Greg's Gold

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Is this one of Chuck Simon's favorite horses?

Bite me

[ArlJim78]

Me too. I figured he would need the race to get back into peak form. HA!

Ran like a total professional and blew them away.

[Gander]

I knew he'd win easily 20 seconds into the race. He had that look to him and as I alluded to, he was closer than normal to the front. Hes the real deal and its great to see him back.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Gander

I knew he'd win easily 20 seconds into the race. He had that look to him and as I alluded to, he was closer than normal to the front. Hes the real deal and its great to see him back.

Oh yes! As soon as I saw him gliding up into contention with an effortless stride I had the feeling that he was dead fit and would squash that group.

Love to see horses with consistently high level performance records like his. Hope he can stick around and campaign this year.

[SniperSB23]

He got a 105 Beyer, same as Latent Heat.

[randallscott35]

I'd venture to guess that Proud Tower got a Thoro 1.5 points better than Latent Heat.

[Gander]

You might be right Randall but that could be pretty deceptive. Latent Heat wasnt exactly all out to hold off Proud Tower Too. He kept to his task and did what he had to do. To me the margin of victory wasnt very indicative to how the two horses ran. Proud Tower Too rarely passes horses, if ever. I dont think going wide cost PTT the race as much as the simple fact of not having the lead. Both horses are very similar in ability, only difference to me is one can win with or without the lead (Latent Heat) and one is a one dimensional need the lead to win horse.