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Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ
I wish De Kock would have brought a string over here and ran Asiatic Boy against our top males.
I think he could have been amongst the top older horses in the U.S., and I don't see him running with Dylan Thomas, Notnowcato, and Authorized over the grass.
De Kock will be here someday with a string, and he will clean up. The guy is a solid trainer.
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I think he has handled Asiatic Boy all wrong ever since Dubai, he hasn't seemed to have a clue what to do with him.
At the moment, the ground is good, good to soft in places, which shouldn't hurt too many of the horses (apart from Asiatic Boy perhaps).
I'm not a fan of Authorized at all, i think he is overrated. He has managed to get his conditions all 'summer', any other year he would have been racing on firm ground, and he wouldn't have been able to do it. He is just like Motivator in my opinion, and he never won a race after his impressive Derby victory.
This year's Derby has proved to be a pretty moderate race and i think on that performance he is overrated.
However, if he does win fair and square today on good ground (if it turns heavy, it will prove nothing) he will have proved me wrong.
I'm with Brock on this. At the moment, Notnowcato is a great bet, but if it was to dry out quickly, i think Asiatic Boy would be hard to beat.