Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I think he's been campaigned with the intent to peak on Derby Day so I don't think we've seen his best yet this year.

Originally Posted by easy goer

THe problem with this reasoning is How would SS know this when he gets eyeballed in the stretch by AGS? And someone's hitting him with a stick to boot?

"Umm okay, you're hitting me, and these other horses are really close by and it's my natural instinct to run fast, but Carl says to ease up a little before the wire..." :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Sorry you were pretty much alone in your battle over there.

Once it was implied i was somehow un-American for following horsies from other lands, I stopped saying anything at all.

No one noticed anyway..... they were too busy building an imaginary shrine to one who has delusions of mediocrity.

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'm not an expert in training but I think the trainer can have a horse at a different fitness level for different races depending on the goals.

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

He also did hold on to beat AGS and that horse may very likely be the second best horse to step in the gate on Derby Day.

Originally Posted by easy goer

I dont see it. do you have any other examples of horses and times that work like this? People say it all the time, I have not seen any evidence to back it up.
The other thing is it's hard to say how much help a jock adds to a horse. Sure a Jerry Bailey may occasionally pull out a win or hit the board when it was unlikely, but they cant account for a huge amount. Now take the trainer, that is another level back, how can he be fine tuning the horses speed if even the jock has little control?




Well it seems to me you've just contradicted your whole theory. If AGS is the second best horse, and AGS best finish was in the TB derby, then you are looking at the two best finishes of the season.

But then you say he's not fully cranked? So SS runs one of the best finishes of the season but he's not fully cranked? This makes no sense to me. I think you are looking at the best of SS in his last 3 races..

Originally Posted by easy goer

I dont see it. do you have any other examples of horses and times that work like this? People say it all the time, I have not seen any evidence to back it up.

The other thing is it's hard to say how much help a jock adds to a horse. Sure a Jerry Bailey may occasionally pull out a win or hit the board when it was unlikely, but they cant account for a huge amount. Now take the trainer, that is another level back, how can he be fine tuning the horses speed if even the jock has little control?




Well it seems to me you've just contradicted your whole theory. If AGS is the second best horse, and AGS best finish was in the TB derby, then you are looking at the two best finishes of the season.

But then you say he's not fully cranked? So SS runs one of the best finishes of the season but he's not fully cranked? This makes no sense to me. I think you are looking at the best of SS in his last 3 races..

Originally Posted by easy goer

Okay, but SS set a track record in the TB derby. HOw much faster could he possibly go??

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

How many top class horses have run at Tampa Bay Downs? It isn't like he broke a record set by Secretariat.

Originally Posted by easy goer

well how much faster do you expect him to finish in? What did he run the final quarter in at TB? 24.3 or so? He ran the final 1/8 in 6.3 so he was tiring a little. Do you expect him to run a 24 on that surface?

WHat did he run at the BC a 24.0 or something? Obviously the inner path had some effect, how much?

so what do you expect him to close w/ next saturday? 23.6? 23.0??:confused:

Originally Posted by easy goer

perhaps a better question might be do you think he can carry that closing speed the entire stretch run? I have my doubts.

It's also interesting that the betting info we have at the moment suggests he is about 6-1 which seems somewhat lukewarm for the public's second choice. Are there enough doubts in the public eye that they see something real that would hinder him. But I dunno, is 6-1 really luke warm. SNS was what 5-1 and Barbaro 7-1? Maybe it's reasonable odds for SS..

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

It's a wide open Derby, and everyone knows it. If Curlin hadn't aired in the Arkansas Derby and Street Sense hadn't run a 93 in the Blue Grass, Street Sense would be around 4/1 if not lower.

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Once it was implied i was somehow un-American for following horsies from other lands, I stopped saying anything at all.

Originally Posted by miraja2

I look at that place occasionally....including that ridiculous thread in which at least one member of that board actually posted that he wished a certain filly we all know developed some sort of infection.
I have no desire to post on a message board that tolerates that individual.

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

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Originally Posted by Dunbar

Ha! Now we'll probably have someone from Homeland Security monitoring the site! They'll be looking for coded messages in "Any Given Saturday", "Storm In May", "Reporting For Duty"...

--Dunbar

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead