Bourbon Courage

[Kitan]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but going by the official chart, his fractions were roughly 23-, 45 4/5, 57 4/5, 108 3/5.

That means his final 2f was 22 4/5 and his final 1f was 10 4/5. This is basically unheard of on the dirt, regardless of distance. I was already taken away by his stretch burst and awesome gallop out, but these numbers make it even more dazzling. I know the Trakus charts give different numbers but I'm old school and generally trust the charts, especially on a major circuit.

I paid a little more attention to his run because I had money on him, and don't get me started on what I thought the result would be if he had the trip I wanted him to have. Regardless, he clearly is vastly improved sprinting and I'm interested to see how he runs next year (is it too early to talk about potential 2015 BC winners?!)

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Kitan

Correct me if I'm wrong, but going by the official chart, his fractions were roughly 23-, 45 4/5, 57 4/5, 108 3/5.

That means his final 2f was 22 4/5 and his final 1f was 10 4/5. This is basically unheard of on the dirt, regardless of distance. I was already taken away by his stretch burst and awesome gallop out, but these numbers make it even more dazzling. I know the Trakus charts give different numbers but I'm old school and generally trust the charts, especially on a major circuit.

I paid a little more attention to his run because I had money on him, and don't get me started on what I thought the result would be if he had the trip I wanted him to have. Regardless, he clearly is vastly improved sprinting and I'm interested to see how he runs next year (is it too early to talk about potential 2015 BC winners?!)

And I bet out on him across the board. Its in selections, kinda brutal.

[ADJMK]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

And I bet out on him across the board. Its in selections, kinda brutal.

Based on his record sprinting which only was visible in the lifetime PP's I keyed him in all my mutis and couldn't resist emptying the bankroll at that price. Really thought he would follow Work All Week out of there and a least get a striking position. He breaks with the field and then gets dragged back to the rear. Have no idea why he waited so long to make his move and then fans so wide he goes out of the picture. How about coming up the inside and gambling you make your way through. A lot better alternative that going so wide you take yourself out of the race and then close like a madman.

[Kitan]

Originally Posted by ADJMK

Based on his record sprinting which only was visible in the lifetime PP's I keyed him in all my mutis and couldn't resist emptying the bankroll at that price. Really thought he would follow Work All Week out of there and a least get a striking position. He breaks with the field and then gets dragged back to the rear. Have no idea why he waited so long to make his move and then fans so wide he goes out of the picture. How about coming up the inside and gambling you make your way through. A lot better alternative that going so wide you take yourself out of the race and then close like a madman.

This is exactly what I thought would happen.

Here he is just after the start, with the red indicating where I would have liked him to have been.



And here he is a few seconds later, where he could have snuck in behind the eventual winner, assuming he was in the spot pointed to in the first image.



He was wide the entire race so even if he was caught a couple extra paths out I don't think it would have made a difference.

[NTamm1215]

If Bourbon Courage had been where you wanted him, he likely would have finished nowhere near the superfecta.

[Kitan]

Nick, do you mind explaining why you think that? I don't see how it would have been much different than the trip Secret Circle got last year.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Kitan

Correct me if I'm wrong, but going by the official chart, his fractions were roughly 23-, 45 4/5, 57 4/5, 108 3/5.

That means his final 2f was 22 4/5 and his final 1f was 10 4/5. This is basically unheard of on the dirt, regardless of distance. I was already taken away by his stretch burst and awesome gallop out, but these numbers make it even more dazzling. I know the Trakus charts give different numbers but I'm old school and generally trust the charts, especially on a major circuit.

I paid a little more attention to his run because I had money on him, and don't get me started on what I thought the result would be if he had the trip I wanted him to have. Regardless, he clearly is vastly improved sprinting and I'm interested to see how he runs next year (is it too early to talk about potential 2015 BC winners?!)

The run he made was one of the more exciting performances, even if he came up short!

[Gate Dancer]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

The run he made was one of the more exciting performances, even if he came up short!

Totally agree.............but Bobby's Kittens run was pretty electrifying also!

[ADJMK]

Originally Posted by Gate Dancer

Totally agree.............but Bobby's Kittens run was pretty electrifying also!

That turn of foot was mindboggling. As there are so few opps racing for big money turf sprinting I bet they try him back at a mile as a one run closer. I know I would.

[booner]

I had great interest in him also. I'm wondering if 6 is too short for him.

Going forward, he could be a major player up to a mile (one turn mile, that is). Starting to remind me of Caleb's Posse.