American Pharoah... what's next for our new Champion? (The Haskell)

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Baffert has had a distaste for toga lately, hasnt he? And he could face elders if he goes in the pac classic.
big ifs. Well, huge ifs. I can think of tens of millions of reasons why he wont run again...

If he stays fit and trains up to any race as he has done . . . the "elders" will fear him. Bring'em on I say!!!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

If he stays fit and trains up to any race as he has done . . . the "elders" will fear him. Bring'em on I say!!!

I would like to see them campaign him the rest of the year in a way befitting a superstar. What id really like to see is bim run next year. It was good enough for 3 of the previous four winners, along with some who came close, like the bid.
But, that wont happen.
Hell, maybe he'll turn out sterile and they can keep running him.

[DonGuido]

I don't think we've seen his best race yet. He's run and won on 6 different tracks across the country against the best 3YO's they could throw at him and except for the Derby, where he did have to dig in to win in style and save his first start, he has handled the rest with ease.

I'm looking at a picture of him in SI getting a bath before the Belmont and his muscles ripple from his neck & withers to his hip and thigh. He even has a equine 6 or 8 pack on the side of his stomach. Can't see the underside. We know his stride is longer than Secretariat's was and he stays in the air like freaking Pegasus. The Michael Jordan of horse racing.

He is a thoroughbred treasure for us all to enjoy and behold and I have to believe he'll impress us even more down the road.

[dellinger63]

I'm anxious to see his full little brother, Irish Pharaoh run in a couple of years. Certainly has some big horse shoes to fill.

[DonGuido]

Going back a reading some posts prior to the Belmont really make me smile and I'm not pointing any fingers but this is one of many examples that was squashed yesterday in every way:
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"Look at the Bids pp's . If he couldn't , how can this hoss?
No way he wins 4 grade I races in 8weeks. The bottom that is so necesssy to win the first 2 jewels is a hinderance in the Belmont . Fresher legs rule the day. He will be dogged like he hasn't been thus far and in the end will succumb to the pressure and the distance will get to him at the 3/16 pole . He will then falter and be off the board. One of those cases where I'll get huge against a hoss that I'll be rooting for. If he wins , he is quite deserving. But it's not gonna happen."
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Hey, no biggie, if we're right in this sport 25% of the time we could all retire with millions under our mattresses. And sometimes things are so obvious and right in front of our face but we just can't see it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Going back a reading some posts prior to the Belmont really make me smile and I'm not pointing any fingers but this is one of many examples that was squashed yesterday in every way:
_______________________________
"Look at the Bids pp's . If he couldn't , how can this hoss?
No way he wins 4 grade I races in 8weeks. The bottom that is so necesssy to win the first 2 jewels is a hinderance in the Belmont . Fresher legs rule the day. He will be dogged like he hasn't been thus far and in the end will succumb to the pressure and the distance will get to him at the 3/16 pole . He will then falter and be off the board. One of those cases where I'll get huge against a hoss that I'll be rooting for. If he wins , he is quite deserving. But it's not gonna happen."
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Hey, no biggie, if we're right in this sport 25% of the time we could all retire with millions under our mattresses. And sometimes things are so obvious and right in front of our face but we just can't see it.

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