Minister's Bid

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

So, apparantly sitting behind two horses dueling for the lead, one of them in a drive from a quarter mile into the race, and being ridden very hard to win by a couple lengths is now considered a destruction? You gotta be kidding.

He had a perfect trip and was ridden hard to beat two OK, but decidedly lesser, 3YOs.

Horses go under a drive because they cannot keep up with other horses..do you not know this? Minister's Bid is a very inexperienced colt that was very rank early on...the fact he was ridden hard doesn't necessarily mean that he was "all-out" to win....he is not a seasoned racehorse and it would be asonine to assume that he turned in a top effort yesterday...the fact still remains that his trainer is very average and this colt will do better with racing experience - like most horses with bad trainers do....

...Contrary to what you may believe, Flashy Bull (only a couple lengths from winning the FOY) and Racketeer (only a couple of lengths behind California's best earlier this year) aren't exactly mules....just because they aren't Derby-caliber contenders doesn't mean that they are walk-overs...

For those of you who are interested and believe in beyer speed figs (which I don't necessarily do), Minister' Bid got a 101 for yesterday's effort - which is ot horrible for a colt making his second lifetime start.....AND, he'll only improve around two-turns..

....For blackthroatedwind to dub yesterday's performance as unimpressive, that is a horrible analysis....this horse can run