Bobby Fischer |
06-30-2008 10:07 PM |
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
a)Huh? b)He was most likely to win the BC Classic in April? c)Who cares about stuff like that. d)I fail to see how it was a bad decision.
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a)what? b)yes. c)me/some owners/some trainers. d)Fair enough
the way I see it, you have Heatseeker who is particularly suited to the synthetic courses.
He is probably the best in the division at that point of the season. Early or not. Not only was the horse given the miracle of having main-track stakes and their purses races run over synthetic courses in California, he gets the Breeders Cup there as well. To add to the miracle, he is well bred for the synthetics and absolutely loves it, while some of his top "name" competition are better on dirt.
The whole season for a horse like that is at least in my opinion, carefully campaigned around coming into the Breeders Cup in top form, hopefully knocking out a few stakes on the way.
If things go well he is 1st or second in the BC Classic and a contender for HOY. -Even relatively lightly raced, and even if he skips the Del Mar main track in favor of a turf prep, or coming in off a layoff.
shipping him to Oaklawn, to grind it out on a speed favoring dirt track is foolish in that situation. Again IMO.
That is my perspective DaHoss.
You are entitled to your perspective, and your opinion.
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