Fed Biz off the Derby trail

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Arletta

That's 3 now off my RTR contest .

Do you have RockHardTen's other 2 future book horses (Midnight Transfer, Take Charge Indy) on your list?

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Do you have RockHardTen's other 2 future book horses (Midnight Transfer, Take Charge Indy) on your list?

No thank goodness

[Calzone Lord]

This is turning into another injury-fest like last year...the only difference is that there where really only three and a half good horses to start with in last years crop and this years crop is considerably deeper.

Horses are racing less and less with so much more time between starts -- and just getting to May is becoming more and more a battle of attrition all the time.

[Danzig]

you'd think that breeders/owners/trainers would pay more attention to the fact that with less starts, horses aren't more sound. but no, they'll just keep running them less. that's both during their formative years and once they hit the track. breeders handle them like hothouse flowers, won't let them out too long to romp-they might get a nick that scars and won't bring as much in a sale.

[FATPIANO]

he has done enough

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

This is turning into another injury-fest like last year...the only difference is that there where really only three and a half good horses to start with in last years crop and this years crop is considerably deeper.

Horses are racing less and less with so much more time between starts -- and just getting to May is becoming more and more a battle of attrition all the time.

The horses that actually have foundation and prior stakes experience seem to be doing fine. Fed Biz, Algorithms, Consortium, Out Of Bounds, et al. were all late to the scene, bum rushing to get earnings. More often than not, those horses meltdown in the Derby anyways even if they make it (see Bodemeister).

I think O'Prado Again is the only major 2yo stakes winner absent.