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Racing on Wednesday....
here is the link from DRF.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/76321.html

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Racing on Wednesday....
here is the link from DRF.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/76321.html

Cool!..Here is another horse that could add significant intrigue to this year's BC Sprint if Zito doesn't get wacky and stretch him out again....I think he would have won the BC Sprint last year had he not run the poor little horse in the second race when he faced Saint Liam going long last year....After he beat him the first time I remember telling a cooworker that, "Crap, now that he won going long by getting loose on the lead that Zito will ruin him keeping him long when this horse's best shot at a BC win would be in the Sprint."...sure enough I was right....he is just a small horse and is so fast that having that poor little bastard go 1 1/8-miles is not at all right for him...

[blackthroatedwind]

Welllllllllllll, I wish he had run in the Forego after the Whitney last year as well, and....whatever.

I just hope he runs well tomorrow and then we can worry about what the right races are. Whichever they may be, this is a SERIOUS racehorse.

[ateamstupid]

Classic tweener.

Insanely fast horse, but not quick enough to beat the six-furlong specialists, and doesn't have enough stamina to win the Classic.

This is why we need a BC Dirt Mile more than any other race. For the 7-8 panel horses like him, Pico Central, Forest Danger, Love of Money, etc.

[blackthroatedwind]

How can you say he's not quick enough to beat the supposed 6F specialists.

He has a TON of speed, unlike an Aldabaron, and would hardly be badly outrun in, say, the BC Sprint. Do you honestly believe he wouldn't be MUCH closer than Taste of Paradise who arguably was the winner of the BC Sprint last year?

And, yes, he also has more speed than Silver Train.

What he really needs to do is stay sound.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

How can you say he's not quick enough to beat the supposed 6F specialists.

He has a TON of speed, unlike an Aldabaron, and would hardly be badly outrun in, say, the BC Sprint. Do you honestly believe he wouldn't be MUCH closer than Taste of Paradise who arguably was the winner of the BC Sprint last year?

And, yes, he also has more speed than Silver Train.

What he really needs to do is stay sound.

I agree...I think he can be a legit BC Sprint horse, especially now that he's older and probably more mature....he just needs to be able to relax and rate somewhat against horses that will carve out a faster first quarter than him (unless he hooks them early and then he will be deadmeat), but this horse has displayed insane speed and has shown that 1:08 is very attainable with his speed on a consistent basis.....I think he was classy enough to stretch out under the right scenario last year, but there is no way that I think he is just a 'tweener'...I think 6 furlongs in teh BC Sprint could be right up his alley in November...