Travers Buzz: Quality Road a yes..

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Mine That Bird in
Summer Bird in
Quality Road in
Rachel Alxeandra ? Come on Steve make this one of the greatest Travers in recent memory. If RA goes that place will break the attendance, weather permiting, record.

It would have such electricity about the place, it would just be insane.

Run Rachel Run

[South Beach Luv]

If Rachel doesn't run, is Mine That Bird or Quality Road the favorite?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by South Beach Luv

If Rachel doesn't run, is Mine That Bird or Quality Road the favorite?

I would think Quality Road.

I agree with Round Pen. QR wouldnt be a very good bet at what likely will be short odds. Maybe he is some kind of super freak and he wins but it still looks like a very poor bet. I wouldnt bet a horse going 10f for the first time 3 weeks after prepping with a 6.5 furlong sprint. Throw in the fact that it is following an injury and four month layoff and it looks like a strong bet against.

[Gander]

I think Quality Road is the Travers favorite, as I have a feeling Rachael wont go (I hope I am wrong). Wouldnt appeal to me as a betting race because I think Quality Road could win the race, but he will be in the neighborhood of 6/5 without Rachael in there. Now, throw Rachael in there and it becomes a great betting race if you think she is beatable.

[NTamm1215]

I think Rachel Alexandra is a longshot to go in the Travers and that has more to do with Kensei than anything else. The Travers is the logical spot for him and there's no reason for Jackson/Asmussen to run those two against each other.

The buzz at Monmouth after the Haskell was Woodward, which I think would be a terrific place for her to run. It's uncharted territory and gives her a chance to bring some life to the final weekend of the meet.

A Travers lineup that includes the Birds, Kensei, Warrior's Reward, and Quality Road isn't too shabby. I suppose you can throw the vaunted stakes winner Charitable Man in the mix as well.

NT

[jpops757]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I would think Quality Road.

I agree with Round Pen. QR wouldnt be a very good bet at what likely will be short odds. Maybe he is some kind of super freak and he wins but it still looks like a very poor bet. I wouldnt bet a horse going 10f for the first time 3 weeks after prepping with a 6.5 furlong sprint. Throw in the fact that it is following an injury and four month layoff and it looks like a strong bet against.

Quality Road has proved his quality. Couldnt this be considered a6.5f work, preping for the Travers? If it was just a work, some would say it was perfect work 26 days out and now they would just work on his conditioning.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by jpops757

Quality Road has proved his quality. Couldnt this be considered a6.5f work, preping for the Travers? If it was just a work, some would say it was perfect work 26 days out and now they would just work on his conditioning.

Okay, so call it a work. You want to bet a 3 year old that has never been 10f coming off an injury layoff of close to 5 months off of works?

This is no indictment of the horse's talent. I just don't see how he could be ready.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Okay, so call it a work. You want to bet a 3 year old that has never been 10f coming off an injury layoff of close to 5 months off of works?

This is no indictment of the horse's talent. I just don't see how he could be ready.

This used to be the way almost all horses were prepped off of layoffs

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

This used to be the way almost all horses were prepped off of layoffs

Chuck, you are the trainer. What is your opinion on the horse being ready?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Okay, so call it a work. You want to bet a 3 year old that has never been 10f coming off an injury layoff of close to 5 months off of works?

This is no indictment of the horse's talent. I just don't see how he could be ready.

How is what Quality Road doing any different from the long line of fillies that used to prep for the Alabama in the Test (aside fom the fact that he'll get 26 days to recover instead of only nine)?

[dalakhani]

both of you guys just said "used to".

[Round Pen]

[quote=parsixfarms]How is what Quality Road doing any different from the long line of fillies that used to prep for the Alabama in the Test (aside fom the fact that he'll get 26 days to recover instead of only nine)?[/QUOTE


THat has Nothing to do with it now it might if all those fillies came off of a 4 month layoff in the test.