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Originally Posted by Independent George
I gotta say, I'm not much for handicapping on the looks of a horse in the paddock,etc. I didn't have much of an opinion on this race till I watched the post parade and say Smokey. The horse looked the way they say thy're supposed to look. He was on his toes, ears pricked, great stride...looked the picture of health and the picture of a horse that was gonna perform.
Made a wager on that alone (and I don't think I've ever done that before).
You're right, Gilchrist and Aleo deserve a "beast".
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He must have looked super in the paddock upclose. I was only watching on the simalcast feed and they only showed the warmups for a second, and he looked fantastic in the post parade..Nice wager on the language aspect...