Kip Deville to dominate the VA derby

Originally Posted by mp3

Many here, especially boldruler said ieah pissed 500k away on the son of kipling. Already earned back 200k and the likely favorite in the 1m va derby. Spoke with those boys today and they just had a press conference with the ntra. They are flying down in a private jet, leaving at 6.30 after the va derby and are flying straight to canterbury as they have the odds on fav in the claiming crown. then flying home. they are clearly the hottest partnership out there. There website shows purses over 1m dollars already putting among the top 15 earners in the country going into a big weekend for them. I have bought one horse with them...holly time and he won in his first start for me a will run aug. 6 at the spa.....jeff

I believe i said I thought they overpaid for him and that he was running for second or third money because Showing Up would win. It looks like I was right about Showing Up and wrong about their investment. Showing Up just destroyed him in the Colonial Cup.

Showing Up is just a better horse than KD. He proved it a couple weeks ago. KD is the Sinister Minister of the grass. He could win a few nice races but he could never beat the top grass horses because he can't rate. Showing Up has an explosive turn of foot and he can rate. That is why is a far better animal. Showing Up is going next in a grade 1, KD is not likely to ever see a grade 1. The top older horses would mow him down, just like Showing Up did. Don't be surprised if they mow him down again this weekend. On the turf, a front runner like KD is only capable of beating a mediocre bunch. He seems to have that this weekend, so he has a shot.