Twirling Candy Love....

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The half mile split was indentical to 8K claimers the same day and distance - but yeah, compared to the San Antonio ... the pace was blistering fast.

That was a nice duel in the Zazu race ... jesus.

Pretty good race from May Day Rose, no?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The half mile split was indentical to 8K claimers the same day and distance - but yeah, compared to the San Antonio ... the pace was blistering fast.

I know, I was trying to avoid that race like the plague. Almost mentioned it because the 3/4 split was a little slower, but those were horrible horses.

Didn't want to hand Freddy any fodder on a tee...

That was a nice duel in the Zazu race ... jesus.

Yeah, that was hilarious. The May Day Rose filly should "turn" into a monster once she finds the paceless 5-horse stakes fields rampant throughout the country.

I'm penciling her in early for the Sunland Park, Iowa, and Indiana Oaks. Should win each of those by double digits.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I always thought a horse that overcomes setup in a sprint in a race that doesnt fit his style suggests quality.

That's why one might say that Smiling Tiger is very good, but not Twirling Candy. The race is 7f and usually gets a full field with several confirmed sprinters, inherently favoring horses coming out of route races such as Twirling Candy. Smiling Tiger, who had a full campaign and was just coming back off the BC Sprint, had a decent horse lapped on to him throughout and he was still strong to the wire.

However, apparently it took a lot out of him, or the race wasn't very good, as he was brow-beaten by the comebacking old-timer Euroears a few weeks later in the 6f Palos Verdes. To be fair, he never challenged for the lead and seemed somewhat trapped sitting in 3rd early.

Smiling Tiger is a better sprinter then Twirling Candy and therefore Twirling Candy was at a disadvantage plus Twirling candy connection could not have been targeting the Malibu for Twirling Candys supereme effort.

Again it was 7f. It favored Twirling Candy immensely. Didn't Smiling Tiger, coming off 4 straight Grade 1s against older horses (2 wins) including a placing in the BC Sprint, go off at 6-1 odds?

I think you wil agree that the Malibu wasnt the connections ultimate goal even if you think they are foolishly persuing routing. As for not wanting extra distance, I would suggest the longer they go the better Twirling Candy will be as he continues to develop. the colt has a long stride and didnt look exhausted in the Strub now if that was a result of a very slow early pace that he seemed to somehow agree to rate on we will see as I am sure connections will look to the Big Cap and other routes for his immediate future

I don't think its silly they pursue the Big Cap, etc. I just think he'll get exposed at a route if he every runs against formidable company.

I hope there's a big upset in the Big Cap (fingers crossed, Spurrier) so that we can see Twirling Candy in his more appropriate milieu, eg the Carter and the Met Mile.