Stay Thirsty still pointing to Derby

[RolloTomasi]

Not really sure that any praise should be tossed the connections' way with regards to Comma To The Top, simply because they (at least for the moment) made the logic decision to bypass the Kentucky Derby.

He was campaigned aggressively late last year ("he thrives on racing") to great effect, but now, predictably, has fallen apart in his two starts this year.

Seems all the "best interest of the horse" posturing is just a prefabricated excuse in anticipation of another humbling in the Santa Anita Derby. I'm actually curious as to why he's even running in the race in the first place. If he happens to win, is he really going to skip going to Churchill? I doubt it.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Not really sure that any praise should be tossed the connections' way with regards to Comma To The Top, simply because they (at least for the moment) made the logic decision to bypass the Kentucky Derby.

He was campaigned aggressively late last year ("he thrives on racing") to great effect, but now, predictably, has fallen apart in his two starts this year.

Seems all the "best interest of the horse" posturing is just a prefabricated excuse in anticipation of another humbling in the Santa Anita Derby. I'm actually curious as to why he's even running in the race in the first place. If he happens to win, is he really going to skip going to Churchill? I doubt it.

I agree that it's too early to completely rule him out for the Derby. However, in light of where pace rivals Runflatout and Albergetti finished in the San Felipe, Comma to the Top's effort in that race, where he was second to deep stretch, was pretty good.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I agree that it's too early to completely rule him out for the Derby. However, in light of where pace rivals Runflatout and Albergetti finished in the San Felipe, Comma to the Top's effort in that race, where he was second to deep stretch, was pretty good.

I agree. The effort was good and proves that the horse has a lot of "heart". However, in terms of current form, I'd expect the horse to go backwards off the effort, not forward.

Especially since his connections are having a rethink about his campaign all of a sudden.

[Thunder Gulch]

Repole is going to try to draw his two horses next to each other then scratch Stay Thirsty to give Uncle Mo more room.

[Alan07]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Repole is going to try to draw his two horses next to each other then scratch Stay Thirsty to give Uncle Mo more room.

Hope he knows it's a pill draw now.

[Thunder Gulch]

Shows how riveted I have been to that hour of bad television.