million winning Jockey Mendizabal.

She was off since June and this was her first time at 12f. She's been held as the favorite for the Arc since the spring. She went from 3/1 to 2/1 with her win today. The connections figured her to be an "Arc filly" from the day she won the G1 Boussac at 2.
The turf was softer than usual for the race today and she handled it well. The Arc is often run over a bog.

Horses are not bikes.
Some like to be covered up, some cant stand
it. And for God sake they are running. Again what
happens on a bike when you stop pedaling? What
happens when you stop running?

You guys who know horses let this guy get away
with this bogus analogy... unfrikkn believable.
Sit a trip. Sit a trip. Guess what happens when
when a horse tries to steal a race. Honestly.
Has the fatman actually ever run in a race on
a track. The comparison of human running would be much
better than a human riding a godforsaken bike.

Was a good race to watch.

I think the last filly to win the arc was Urban Sea but don't quote me on that, this is from handicapping the race last year I remember reading, it would be a tall feat for a 3 yr old but she looks a cut above the rest that have tried. I think Pride was the last filly to really have a shot and she was just short of accomplishing the feat. Meisho Samson is an interesting addition though he is no Deep impact by any means, I'm curious if Fabre will enter Ideal World, if he does you know he's live. I really like 3 yr old colts in this race that exit the Prix Niel, the weight allowance and the improving form, right now I'm extremely interested in Vision D'Etat unless Fabre enters Ideal World.

Learn how to insert a link if you would like us to watch a race.

That's hilarious.

Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgdXISrmRM

or go to u-tube and type in the horses name.
taint that hard.
There are others also.

I don't know if she's the best but she's in the convo. I'm just glad she's not trained by John Shirreffs.