dialed in today

[Echo Farm]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Zito is actually going to be a sport and not scratch this race down to four from the looks of it.

Dialed In should get tested by his stablemate if the race unfolds like it figures to on paper.

You pegged it. He looked done in even with the final surge.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Echo Farm

You pegged it. He looked done in even with the final surge.

Not that Equestero tried to give it away as best he could late

[NTamm1215]

I thought his effort was fine. Considering how likely it is that he's going to have a quick pace to run into when it counts, he's going to be very tough.

[tjfla]

On the brightside maybe his odds just went up a little bit for the FL Derby

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He ran well enough that his performance shows he would have been very tough to beat in the Tampa Derby.

The horse who beat him today is nothing special - but he's run back-to-back mid 90's figures without real easy trips ... and today it was a certainty that he was going to get a dream trip - controlling a slow pace from the outside of a hopeless quitter.

Surprised that exacta paid 6/1. Outside of the two Zito's - everyone else looked hopeless.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He ran well enough that his performance shows he would have been very tough to beat in the Tampa Derby.

The horse who beat him today is nothing special - but he's run back-to-back mid 90's figures without real easy trips ... and today it was a certainty that he was going to get a dream trip - controlling a slow pace from the outside of a hopeless quitter.

Surprised that exacta paid 6/1. Outside of the two Zito's - everyone else looked hopeless.

Yeah, the exacta was insanely high. First of all, the winner should have paid less than $8, but given that he did, the exacta should have been, at most, 10% higher than his win price, at least mathematically.

Best value in the game....heavy favorite second to a medium priced horse.

[pucknut]

excellent read

[somerfrost]

Still, slow pace aside, this was an Optional Alw race and a solid Derby contender at this stage should have easily handled this field. Best case..Dialed In goes into the Derby with only four races...pass!