DOWNS DAWN PATROL (4/23): Paddy O (:58.2) wows.. Ice Box (:46.2) sharp

randallscott35 · #1 04-23-2010, 07:55 AM

Maybe Paddy can dirt.

Any gallopers of note Steve?

Kasept · #2 04-23-2010, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Maybe Paddy can dirt.

Any gallopers of note Steve?

If we go back to Saratoga as a 2yo and recall ATR conversations about Paddy with Romans, he always felt he'd be fine on dirt based on all he was seeing in the mornings. He is a big threat next Saturday as long as that goofy jock doesn't get cute or stupid.

With all the workers it was tough to watch gallops but Eskendereya again turned it up a notch with a little more than yesterday which was more than Wednesday. Still under a hammerlock.

randallscott35 · #3 04-23-2010, 08:12 AM

How was the Ice Box gallop out? Lead change ok?

Kasept · #4 04-23-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

How was the Ice Box gallop out? Lead change ok?

He was strictly going the fast half, so the :59.3 was the majority of the gallop out. He was easing up at that point and I turned the binocs back up to the 5/8ths for what was coming next. Will ask Welsch about the change as I picked him up past the quarter pole.

analyizethis · #5 04-23-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Kasept

If we go back to Saratoga as a 2yo and recall ATR conversations about Paddy with Romans, he always felt he'd be fine on dirt based on all he was seeing in the mornings. He is a big threat next Saturday as long as that goofy jock doesn't get cute or stupid.

With all the workers it was tough to watch gallops but Eskendereya again turned it up a notch with a little more than yesterday which was more than Wednesday. Still under a hammerlock.

I've listened to what you have had to say about Dale Roman's strategy for Paddy for this race (drop back and make a big run) and I love the pattern of his TG numbers. The remaining isssue had to do with surface and it looks like I'm starting to get a poitive answer there, but when you refer to the "goofy jock" you are referring to a guy who has won the Kentucky Derby three times, right? Right now I plan to use PP as a key underneath Eskey in my exacta, tris and super plays.

BTW, I see in the Derby Trial, after going around the trainer and convincing the onwer directly to go in the Florida Derby Kent D is off Miner's Reserve. Any insight there?

Thunder Gulch · #6 04-23-2010, 10:13 AM

If it was sloppy this morning, that still doesn't fully answer the question of Paddy's affinity for dirt.

randallscott35 · #7 04-23-2010, 10:40 AM

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If it was sloppy this morning, that still doesn't fully answer the question of Paddy's affinity for dirt.

He debuted in the slop and didn't run a lick.

Thunder Gulch · #8 04-23-2010, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

He debuted in the slop and didn't run a lick.

So what are you saying? He hasn't raced on a fast dirt track. There are obvious signs that he is improving and much different from the colt that didn't pick up his feet in his only dirt race, but I would have felt more strongly about a great work on something that will resemble the racing surface next week (hoping it doesn't rain).

Alan07 · #9 04-23-2010, 12:42 PM

Dutrow wants P Val to ride Homeboykris