Informed Decision goes two-turns on Tuesday

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I'm sure it's killing them seeing her run slower and still make $180,000 on the year.

this is tantalizingly close to the dread 'i wouldn't mind owning her' post.

j/k'ing ya.

[VOL JACK]

I know what she is bred to do and all.
But just maybe J. Shepard knows what he is doing...
Anyone that knows what a sprinter and what a router looks like physically, knows she is a 1 turn mare.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Danzig

this is tantalizingly close to the dread 'i wouldn't mind owning her' post.

j/k'ing ya.

Sorry, it's just the retire them because they are not as good and/or can be bred for more money mentality that is killing the sport. So she may not win the Ballerina -- thank heavens they are willing to enter her!

(oh yeah and run her on a surface which is not her best in that race and they tried a new distance today)

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Sorry, it's just the retire them because they are not as good and/or can be bred for more money mentality that is killing the sport. So she may not win the Ballerina -- thank heavens they are willing to enter her!

(oh yeah and run her on a surface which is not her best in that race and they tried a new distance today)

yeah, i thought the retirement remark was ridiculous. they wanted to see if she could go 2 turns, and found a good place to find out. it worked out well for her and them. why trying something different, with a win to boot, should bring about her retirement is beyond me.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, i thought the retirement remark was ridiculous. they wanted to see if she could go 2 turns, and found a good place to find out. it worked out well for her and them. why trying something different, with a win to boot, should bring about her retirement is beyond me.

Wait a minute... They found out tonight she could go 2 turns? Ok...
Thats good, on to the Personal Ensign off tonights romp.

Sightseek I get your point, a lot of them do retire to early. I guess its nice to see her running still.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Wait a minute... They found out tonight she could go 2 turns? Ok...
Thats good, on to the Personal Ensign off tonights romp.

Sightseek I get your point, a lot of them do retire to early. I guess its nice to see her running still.

...where did i say they found out she could go two turns? they tried it in the right spot, and she won. glad you paid attention to the drf link and comment i made about ntamm getting his wish, as ID next goes in the ballerina.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The pace was entirely too slow tonight to make anything of the race.

You can spin it the good way and say 'she rated so kindly - how many top sprinters in history could go that slow early without pulling the jockey out of the saddle? Her final quater mile was sensational for a stretch-out given the speed of the track and she galloped out like a horse who was just starting to find her best a 1/16th of a mile after the race was over'

You can spin it the bad way and say 'she walked on an uncontested lead and beat nothing in slow time over a track very favorable to her running style'

The reality was that it was nothing more than an entire field in a furious 2.5 furlong sprint after walking early. Nothing at all was learned other than the fact that Informed Decision is capable of going extremely slow if rated and unpressured.