Curlin didn't look invincible...

Merlinsky · #1 08-30-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sdjcom

A slow last quarter, just beat a speedball by 1 lenght and lug out a little, and looked dead-tired after race, I thought it was replay of Haskell except BB won by 3 lenghts, what do you think DT'ers

Actually BB only won by 1 3/4 lengths.....not that anyone's counting... except the Thoroughbred Times, and the DRF, and...well, my eyeballs.

I think it'd be hilarious if they both make the Clark and both lose. I think there's more of an argument to be made of BB's form having not progressed and Curlin being less than fit. It's gonna be harder to get the former to change than the latter. It's entirely possible I suppose that both are off their game. Is anybody running a final quarter with any speed these days? I'm trying to figure out who it is so I can guess who's gonna sneak in the back door on these jokers. How'd Colonel John and Go Between come in? I got the impression those too were not the quickest.

cowgirlintexas · #2 08-30-2008, 08:40 PM

Perhaps Assman is trying not to squeeze all the j"uice outta the lemon" so to speak..

and... save something in the tank for the next race..Which will most likely be his last.

sdjcom · #3 08-30-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Perhaps Assman is trying not to squeeze all the j"uice outta the lemon" so to speak..

and... save something in the tank for the next race..Which will most likely be his last.

Curlin was all out to win, no saving any gas in the tank here.

sdjcom · #4 08-30-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Who said Curlin was invincible?

nobody, the statement was in a question form to start a discussion.

sdjcom · #5 08-30-2008, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Curlin looked short to me. I'm not sure how cranked he was, but I find it hard to believe today's race was his "A" race. Maybe his form is in decline, or the turf start took a lot out of him, or the trip to Dubai is taking it's toll. Who knows, but I don't think Asmussen would change spots with anyone right now.

I agree, but I feel he just had an off day.

VOL JACK · #6 08-31-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sdjcom

I agree, but I feel he just had an off day.

Curlin just seems like the type that is just gonna run as fast as he has to, to win the race.
It was a good race if the track was as speed biased as I think it might have been. NY tracks have a way doing that before the big races, as we have all seen. I thought after the first race the track was gonna be a tiring surface. Then watching the 2 stakes it looked like Monmouth.

CSC · #7 08-31-2008, 08:45 AM

Curlin was there for the taking yesterday, he ran his eyeballs out to just squeak by a 40-1 shot that set contested fast fractions, someone questioned me why I kept posting I was going to try to beat Curlin yesterday, I think the answer was clear yesterday, at .35 to the dollar he was life and death to get up yesterday. My mind hasn't changed that's 2 average performances in a row for Curlin since coming back from Dubai. Whether he doesn't like Saratoga, or the turf. It wasn't the same Curlin I have seen prior Dubai.

Thunder Gulch · #8 08-31-2008, 08:57 AM

I agree with a lot of you here. Whether he was a little short or not, he just didn't have the same explosion we want to see from him. Has anyone ever come back from the Dubai trip with the same horse? That trip just seems to bring a lot of champions down from their pinnacle on the way home.