Next for Hard Spun?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Seeing now that Hard Spun has been competitive against the best 3-year olds, but has shown not to be as good as SS, Curlin, and Rags, where do you point Hard Spun now?

Do you keep him on the dirt for the summer? The horses above have beaten him, but at a mile and a quarter he's held his own, including that "moster" 2nd he ran in the Derby (being close to that fast pace, he ran huge).

Or do you move him to the Turf? His sire is Danzig, so he should be just as formidable on the turf. For both Danzig and Hard Spun's future stud fee's, showing that he can be competitive in the TC races and being a Turf winner would play a huge factor. Also, could he maybe be even better at this surface, kinda like when Showing Up moved to the Turf after the Derby last year?

what? you do know danzig is deceased, right? which is why hard spun is so sought after....

i don't see hard spun falling off the map. he almost won the derby, so i don't think the distance is an issue for him. maybe he's the congaree of his time, right set up, right race, he can win it--altho it may be just a bit too long for him.