Chelokee is definitely a second tier horse. . . There's gonna be pressure to send him to the big summer races but I hope Matz doesn't cave in. . .

congrats nine! hope you played it...but next time, be sure to write paragraphs justifying your picks!:rolleyes: :D

Why are you congratulating him? Didn't Magna Graduate finish second?

Yes. I suck.

oh, i thought....master command. whoops.

regretting ever venturing into this thread from the get go.

Nice run by Flashy Bull. Four straight now. Great ride by R Albarado. Magna G ran a huge race, D Stripes gets an 'ok.' No reports from Master Command or Wanderin Boy who are MIA.

Master Command got hurt at the break with the tardy start.. Never got in it and it killed me. Had Flashy Bull keyed but botched the play by subbing Wanderin Boy for Magna Grad and wanted to kill myself by midstretch.

Very happy for Flashy Bull who took a long, long time to come back from the Derby difficulties. Got to spend time around him last winter at Palm Meadows, and he's a really nice horse. Kudos to KMc who was patient with him with a turnout after last year's Haskell. The McLaughlin Brothers and West Point always believed he was going to be a real racehorse and no matter what anyone thinks of the field, winning the Foster is a career-maker. Will certainly have Kiaran on the show tomorrow to talk about it...

It's nice to see a horse still moving forward at 4.

Glad you're still alive....

It was a G1 win, and I am glad that he will now be famous for something other than being the only horse whose jock made him run 13f in the Kentucky Derby.
BUT, his visually impressive move on the far turn was a bit deceptive I think. He ran by a rabbit, a glorified Hawthorne specialist, and a horse in Wanderin Boy that always falls apart if he doesn't get his way on the front end. Not exactly what you might expect to run by in a G1. He had a very nice trip sitting 4th with a big gap between himself and the top 3 who zipped the opening half. The fact that he ran the final furlong in JUST under 13 seconds, (with the place and show horses gaining a good deal of ground on him) despite having such a good trip doesn't seem like a great sign to me either.
You certainly have to give the horse some credit. He has now won his last four races and they have come on four different racetracks, (and all of them had fairly decent sized fields) which isn't too bad for a horse that was running in two $40,000 N1X races a couple of months ago.
But he may be a solid bet-against in his next start, especially if they have their sights set on some of the big 10f races later in the year.

sometimes we have to be reminded that it is indeed possible for a horse to move forward and reach new heights at the grand old age of four.
especially when they were basically derby trail disappointments.

Master Command can't handle being behind a really fast pace. He's done this before; his dominating races occur when he in on or just off a 47- or thereabouts pace.