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.