BTW You are accurate that KING'S SILVER SON had some pp's that indicated he would not be a maiden long. In his five races, he debuted in August with a "quick move" second best. Then a "taken up" second best before drawing the twelve hole in his two turn debut, when again second, while favored over the talented Court Vision. He next drew the nine hole, was caught wide thruout yet led late and was nipped and bumped at the wire. In his last he drew the eleven hole and was beat a length to a $700K Zito weanling while checking in fourth. Most of these were over par and he only had to negotite the short stretch and the sixty days off.

Clearly he was the horse to beat. But my point was that his work Jan 7th implied that he would not only win; but that he likely will win right back.

You may recall a pick four we posted on the other forum where I called a 48 half by a maiden at Churchill a "monster" work, a statement you disagreed with. After explaining why the work was stakelike, you relented and with good reason. The horse Silver Lord won right back, then took a $100K stake paying a big number. I do not have the link to that discussion but recall the date as Nov 18th and you will enjoy the nebulous prattle contributed by a few members from this forum.

Good for you Nick. Sharp cappers always check the works when there is an equipment change while most recite the useless statistic of how the trainer does adding blinkers. As you know most jurisdictions require gate clearance of some type.

Et. al. Generally agree. Workouts are a handicapping frontier that puts a whole lot more art than science into the equation. BBB