Stephen Foster H. - Grade: 1 POST

Originally Posted by oracle80

And Buzzards Bay and Jose valdivia are opening up in the stretch and they've gone clear by 4 and its all Buzzards Bay to win the Steven Foster by 5 lengths.

i don't think so, the Horse of the year is running here,
Brass Hat,
second in the world cup, put down to third months later.
he is the terror here, and prolly the winner.

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

i don't think so, the Horse of the year is running here,
Brass Hat,
second in the world cup, put down to third months later.
he is the terror here, and prolly the winner.

I like him too, but don't like the fact that it's his first back from Dubai. Heck, one of my favorites, Pleasantly Perfect, finished second to Choctaw Nation upon his return and had until Augut. Not too mention Gaff didn't exactly light it up.

brasshat2-4eg.jpg Brass Hat the winner of the
Stephen Foster, Gr.1
adding to his victories in the Donn
and New Orleans Hdcp,in his
2006 Horse of the Year campaign

[Pointg5]

Silver Charm and Captain Steve did not fare too well in the Foster after the return from Dubai. There's some others, but I can't think of them off of the top of my head....

Originally Posted by dr.***er

I like him too, but don't like the fact that it's his first back from Dubai. Heck, one of my favorites, Pleasantly Perfect, finished second to Choctaw Nation upon his return and had until Augut. Not too mention Gaff didn't exactly light it up.

when PP returned his first race back he was rank and ran on the lead, a style he was not familiar with, he always closed within the last 100 yards. he was taken to the front by bailey for some reason. CN gave him a lot of weight as i recall.
further at 10f CN didn't even get close to him in the PC

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

when PP returned his first race back he was rank and ran on the lead, a style he was not familiar with, he always closed within the last 100 yards. he was taken to the front by bailey for some reason. CN gave him a lot of weight as i recall.
further at 10f CN didn't even get close to him in the PC

PP got a terrible ride that day. He wasn't rank. It was jockey error. It was Mike Smith who rode him that day. As Secretatriat said, PP liked to come from well off the pace, but that day he was battling it out on the lead with two other horses. There were three of them going head and head. Smith ackonwledged that he gave a bad ride and blew it.

[Gander]

Mike Smith has blown a lot of rides in his day. How they let him anywhere near this wonderful horse's back is beyond me. He blew Choctaw Nation away in the Pacific Classic.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

PP got a terrible ride that day. He wasn't rank. It was jockey error. It was Mike Smith who rode him that day. As Secretatriat said, PP liked to come from well off the pace, but that day he was battling it out on the lead with two other horses. There were three of them going head and head. Smith ackonwledged that he gave a bad ride and blew it.

ya whatever

[dr. fager]

for what it's worth, here's what Mandella had to say. I do remember Smith admitting error but I can't find it. Boy, I opened up a can of worms by just stating I don't like horses the 1st back from Dubai.

"I feel as good about him as you could feel about a horse," Mandella said. "A horse of his stature, you always hate to get one beat. But things didn't work out quite like I expected. I take a little bit of the blame. I put some speed in him that I didn't think he took quite so serious, but he did. It got him a little rank and turned his game around the wrong way. But I don't see any problem with him coming into the Classic in great shape."