SPINOFF: Sales chat

[Bobby Fischer]

more than ready / silver deputy

what do you expect out of this horse ? miler or stretch out on grass?

leaning towards turf/synth or a dirt closer?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

more than ready / silver deputy

what do you expect out of this horse ? miler or stretch out on grass?

leaning towards turf/synth or a dirt closer?

It's hard to tell exactly how far he will run. I don't think he'll have a problem getting two-turns, but it's hard to tell if he will be able to get 1 1/4 miles.

With regard to what surface he will like, he worked awesome on the synthetic track at Ocala. So I would be extremely confident that he likes synthetic tracks. I don't see any reason why he wouldn't like regular dirt too. I have no idea whether he will like the grass or not. Some of the More Than Readys like it quite a bit.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

I didn't like the Birdstone at all when I watched him on Windows Media Player, which doesn't have good video quality at all. He uses his knee way too much, and then comes straight down with it.

Cajun, a better way to watch the preview videos is to stream them through Bearshare. The window is smaller, but the quality is much better than a program like windows media player if you are using that. However, I still like the DVDs way better than online, but you have to either go to the sale to get them or you have to be a VIP in racing for them to pay the money to send you one.

I loved a particular horse at Fasig Tipton Calder last year when I watched his preview online. When I saw the same horse work on DVD, I didn't like the way he moved at all, and couldn't believe the difference of online vs. TV. Bearshare seems to work pretty good though...better than everything else online I have tried anyway.