Surprised Drugs hasn't commented on this one. Stretch out is a Sadler specialty.

Steve, Do you think they may try to put this horse on the Deby trail? I think it would be a huge mistake. I think it would totally ruin the horse.

Minutes after his win the trainer was talking about being behind the eight ball for the classics, but because they thought so much of him he was nominated anyways, and will probably try to go that direction with him.

I'm paraphrasing what he said.

Doug raved about Sadler's stretchout stats last night on ATR citing him as probably the best sprint to route trainer in the game.

How times have changed.

Sadler used to be known as strictly a trainer of sprinters.

The entire crew on the HRTV telecast of the San Vincente were positive that Sidney's Candy would love to route, citing Candy Ride and his race record as evidence.

While praising the sire, they noted he sired 2 grade 1 winners last year in Evita Argentina and Captain Candyman Can.

Interestingly enough, both won their Grade 1s (and did their best work) at 7f.

He's very balanced.

His offspring win at 18.4% and are ITM at 50.0% in routes. They win at 19.0% and are ITM at 46% in sprints.

They win at 16% turf, 18% synthetic, and 20% dirt

S.C. came in 4th (in a 5 horse field) at odds of 3/5 going 6f. That's a very highly regarded horse. It's disappointing. The trainer needs redemption for him, and the horse. No failure allowed this time. No, it's time to perform. You must perform this time. NOW!! is the time you find out what the trainer thinks is the best distance for his horse. He has to run well. So, we can go over his pedigree etc. all we want, but Sadler n' Benevidez just gave you the answer last Monday. It was a 1-turn 7f stakes race. They didn't opt for a 2 turn allowance race. Nope, they decided they had the best chance to get back on the scoreboard going 7f against a horse (Tiny Woods) that just beat them in a sprint. That is telling me, when they felt the most pressure, they preferred their chances 1 turning. These guys know how far their horses want to run. Yea, they hope they're wrong, but they usually aren't. He's won this race 3 out of the last 4 years (S Candy, Nobles Promise, Evita Argentina.) Georgie Boy, Too Much Bling, Imperialism, F Rock Star etc. have won this race. This race is primarily for 3 year old horses that eventually prove to be best going 7f-8f. It's been 13 years since a 10f horse won it. Trainers act in certain ways, and he is so acting like he's got a 7f-8f horse. Maybe he'll get 9f on a good day (alone up front.) He's not gunna get 10f. Just saying that the San Pedro n' San Vicente are probably not the place to go looking for a 10f horse. If you're looking there, then you're fishing awfully hard.

silver charm also won the san vicente. couldnt it also be that they were looking to get some graded earnings with him? if they are planning on the derby they need to get them and winning an allowance race doesnt get it done.

Silver Charm was coming off a 5 month layoff (when he won the 7f San Vicente.) It wasn't the target. It was a prep. S Candy came off a layoff, and prepped in a sprint(poor effort.) Then he sprinted again. This wasn't a prep. This was put up, or shut up. I think they put him in a race of that 7f distance because they thought he preferred it. If they thought he preferred 2 turning, I think they'd of done it. They could not run poorly again. They chose their least point of resistance, and it was one turning against a horse they just lost to. To do that, I really think they trust him sprinting, and def. ain't sure about him 2 turning. If this was his 1st race off the layoff, then I'd be a lot more hopeful about him being a 10f horse. I think they went right to the animal's comfort zone.

Trying to read one of your run-on posts is like trying to watch a race run over poly at Del Mar. The content of the post (or quality of the field) doesn't matter as the eyes start to bleed from the strain of reading your post (or watching the race).

Have you ever heard

of

a freaking paragraph?

You give the West Covina Unified School District a bad name, and I really didn't think that was possible, as I thought they had cornered that market all for themselves.

Then, don't read it. Amazing how you're so into form n' aesthetics, but your face looks like a land mine took part in it.

Sadler ran Dave in Dixie 7f in his first race, and then he goes right to 2 turning. He brought him back off a layoff by starting him in a 2 turn stakes. He's normally not shy about 2 turning, but he's been shy about it with S.C.

My face looks like it took part in form n' aesthetics?

You must have had something in your mouth when you said that.

Or was it something in your hands when you typed that?

This Chinese Lady knows maybe 5 English words, but I trust her to represent my point of view (towards you) just fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rm4SazjKsQ&NR=1

When was the last time there was a "good" group of 3 year olds at this point on the Derby Trail? I swear it seems every year the "crop" is "horrible". Whether it is someone posting on here or someone talking on the show it seems like at this point the crop is "weak", "horrible", "slow" and the worst ever.

Street Sense, Any Given Saturday, Curlin, etc... 2007 was a great year and I recall that most were very high on the crop this time of year.

This crop is horrid. We need a Big Brown to come out of the clouds to salvage this year thus far.

Eskendereya has already done what Big Brown didn't do until late March.

NT

1993.

Amen to that. I know Mr. Mellon 'deserved' a Derby winner and all, but I may dislike Sea Hero more than any horse evah... And having to look at that statue of him all summer really frosts my pumpkin.