Travers Field (the other 5 horses)

[miraja2]

If you are looking for a horse to fill out the trifecta, or if for some reason you have gone insane and want to try to beat BOTH of the big favorites, lets talk about the other 5 horses in the race.

#1 - Hesanoldsalt - In 5 stakes races he has never been within 6 lengths of the lead at the finish. He has never run a triple digit beyer figure. The one time he met Bluegrass Cat, that horse beat him by over 14 lengths. Toss.

#2 - Minister's Bid - My top choice for the show and the one with the biggest chance to beat one of the big 2. His last race was his debut going 2 turns and it was on an off track which he didn't seem to like. Pedigree suggests he may like 10f and with a dry track he could be a threat.

#3 - Dr. Pleasure - By Thunder Gulch which suggests that 10f should not be a problem but he has no business in this race. His connections seem to like to take big shots with this horse (they ran him in the BC last year) but he really hasn't earned it. He ran his best figure ever (by far) in the Jim Dandy and I look for him to bounce off an effort that still wasn't good enough to hit the board. Toss.

#4 - High Cotton - Most accomplished horse in the race outside of the big 2. He seems to be a colt who alternates between good and merely average performances. Out of an AP Indy mare so you would think he would like the distance but he seems to do his best work at 8.5f and under (like his sire Dixie Union). Should be on the lead but I think he will completely run out of gass in the stretch.

#6 - Kip Deville - If they lined these horses up and ran this race 100 times, this horse would never win and would not hit the board more than once or twice. Are they seriously running him in this race?


What do you guys think?