Wow, This looks like a 1 inch putt.

2:00.60 :eek:

Only Dubai Millenium and Invasor have broke the 2 minute barrier there. With how easily he went I was expecting something like 2:04 or 2:05.

I think it's a fair guess, considering how small the margin of victory was, that the track was very fast.

It must be playing fast this year. Familiar Territory ran a 2:00 2/5 two weeks ago.

If that 2 flat's correct... he could have easily broken 2 minutes with a little encouragement from Robby. He didn't need it today, but may in the World Cup, as he'll be running against alot better horses.

Replay - very impressive
 

Must be pretty fast. A 3yo filly just won the Oaks in 1:49.09.

Quick track

"We wanted to save a bunch for the World Cup," Albarado said in a post-race interview. "I just wanted him to settle. He needed this race mentally as well as physically, and I think we accomplished what we wanted to today."

Won easier than War Pass last Sunday.

Robby is like a tape recorder with his post race analysis.

Hopefully he doesnt fall asleep on Curlin in the big race like hes been known to do

No he didn't.

But, he faced much better competition.

Very often it's easy to read something, too much, etc., into a race like this. You go back and forth. He did what he was expected and had to do -- I would think. I have no idea what they were looking for.

About the effort, urging, etc. -- what was this his 9th or 10th lifetime start? Who knows, he might be shaking off the rust, or needs encouragement. Nice race. I enjoyed it.

Eric

3rd 6 JET EXPRESS (SAF) $81.40

lol

as noted there was some confusion. FT was listed as 9.40 which was his win price, and JEt Express whos win price was actually "89.80" which further confuses the matter.

Maybe Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid gave out a bonus , but more likely they just messed up the posted results.

Amazingly i didn't have a place bet on Jet Express :D so i couldn't tell you, but i would have guessed between 5 nd 15 dollars for JE. I took 20% on Curlin and had no complaints.

i went in 50 cent a piece with four buddies. 2.40 = 60cents each =+10cents:D

With him getting ready to race in the Dubai World Cup, I would have hoped that Robby wouldn't have asked him if he didn't have to carrying that much weight for that far of a distance off a significant layoff. I really didn't like the move as I thought it would have been too much for the horse to do before the DWC, but we're not talking about a typical GI horse here.

In 10 years from now, this horse will be considered one of the greatest ever to step foot on the track. Enjoy him.

thank you sir, may I have another

thank you sir, may I have another

thank you sir, may I have another

I think she was being facetious

I'm scared she wasn't.

Curlin is freak-nasty good, but I'm intruiged by 2 rivals that will be waiting for him in thw DWC: Allam (Premium Tap) and Asiatic Boy.

He looked solid. Rated nice and relaxed and then turned it on just as planned. A perfect prep imo.

Allam isn't going.

Allam is not likley to go. His prep in SA was poor.

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Is Vermillion still being pointed to the DWC?

YES.

I was just gonna ask the same question, Hossy...

Because I asked BTW a question that I figured out so that he wouldn't have to answer.

Because, in case anyone hasn't figured it out, she's desperate for attention.

So this thread is gonna turn into all about her... again?

Oh God.

I just watched the replay of the race, and here are my thoughts of it.

Curlin was the easiest of winners.

Robby asked him just enough to get him to the lead, Curlin gave him a burst, and then Robby barely hand rode him after that.

Robby couldn't have rode the race any better.

Curlin is the type of horse that has to be pushed all the way down the stretch to get the most out of him.

He's so big and powerful that he doesn't have that explosive turn of foot.

He gains momentum as he goes down the stretch, and has to be asked the entire way to get the best out of him...it is the only reason that he was able to nail SS in the wire at the Preakness and Lawyer Ron in the JCGC as both of them have more of a turn of foot than he does. SS and Lawyer Ron are not like this...once you hit the button, they give you everything they have immediately.

In other words, Curlin sped up only a fraction of what he could have. He never really did much of any running, which is a good thing before the DWC since he was carrying so much weight for that long of a distance off a significant layoff.

I would actually appreciate it if it didn't. Some of these remarks get old and are annoying after awhile.

I'm just here to talk horses, but the crowd followers are intent on following me around the board picking on me.

Don't let em bring ya down. There's a lot of good people here too.

Yeah. There are a lot of good people on here.:)

did Curlin look at all sore to you?

He looked fantastic.