Zen Path to Arkanasas

[GBBob]

http://www.drf.com/news/article/110182.html

Not sure if this already in a different thread

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by GBBob

http://www.drf.com/news/article/110182.html

Not sure if this already in a different thread

That place will be busting at the seams if Rachel and Zenyatta hook up on April 3.
I wonder if Asmussen will give RA a prep or train up to the Apple Blossom, which I think was the original plan?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

That place will be busting at the seams if Rachel and Zenyatta hook up on April 3.
I wonder if Asmussen will give RA a prep or train up to the Apple Blossom, which I think was the original plan?

She hasn't breezed yet how the heck is she going to be ready for Zenyatta in 4/3... She needs at least a month of serious works without complications.. Unless she breezes within the next 3 weeks the Apple Blossom could be a long shot

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by freddymo

She hasn't breezed yet how the heck is she going to be ready for Zenyatta in 4/3... She needs at least a month of serious works without complications.. Unless she breezes within the next 3 weeks the Apple Blossom could be a long shot

Asmussen is a master off the layoff...he will have her ready.
He has plenty of time.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Asmussen is a master off the layoff...he will have her ready.
He has plenty of time.

Built in excuse for RA if he does that, not saying they need it, but I already see the 'off the layoff' stuff from the RA side...

When was that supposed race down at the FG that they said would put a huge purse on it to get those two to come?

I am guessing that Churchill doesn't want it to be Derby week because this 'matchup' would absolutely make the Derby 2nd fiddle.

I don't see the Mosses going to NY either. Should be pretty interesting

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Scav

Built in excuse for RA if he does that, not saying they need it, but I already see the 'off the layoff' stuff from the RA side...

When was that supposed race down at the FG that they said would put a huge purse on it to get those two to come?

I am guessing that Churchill doesn't want it to be Derby week because this 'matchup' would absolutely make the Derby 2nd fiddle.

I don't see the Mosses going to NY either. Should be pretty interesting

FG has a $200k race on 3/13 that she could run in. The Apple Blossom is April 4. As some have pointed out, she has done little more than gallop in the am. She won't have a work until the end of this month or beginning of next at the earliest. I don't imagine they will rush her just to make the Oaklawn race. I still think any matchup will be in the Louisville at the earliest. Who knows. RA might may make her 2010 debut in a specially written FG allowance on the Louisiana Derby undercard.

[SOREHOOF]

I'd like to see them both in the Whitney. Wouldn't be surprised to see Zenyatta at Churchill to see how she likes the track before the 2010 BC.