3-year-old Recap - Updated Derby Chances

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

You do realize I wasn't the one who originally had that discussion with you, right?

The irony in this is I never said that R Heat Lightning could win. I do think you have to consider running though, at least if you own her, given how lame every other prep has looked so far.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

The irony in this is I never said that R Heat Lightning could win. I do think you have to consider running though, at least if you own her, given how lame every other prep has looked so far.

I see what you're saying with her. . . and I don't think it'd be a completely crazy idea to run her because, on paper, she looks extremely logical. It's the whole "would you rather be 2-1 for $1M or 12-1 for $2M?" debate. I assume Mrs. Robsham would keep her for breeding, which makes the decision easier.

One passing comment I made while not really paying attention and focusing on covering the sale has become much more of a focal point than it was intended to be. . .

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

The irony in this is I never said that R Heat Lightning could win. I do think you have to consider running though, at least if you own her, given how lame every other prep has looked so far.

No. The irony is that all I said was that she would get slaughtered in the Derby.

Then, I said she would be a worse fit than either Brethren or that Illinois Derby winner. Apparently, that must mean that I was giving out the exacta, or something.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

No. The irony is that all I said was that she would get slaughtered in the Derby.

Then, I said she would be a worse fit than either Brethren or that Illinois Derby winner. Apparently, that must mean that I was giving out the exacta, or something.

No, that just means that your opinion, in this case, is s.hit.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

No, that just means that your opinion, in this case, is s.hit.

Maybe with Joe Vann. Brethren would most likely finish ahead of R Heat Lightning in the Derby.

And let's be clear on this. I am no fan of Brethren, and thought he was overrated from the get go.

My entire point in saying that was to say that the Derby is an absolutely horrific fit for that filly.

It is astonishing that people don't see that.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Maybe with Joe Vann. Brethren would most likely finish ahead of R Heat Lightning in the Derby.

And let's be clear on this. I am no fan of Brethren, and thought he was overrated from the get go.

My entire point in saying that was to say that the Derby is an absolutely horrific fit for that filly.

It is astonishing that people don't see that.

This is the problem with this entire thread, which I was dumb enough to read all of. You're taking your opinion and then insulting anyone who disagrees with it. You think she'd be a bad fit, some have disagreed, it's perfectly OK for there to be differing viewpoints.

There's something that needs to be mentioned in every discussion on this message board about the Derby. We have just been treated to seven of the worst Derby preps in the last 20 years. There has been very, very little to like about any of them (Wood-Spiral-Sunland Derby-Fla Derby-Wood-Ill Derby-SA Derby). In that time period there was a pretty damn good performance by a filly.

There are plenty of factors that go into whether she could be competitive in the Derby. They should be weighed by her connections. No one is saying she should go or would be a great fit, but hell, there's no way I'd completely dismiss it if I owned her.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

This is the problem with this entire thread, which I was dumb enough to read all of. You're taking your opinion and then insulting anyone who disagrees with it. You think she'd be a bad fit, some have disagreed, it's perfectly OK for there to be differing viewpoints.

There's something that needs to be mentioned in every discussion on this message board about the Derby. We have just been treated to seven of the worst Derby preps in the last 20 years. There has been very, very little to like about any of them (Wood-Spiral-Sunland Derby-Fla Derby-Wood-Ill Derby-SA Derby). In that time period there was a pretty damn good performance by a filly.

There are plenty of factors that go into whether she could be competitive in the Derby. They should be weighed by her connections. No one is saying she should go or would be a great fit, but hell, there's no way I'd completely dismiss it if I owned her.

Remember, I just threw out the comment "She would get slaughtered in the Derby", and then the **** flinging started. I was not insulting anybody.

Did I overreact to what Hockey said? Yeah, I suppose I did, but he's been sort of a little bitch at me lately, so I gave him some crap back.

And, if I did own that filly, I would very much think she was a bad fit for the Derby.

As bad as you think the Derby preps have been, the fillies have been much worse. It's not even close in my eyes.

I'm not even sure I'd agree with you that those Derby preps were as bad as you say. For starters, I don't count the Spiral and the Sunland race as legit preps. The Illinois Derby? I'd probably dismiss that as well.

You count the Wood twice. Did you mean to say the Gotham, or maybe the FOY? Regardless, I thought the SA Derby turned out to be a better race than I expected (after the scratch of PP anyways). The Fla Derby was overhyped, which leaves us with the Wood.

While obviously I am disappointed with the result, looking at the race objectively, I think the first two finishers ran much better than anyone expected.

These prep races were, as a whole, not what we were all hoping for, but man, there've been much worse in recent years.

[lemoncrush]

I think when this whole Derby thing is over, you two should get an apartment together. Name that movie.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Remember, I just threw out the comment "She would get slaughtered in the Derby", and then the **** flinging started. I was not insulting anybody.

Did I overreact to what Hockey said? Yeah, I suppose I did, but he's been sort of a little bitch at me lately, so I gave him some crap back.

And, if I did own that filly, I would very much think she was a bad fit for the Derby.

As bad as you think the Derby preps have been, the fillies have been much worse. It's not even close in my eyes.

I'm not even sure I'd agree with you that those Derby preps were as bad as you say. For starters, I don't count the Spiral and the Sunland race as legit preps. The Illinois Derby? I'd probably dismiss that as well.

You count the Wood twice. Did you mean to say the Gotham, or maybe the FOY? Regardless, I thought the SA Derby turned out to be a better race than I expected (after the scratch of PP anyways). The Fla Derby was overhyped, which leaves us with the Wood.

While obviously I am disappointed with the result, looking at the race objectively, I think the first two finishers ran much better than anyone expected.

These prep races were, as a whole, not what we were all hoping for, but man, there've been much worse in recent years.

The fillies are far from a deep group, but her individual performances have been very solid.

You really think the Wood this year was better than any of the last four runnings? The performance of the winner this year was vastly inferior to that of the last four winners. The field quality was horrible. The SA Derby is a tough one to compare because this was the first running on dirt in four years. This year's Fla Derby was overrated before and after. It compares VERY poorly to the 2008 and 2009 runnings and I don't think Dialed In ran any better than Ice Box did last year.

The preps have been atrocious. If the only one we can be mildly excited about is a SA Derby where a distance-challenged son of Bwana Charlie was run down by a last out maiden winner then that's not saying much IMO.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

This is the problem with this entire thread, which I was dumb enough to read all of. You're taking your opinion and then insulting anyone who disagrees with it. You think she'd be a bad fit, some have disagreed, it's perfectly OK for there to be differing viewpoints.

There's something that needs to be mentioned in every discussion on this message board about the Derby. We have just been treated to seven of the worst Derby preps in the last 20 years. There has been very, very little to like about any of them (Wood-Spiral-Sunland Derby-Fla Derby-Wood-Ill Derby-SA Derby). In that time period there was a pretty damn good performance by a filly.

There are plenty of factors that go into whether she could be competitive in the Derby. They should be weighed by her connections. No one is saying she should go or would be a great fit, but hell, there's no way I'd completely dismiss it if I owned her.

I would take the top 3 in the Santa Anita Derby this year '09 (Pioneerof the Nile, Chocolate Candy, Mr. Hot Stuff) '08 (Colonel John (maybe), Bob Black Jack, Coast Guard) and 07 (Tiago, King of the Roxy, Sam P.)

I would say this year's Wood Memorial is even with Tale of Ekati's.

Dialed In's Florida Derby over '10 (Ice Box, Pleasant Prince, Rules) and '07 (Scat Daddy, Notional, Chelokee)

I'm in the minority, but I don't think this year has been as bad as the rest of you do.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I would take the top 3 in the Santa Anita Derby this year '09 (Pioneerof the Nile, Chocolate Candy, Mr. Hot Stuff) '08 (Colonel John (maybe), Bob Black Jack, Coast Guard) and 07 (Tiago, King of the Roxy, Sam P.)

I would say this year's Wood Memorial is even with Tale of Ekati's.

Dialed In's Florida Derby over '10 (Ice Box, Pleasant Prince, Rules) and '07 (Scat Daddy, Notional, Chelokee)

I'm in the minority, but I don't think this year has been as bad as the rest of you do.

I didn't really want to compare the synthetic SA Derbies to this one because the nature of it is so different. However, Colonel John, even at this point in his 3YO season, was worlds beyond horses like Comma to the Top and Midnight Interlude.

Tale of Ekati's Wood was run at a rapid early clip where War Pass ran out of his skin. Unfortunately, War Pass was injured and never returned. Tale of Ekati later that year won the Jerome and the Cigar Mile (via DQ). Court Vision became a GI winner on the turf later that year. Giant Moon was subsequently a graded stake winner. Spurrier is multiple graded stakes placed. Roman Emperor returned to win the Barbaro, defeating subsequent Belmont winner Da' Tara in the process.

The 2008 Wood was much better than this year's in my opinion.

This year's preps have lacked a single performance that compares favorably to even the worst running of that given race in recent memory. The preps have been incredibly underwhelming to me, that's why the Derby is going to be such a ridiculous mad scramble, even more so than normal.