Any Given Saturday

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's a grinding type....the way he finished doesn't bother me. He was twitching his ears once he put the field away, and never left the impression that he was a spent horse.

The only legit knock on his performance I see is that he simply didn't run very fast.

Of course, the bottom line is that it wasn't fast. I didn't mean to imply he was spent, it was just my impression that the performance was much closer to his best than people might think.

The fact that his ears were twitching doesn't do much for me, I can't read too much into that.

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by Kasept

PG,

What I would not like if I was a fan of 'Saturday' was his considerably shortened stride in the stretch.. I may have seen something that isn't there, but to me he did not look good finishing up. And I don't mean under the wire.. I mean when clear midstretch when he should have been at his absolute best. He was not reaching out a lick. That said, Tampa has a very strange surface that doesn't seem to flatter horses visually. I'll have to watch it again.

Remember Sun King's uninspiring prep race at Tampa, he wasn't a factor in the Derby, he's turned out to be a nice horse, I'll give him a pass here...

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Remember Sun King's uninspiring prep race at Tampa, he wasn't a factor in the Derby, he's turned out to be a nice horse, I'll give him a pass here...

So now this horse is like Sun King? I guess we could say the same about any horse that runs an uninspiring race, yet they are not all going to turn out to be Sun Kings.
Besides, I believe the current discussion here is focused on the derby and not to say that the horse can't develop to be a nice one down the road.

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

So now this horse is like Sun King? I guess we could say the same about any horse that runs an uninspiring race, yet they are not all going to turn out to be Sun Kings.
Besides, I believe the current discussion here is focused on the derby and not to say that the horse can't develop to be a nice one down the road.

No, I was agreeing with Kasept that it's a funny track...

I don't think it was all that bad or good, coming off of a layoff on a quirky track...He'll get another chance...