Street Sense ...Triple Crown Winner

[Pointg5]

HS ran a tremendous race yesterday, maybe one of the best losing Derby efforts since Congaree. It was really impressive and I was dead wrong about him, I used him on the bottom of a small saver exacta, but I totally threw him out for all other purposes.

I think he's gutted, he didn't have a work for 19 days after the Lanes End and had a six week break before the Derby. I would say that was a bigger effort yesterday and he's only going to be coming back after 2 weeks. I think he will take alot of money in the Preakness and I don't see him as having much of a chance.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

HS ran a tremendous race yesterday, maybe one of the best losing Derby efforts since Congaree. It was really impressive and I was dead wrong about him, I used him on the bottom of a small saver exacta, but I totally threw him out for all other purposes.

I think he's gutted, he didn't have a work for 19 days after the Lanes End and had a six week break before the Derby. I would say that was a bigger effort yesterday and he's only going to be coming back after 2 weeks. I think he will take alot of money in the Preakness and I don't see him as having much of a chance.

I think I'll wait to see how he comes out of this. It makes me very happy to see a gritty colt like this one running, though. I'm very happy for his connections... he had a great run.

We were pretty close to seeing another PA bred win too! LOL

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I think I'll wait to see how he comes out of this. It makes me very happy to see a gritty colt like this one running, though. I'm very happy for his connections... he had a great run.

Unless there was something brewing with him like a cough or virus that we didn't hear about, I can't understand why he didn't work for 19 days after the Lanes End, if he was that tired after that race, what's going to happen to him after the Derby?

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Unless there was something brewing with him like a cough or virus that we didn't hear about, I can't understand why he didn't work for 19 days after the Lanes End, if he was that tired after that race, what's going to happen to him after the Derby?

I've got to think that Larry Jones will do what's right by the horse. If he comes out of the race bad, I'm going to assume he'll shelf him (like he did after the Lane's End.) I'm not connected with the colt, so I don't know if he had any ailments or not. Who knows?

[miraja2]

Street Sense certeinly COULD win the Triple Crown, but (as always) it will be a tall order.
Isn't it possible that sometime CB will try to make a ride like that, and the rail gets shut off? His ride today was unbelievable, but you still need to get a little lucky to pull something like that off. I assume CB will at least attempt similiar tactics in his next races on this horse (why wouldn't he?) and while it is a great strategy if things go his way, I would hardly hand this colt the next two classics at this point.
It would, however, be great to see.