When Redding Collery ran the 107 Beyer in that Grade 3 at Lone Star - he pressed a brilliant sprinter named Euroears who routinely would run 21 and change fractions sprinting.

On Oct 29th of last year, Redding Collery got into a bitter speed duel going 6 furlongs at AQU with a horse named Immortal Eyes - he won the speed duel - and held on to win the race. Immortal Eyes won a 100K stakes race going wire-to-wire at 4.5 furlongs a couple of races later.



RC is fast enough to run with just about any speed sprinter in the country - he's game enough to win a Grade 2 at 10fs despite running at a virtual sprint throughout - and he can rate kindly enough that if a jockey takes hold out of the gate .. he will respond to the restraint and could go 26 flat and 51 without getting too rank.

He's a pretty neat horse because he has so much stamina for a front-running sprinter.

Diane Alvarado left the Clark winner in her barn.

As long as the Clark is at 1 1/8 miles, Eldaafer isn't going to win it.

Against that group? I beg to differ

You're very wrong.

You're being too generous soul mate.

Eldaafer has never done anything to make himself competitive in a GI at 9 furlongs. Suddenly his perfect trip win in the Marathon makes him capable of winning the Clark?

So he beat Giant Oak in the Marathon. Pace had a lot to do with that.