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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
First of all, if the Commentator of last year was lining up against the four horses you just named the only one who MIGHT be a shorter price is Lost in the Fog. I suggest you take a serious look at his pps as from what you are posting it doesn't feel like you have really looked at them.
He didn't run in the BC Sprint in 2004 because he had just started racing and he didn't race in it last year because he was hurt. They do not " keep trying to stretch him out ". They stretched him out for the Donn for the first time and he subsequently came up with an injury. When Nick asked me my opinion about whether or not he should run him in the Whitney last year ( I only mention this because he thanked me in the winner's circle after the race both to the press and ESPN ) I pointed out that they didn't know if he could stretch effectively because it wasn't clear if he was injured in the Donn and he didn't exactly embarrass himself that day in light of the lightning fast pace he set. Therefore, it seemed like as good a time as any to find out, especially because there was really only one genuinely good horse to beat.
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Ooops, didn't mean to criticize Zito stretching him out, I guess
....Sorry, but I never liked that little horse going long at all....I see the mentality behind it do to the fact that they were short Gr. I fields with only one legit horse to beat - But, I think we all knew that Commentator would be a BC Sprint candidate before he was a BC Classic candidate, and that late in the year I didn't want to see him jeopardized going that long against a tough horse like Saint Liam...I reallt had him pegged as the BC Sprint winner and that is why when I following him late last year I was disappointed to see him go long for such a little horse....Even if he would have beat Saint Liam again, I really had serious reservations about him holding up on a fast pace and winning the BC Classic...I didn't see it happening....and if they would have run him in the BC Sprint, I just didn't like the fact that he would be turning back in that quick of time to have him dead ready and sharp to be ready for his best at 6 furlongs against the fastest horses in the world.....I just didn't agree with the decision process but I could see why he did it....he was clearly thinking more for the short term than long term (or two months down the road for the BC)...