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[kentuckyrosesinmay]

If nothing else, Gayego is a nice horse to look at on the track.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

No,ain't gun get 10f.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Nice race by the top 3. Georgie Boy much the best. Gayego on the improve.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

The Santa Anita Derby is going to be one heck of a race. Cali wins the Derby this year IMO. The only thing that I didn't like about this race was that Georgie Boy didn't switch leads.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

The Santa Anita Derby is going to be one heck of a race. Cali wins the Derby this year IMO.

GB has been pointing to the big dance since Del Mar and he sure has grown up, but to put the west coast horse at the haed of the class is way too generious at this point. Pyro has really looked the part so far. I will make it a point to go out for the Santa Anita Derby this year and get a close look.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

GB has been pointing to the big dance since Del Mar and he sure has grown up, but to put the west coast horse at the haed of the class is way too generious at this point. Pyro has really looked the part so far. I will make it a point to go out for the Santa Anita Derby this year and get a close look.

The top three out west are scary good, and it is hard to separate them at this point. I like Colonel John the best out of them, but only because I've been following him since the beginning. I really like the colt.

I would like to see Pyro run the last 1/8 of a mile and an 1/8 race in less than 12 seconds. When he does that, I will put him ahead of them.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Gayego didn't relax like I was looking for.No doubt he is a hard trying horse.To me,he looked better sprinting.Wasn't running easy like he did sprinting.Too much like hard work.I guess he deserves another try 2 turning,but I don't think he wanted it.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Gayego didn't relax like I was looking for.No doubt he is a hard trying horse.To me,he looked better sprinting.Wasn't running easy like he did sprinting.Too much like hard work.I guess he deserves another try 2 turning,but I don't think he wanted it.

He ran a heck of a race. Beautiful moving horse. He just ran into a very, very, very good horse today. He showed guts, and he tried. It's just that Georgie Boy is awesome. If Gayego improves a little bit more, he is right there.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

He ran a heck of a race. Beautiful moving horse. He just ran into a very, very, very good horse today. He showed guts, and he tried. It's just that Georgie Boy is awesome. If Gayego improves a little bit more, he is right there.

He is confusing me.I would like him to look a little more relaxed early on,but you're right.He came home fast.Georgie flew.He has a big beautiful stride,but he got beat because Georgie has a much quicker stride.It came down to acceleration.When a horse gets 1st crack at taking the lead (on a relatively slow pace,)and then gets beat,it would seem he is getting tired. Especially,since Georgie didn't change leads.I think he did get a little tired,but not as much as when I saw it live.It was more a case of Georgie running huge.To me,Gayego has the best stride of all the 3 year olds.With that stride,he is still dangerous.He looked like he got a lil tired late,and came out some.If he can improve his stamina,he will look like some very nice big striding grinders (Tiznow etc.)It's a big if.He look tired to you? I think they all did(except Georgie.)I have access to the head-on of the start,and Gayego is a lil' too keen.They need to get him to relax a lil more.He is pulling a lil bit early on.Let's face it,this is an o.k. trainer,but not a great one.They need to get him to relax better.I don't have a head-on of the stretch finish.Does he lug out,or is Mike trying to intimidate a lil bit? Smith said he wouldn't swap his horse's talent for anybody else's.He just wasn't sure he could 2 turn until he did it.That bothers me a lil.I mean he works him(a horse with that big a stride,)and isn't sure he would 2 turn.I wonder if he would swap now(FOR GEORGIE'S Talent.) Maybe I am a lil too critical of Gayego.I guess I expect a horse that moves that well to win every race.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

He is confusing me.I would like him to look a little more relaxed early on,but you're right.He came home fast.Georgie flew.He has a big beautiful stride,but he got beat because Georgie has a much quicker stride.It came down to acceleration.When a horse gets 1st crack at taking the lead (on a relatively slow pace,)and then gets beat,it would seem he is getting tired. Especially,since Georgie didn't change leads.I think he did get a little tired,but not as much as when I saw it live.It was more a case of Georgie running huge.To me,Gayego has the best stride of all the 3 year olds.With that stride,he is still dangerous.He looked like he got a lil tired late,and came out some.If he can improve his stamina,he will look like some very nice big striding grinders (Tiznow etc.)It's a big if.He look tired to you? I think they all did(except Georgie.)I have access to the head-on of the start,and Gayego is a lil' too keen.They need to get him to relax a lil more.He is pulling a lil bit early on.Let's face it,this is an o.k. trainer,but not a great one.They need to get him to relax better.I don't have a head on of the stretch finish.Does he lug out,or is Mike trying to intimidate a lil bit? Smith said he wouldn't swap his horse's talent for anybody else's.He just wasn't sure he could 2 turn until he did it.That bothers me a lil.I mean he works him(a horse with that big a stride,)and isn't sure he would 2 turn.I wonder if he would swap now(FOR GEORGIE'S.)

He didn't look tired to me. He looked like he was running his guts out. He actually impressed me a lot. I thought Georgie Boy would have beaten him by a lot more than that going into the race. Of course, Georgie Boy didn't switch leads. I hope GB came out of the race okay. I hate to see a horse not switch leads when they normally do it. GB is no joke. That horse can freaking run.

IMO, it looked like the only reason Gayego came out into the stretch was because Smith was hitting him hard with the right handed whip.

Gayego is my 'dream' mover. He is beautiful to watch. I think that he will get over the dirt just fine. GB isn't as pretty of a mover, but he has got quite the motor on him. I am unsure about how GB will do when he comes off the synthetic surface because of the way that he moves.

Gayego and El Gato Malo both have a dosage index of 4.33. That means that they aren't supposed to be able to get the Derby distance. El Gato Malo looked great to me at a 1 1/8. I say dosage doesn't mean anything with a horse like that. I can't tell about Gayego yet.

Gayego is a confusing horse because he took a big step up today. He isn't in the top tier of colts right now, but if he improves a little bit more he will be. He is very nice. He should be able to run over the dirt fine as I said, but the Derby distance is a question mark right now.

Gayego's trainer is Paulo Lobo, who I think is a very capable trainer. Gayego has been raced very little, and has definitely been getting better with each start.

Anyway, those are just my two cents, and I hope this information is somewhat helpful.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Neither has tried dirt yet.I think Gayego's action will work on dirt.I hate to say who he looks like,because he hasn't shown he can relax enough early on yet.It's crucial that this trainer's crew get him to relax better out of the gate.Gunna be difficult for them to get 10f if they don't get that early pulling stopped(either that,or just let him go and see if he can keep grinding away on the lead.)BTW,I expected him to run that well,but I thought he would relax a lil more early.That's why I didn't bet him(was worried about getting stuck down on the rail,and locked in.)Georgie Boy did look like he had a lil turf action going on.I am not sure he can transfer the talent to dirt.Big maybe...Big heart sure goes a long way though.