8/7 (DMR): Clement L. Hirsch S. (G1)

[10 pnt move up]

I dont believe Shirreffs has started another horse on the main track this meet....but yea he loves the surface.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I dont believe Shirreffs has started another horse on the main track this meet....but yea he loves the surface.

Wrong, I know of at least one maiden that started on the poly at Del Mar. Might of ran last.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

Wrong, I know of at least one maiden that started on the poly at Del Mar. Might of ran last.

yea so some piece of trash or a nice bred quality horse?

[tiggerv]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

yea so some piece of trash or a nice bred quality horse?

1 maiden claimer

1 in the osunitas stakes

1 in bing crosby

zenyatta

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I dont believe Shirreffs has started another horse on the main track this meet....but yea he loves the surface.

So why point the horse to a race at a surface they don't like? That's stupid. Are they really that afraid of shipping/losing?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

So why point the horse to a race at a surface they don't like? That's stupid. Are they really that afraid of shipping/losing?

I don't think they're afraid of losing. She's not a great shipper and they don't want to knock her out. If they were afraid of losing, would they have run in the BC Classic last year instead of the Distaff? If they were afraid of losing would they have agreed to ship to Oaklawn to face Rachel?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

If they were afraid of losing, would they have run in the BC Classic last year instead of the Distaff?

Seems quite clear that they were very afraid of losing something else that they very much thought they deserved no matter what, and that's exactly WHY they ran her in the Classic at the last second.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Seems quite clear that they were very afraid of losing something else that they very much thought they deserved no matter what, and that's exactly WHY they ran her in the Classic at the last second.

It was not at the last second, not even close. If my memory is right, I think they announced it about a month before the race.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

It was not at the last second, not even close. If my memory is right, I think they announced it about a month before the race.

Your memory isn't right.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Your memory isn't right.

Refresh my memory. When was it announced that she would run in the Classic?

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

So why point the horse to a race at a surface they don't like? That's stupid. Are they really that afraid of shipping/losing?

I guess she lost a **** load of weight and her training tailed off after Oaklawn this past time, but I guess so because they ran.

[tiggerv]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I guess she lost a **** load of weight and her training tailed off after Oaklawn this past time, but I guess so because they ran.

If they shipped her more than once a year then she might become used to it.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by tiggerv

If they shipped her more than once a year then she might become used to it.

true, did not happen in 08', at least not to the degree this year.