Curlin: Forwards or Backwards?

[Gauchos0522]

Certaintly would think his trip would be 100x better but its hard getting by the big 2. They are just faster at this point nothing else to it.

[King Glorious]

I think he's good enough to maybe maintain his form here and he's my pick to win but I think he'll pay the price for it and be forced to miss a lot of time after this race and probably will be knocked out of the picture from the Haskell and Travers. Just my opinion.

I hope you are right. Earlier I was visualizing how the race turns out...to my surprise I suddenly became scared of Curlin beating Street Sense. I think part of this comes from the unknown of how this horse will really fare given a more reasonable trip against the best competition he can face at this point. The Derby just didn't give us the best examination for this.

[justindew]

On a side note, how cool would it be if Lukas and Zito ran 1-2?

[miraja2]

That would not be cool at all, because if that happens that means every other horse in the race broke down.
That is the only way Lukas's horse could have any chance of hitting the exacta, and frankly I don't think horses breaking down is in any way cool.
Well, on second thought, I suppose if every other horse scratches then it might be possible too. But that still isn't very cool.

[pointman]

Once again, more about the lack of a two year old foundation. I think that Curlin runs big Saturday and I am leaning towards him to win the Preakness, I still worry about Albarado though. I do believe that this is a very talented racehorse.