Curlin in race #5 at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday!

kentuckyrosesinmay · #1 02-28-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Why did you bump this?

Because I asked BTW a question that I figured out so that he wouldn't have to answer.

kentuckyrosesinmay · #2 02-28-2008, 02:45 PM

I just watched the replay of the race, and here are my thoughts of it.

Curlin was the easiest of winners.

Robby asked him just enough to get him to the lead, Curlin gave him a burst, and then Robby barely hand rode him after that.

Robby couldn't have rode the race any better.

Curlin is the type of horse that has to be pushed all the way down the stretch to get the most out of him.

He's so big and powerful that he doesn't have that explosive turn of foot.

He gains momentum as he goes down the stretch, and has to be asked the entire way to get the best out of him...it is the only reason that he was able to nail SS in the wire at the Preakness and Lawyer Ron in the JCGC as both of them have more of a turn of foot than he does. SS and Lawyer Ron are not like this...once you hit the button, they give you everything they have immediately.

In other words, Curlin sped up only a fraction of what he could have. He never really did much of any running, which is a good thing before the DWC since he was carrying so much weight for that long of a distance off a significant layoff.

ArlJim78 · #3 02-28-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I just watched the replay of the race, and here are my thoughts of it.

Curlin was the easiest of winners.

Robby asked him just enough to get him to the lead, Curlin gave him a burst, and then Robby barely hand rode him after that.

Robby couldn't have rode the race any better.

Curlin is the type of horse that has to be pushed all the way down the stretch to get the most out of him.

He's so big and powerful that he doesn't have that explosive turn of foot.

He gains momentum as he goes down the stretch, and has to be asked the entire way to get the best out of him...it is the only reason that he was able to nail SS in the wire at the Preakness and Lawyer Ron in the JCGC as both of them have more of a turn of foot than he does. SS and Lawyer Ron are not like this...once you hit the button, they give you everything they have immediately.

In other words, Curlin sped up only a fraction of what he could have. He never really did much of any running, which is a good thing before the DWC since he was carrying so much weight for that long of a distance off a significant layoff.

did Curlin look at all sore to you?

kentuckyrosesinmay · #4 02-28-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

did Curlin look at all sore to you?

He looked fantastic.

SentToStud · #5 02-28-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

He looked fantastic.

Are you sure he didn't run cross-eyed (or whatever the hell you call it)?

kentuckyrosesinmay · #6 02-28-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SentToStud

Are you sure he didn't run cross-eyed (or whatever the hell you call it)?

I have hardly ever seen a horse cross-fire in a race, and I haven't ever seen any GI horses do it. There is a reason for that.

brockguy · #7 02-28-2008, 04:00 PM

perfect prep for him. He won as he was supposed to as I said earlier, he was very well in at the weights and there were many doubts about all the others save the runner up who put in a respectable performance. Much bigger fish next time in the DWC, Asiatic Boy, Latency, Happy Boy, Vermillion etc.. Just to note that the bookies over here shortened him to 4/5 to win the DWC after today.