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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Silver Charm was coming off a 5 month layoff (when he won the 7f San Vicente.) It wasn't the target. It was a prep. S Candy came off a layoff, and prepped in a sprint(poor effort.) Then he sprinted again. This wasn't a prep. This was put up, or shut up. I think they put him in a race of that 7f distance because they thought he preferred it. If they thought he preferred 2 turning, I think they'd of done it. They could not run poorly again. They chose their least point of resistance, and it was one turning against a horse they just lost to. To do that, I really think they trust him sprinting, and def. ain't sure about him 2 turning. If this was his 1st race off the layoff, then I'd be a lot more hopeful about him being a 10f horse. I think they went right to the animal's comfort zone.
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i know silver charm was coming off a layoff. i was just pointing out that a derby winner had won the race. i understand your point and i agree with some of it. im not sure how much sidneys candy got out of the return race. he had some trouble at the start and didnt really do a whole lot of running. all of these races are preps. no ones target race is the san vicente.
i just think running in the stake makes more sense if they are seriously going to try and make the derby. he needed graded earnings and he got them. now he can have 2 preps at 2 turns and even if he doesnt win either he will still probably have the earnings to get in if they decide to go that route. with an allowance race they dont have that luxury. essentially they killed 2 birds with one stone. got a solid race into him and they dont have to worry about having the earnings to get in.