Grasshopper ? ? ?

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Really? LOL. how old are you? Main summer goal for ANY good horse? And i guess that is why Street Sense was the first derby/travers winner since????

Okay, you are right. Nafzger made sure Street Sense was ready to lay down his life to beat CP West, hunting and grasshopper. You win.

hunting did not run in the travers, he could not have, and most good 3 yr olds do point to the travers, what else is there ?

[jcs11204]

i could be wrong, but hunting is something like a 6yr old gelding

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i could be wrong, but hunting is something like a 6yr old gelding

sightseeing. sorry. equally naggish.

[Linny]

He was never that good. He ran a big race on Travers day. It happens. He was never able to build on it. Too bad but it is what it is.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Linny

He was never that good. He ran a big race on Travers day. It happens. He was never able to build on it. Too bad but it is what it is.

are you referring to Street Sense or Grasshopper?

[Linny]

I did mean Grasshopper but if the shoe fits...

SS was a nice colt who became a monster when running at CD. He looked good handling GH in the Travers but subsequent efforts by both colts have done nothing to cover them in glory.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

hunting did not run in the travers, he could not have, and most good 3 yr olds do point to the travers, what else is there ?

Sightseeing (mistook one nag for another).

The Travers isnt what it use to be. Really, how many top three year olds have run in the thing in recent years? Smarty jones? No. Funny cide? No. Empire Maker? No. Afleet Alex? No. Fusaichi Pegasus? No. Bernardini, Point Given and Street sense were the only ones and the fields were walkovers.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Sightseeing (mistook one nag for another).

The Travers isnt what it use to be. Really, how many top three year olds have run in the thing in recent years? Smarty jones? No. Funny cide? No. Empire Maker? No. Afleet Alex? No. Fusaichi Pegasus? No. Bernardini, Point Given and Street sense were the only ones and the fields were walkovers.

ok listen this is again crazy.... smarty and alex were retired... empire and funny were both pointing there but if i remember correctly both became sick very close to the race, empire even prepped in the dandy...and the 3 that you named that did run were all amazing horses....

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

While I might agree the Travers isn't what it used to be, all of the horses you mentioned as not running were injured.

True...but how many of those "injuries" were really that seroius? I guess that is another topic. My point is, that if the travers was that important (like it use to be!) im sure those horses could have run.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

True...but how many of those "injuries" were really that seroius? I guess that is another topic. My point is, that if the travers was that important (like it use to be!) im sure those horses could have run.

even if the travers is not what it used to be, its still a million doller grade 1, what is the alternative, and you cant say the monmouth race cause most use that as a prep for the travers....bluegrass cat, lion heart, and im sure there were more

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

While I might agree the Travers isn't what it used to be, all of the horses you mentioned as not running were injured.

my point, and the ones who were still in training were all pointing to the travers until the injury or sickness