Soumillion on Librettist

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by philcski

Any opinion on Sleeping Indian? Was very sharp against lesser in his last. Last time at a mile he was only 5 off of Starcraft and Dubawi (last years QEII), who I'd think either would be favored in this race.
Gotta think he'll be getting the first jump out of the Euros and on CD's turf course, that isn't a bad thing given the sharp turns. The trainer knows how to win this race. Going to get 30-1...

I know u asked BTW but here's my take on this horse. I think he's a longshot at best. He's been unsuccessful three times now when moving up to grade one company. I think that's important because I looked and every European shipper that has won the Mile except for Domedriver has had at least one grade one win prior to winning the Mile. And Domedriver had at least run second in a grade one. European sprinters have done ok in the Mile (Last Tycoon and Royal Academy come to mind) and that gives some hope to a horse like Sleeping Indian but I think there accomplished milers to take him seriously. Also, both times he tried a mile in stakes company, the comment line says he faded. One last thing is that the Challenge Stakes, the race he just won, doesn't have a history as a producer of Mile wins. Only three of the winners have come over for the Mile but none were a factor and in fact, no horse that's finished on the board in that race has ever been a factor in the Mile. In my opinion, he's the longest shot of the European invaders.