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Mudders
Good Afternoon
Who do you all project to move up if the track comes up wet? I am leaning towards Sonneteer at the moment.....thoughts? |
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Irish War Cry off the top of my head. Curlin's tend to run well in the slop (Exaggerator last year is a prime example).
Gormley? |
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Yeah he looks like the most likely winner to me as well. I remember betting Brokers Tip in 1933 I LOVED HIM
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Classic Empire won first time out on a sloppy sealed track
which happened to be Churchill Downs. Although I guess that doesn't put him in a "move up" position. |
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I guess I won't look at "mudders" as much as closers. Wet track tends to speed up the pace in the Derby quite a bit.
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Wasn't midnight lute a good mudder? I remember him rolling on the breeders cup sprint in the slop
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You would think that with all the eyes on all these hosses that someone would have noticed any mudfeet in the field
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Also,the mud breeding is pretty solid on the ones that haven't gone in the goo yet. Irap is the one horse I would drop if the race came up muddy. A horse that I would hesitate to play in the mud is Patch. It's not his breeding that concerns me. Patch only has one eye,if a clump of mud nails him in the eye and sticks.........he suddenly can't see. Last edited by taxicab : 05-03-2017 at 01:17 AM. |
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He was incredible that day. Talked Midnight Lute and that win with John Sikura Tuesday as it happens. As Welsch, Gary Young and I discussed Monday, Sonneteer worked over a track with a lot of moisture in it and looked terrific.
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There's no track anywhere that takes moisture like Churchill. The weather here is as volatile and fast moving as anywhere you'll ever see, so stop worrying about mud until there's a clearer picture of what you'll be dealing with. Unless you get a downpour in proximity to post, that track invariably comes up shockingly good.
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Of the ones who ran on it, Gormley is the one who really moved up several lengths- 3 pts on Thorograph and a couple of lengths on BRIS.
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Of course I wasn't smart enough to even consider MTB. |
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Speightstown is my go to mud blood. Have a handful on the weekend.
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You mean Birdsong runners, but I'm with you there as I had Birdstone that Derby Day tossing MTB.
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Huh?
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Sorry got my years and horses mixed up.
I meant I had Summer Bird while tossing MTB But I always consider Birdsong progeny in the mud, which included Birdstone in 2004.
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I think you mean Storm Bird, the BM sire of Birdstone.
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