How the Pacific Classic is shaping up.....

[Buffymommy]

No one knows when the last two derby winners faced each other? Just wondering. Good trivia question.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

No one knows when the last two derby winners faced each other? Just wondering. Good trivia question.

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

Wasn't that an awesome race? I can't believe that it has been that long! One day maybe, but like you said most aren't racing after their 3 yr old year.

[Damascus '67]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

Don't believe Unbridled and Strike the Gold faced each other.

I think the only reason they may have even been THINKING about bringing Funny Cide over is the tempature difference. The Spa has been BOILING lately. And we all know how well he runs in the heat....

[my miss storm cat]

On DRF today.....


Del Mar
Surf Cat, Lucky J. H. out till winter

By STEVE ANDERSEN
DEL MAR, Calif. - Surf Cat, the winner of three stakes earlier this year and one of the nation's leading older horses, will not start until the winter meeting at Santa Anita because of a recurring foot injury, trainer Bruce Headley said.
Surf Cat has not started since winning the Grade 2 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap on May 13, his third stakes win of the year. Headley said that Surf Cat emerged from that race with a bruised foot. Surf Cat later resumed training, but was turned out when the injury resurfaced.

Owned by Marsha Naify and Headley's wife, Aase, Surf Cat was not sent to Del Mar this summer, and is based at Headley's home, near Santa Anita.

"I'll leave him there until I feel like he's ready," Headley said.

Surf Cat, 4, has won seven of 11 starts and $562,420. Earlier this year, Surf Cat won the Potrero Grande and San Carlos handicaps for sprinters at Santa Anita. He missed the three-race Strub series at Santa Anita after severely grabbing a quarter last fall.

Lucky J. H. also sidelined

Lucky J. H., another promising older horse, is also out until Santa Anita, according to trainer Carla Gaines.

Lucky J. H. who won the Grade 3 Ack Ack Handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs on June 10, has been turned out at owner John Harris's farm since mid-July, and will be there for four months, Gaines said. Lucky J. H., 5, did not have any significant injuries, she said.

"There were not clinical signs [of injury], but it took him awhile to warm up," she said.

Gaines said in July that Lucky J. H. was battling a foot problem that kept him out of the San Diego Handicap on July 22. Lucky J. H. has won five of 11 starts and $330,435.

[GPK]

Thank you love, for posting this.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by GPK

Thank you love, for posting this.

Of course! Gotta keep an eye on our horse.

Feel better, good boy.

(That applies to both of you).