weekend Beyers
 

Now on the DRF Leaderboard:

Curlin, Lawyer Ron 114
Fabulous Strike 114
Hard Spun 109, Street Sense 108
English Channel 106
Tiago 106
Trippi's Storm 105

--Dunbar

You know, Tiago looked pretty good over the weekend. I think he has a real shot in the classic (if he goes).

That is funny

Will they remain the same next week?;)

That was Tiago's highest beyer. It's not unreasonable to think he can make one more jump.

It's a synthetic track number there is no way to tell what happens when he gets back to the dirt. Tiago is pretty slow isn't he?

That's why they race

i really hope they keep trippi's storm at a mile.

They race because people make them

Damn there are some fast horses in training.

Wow that's a special post

You tell the stories for me.

Send me a Jean-Luc Samyn bobblehead. STAT.

Well you never know how he may progress from Synthetic to Dirt. It seem to work for Street Sense twice now. I see no reason why Tiago couldn't improve. Besides, the race may fall apart on the front end and Tiago may pick up the pieces. You never know that is why people make them race so we can find out the answers to such pressing questions.

you might be right, the number could be low based on the same logic. I think its hard to watch him in his last two and think he has not improved at all. He is better then his brother and his brother finished 4th last year in this race.

I find it interesting that Fabulous Strike got a 114 and Globilization got a 97 for winning a maiden race earlier on in the card.

Fabulous Strike ran a final time 23 Beyer points faster...yet the margin between the two was only 17 points.

I was thinking less then 110 right after the race....probably more along the lines of "this horse just won the biggest 6f sprint in new york, he had to run as fast as he did at mountaineer"

I think the Globalization fig is too high.

wouldnt that lead to an even lower fab strike beyer..

I don't get the knocks on Tiago. He's a 3-year-old, which is a good asset with this group of older horses. We know he can go 10 furlongs. And I think he's been unfairly aligned with Giacomo, just cause they're related. He ran well in the Goodwood... tracked a fast pace (closer than usual) made his own breaks on the far turn and was super game. If he moves forward, he's right there, isn't he?

I think most knowledgable handicappers know he is much better then his more imfamous brother. Whether he is ready to compete and win against street sense and curlin yet is another matter entirely. He could be really good next season if you ask me, I know he has gotten better sinse april and may.

Agreed, I got an 86 equivalent and a 108 equivalent for Fab Strike, which is below his top but in line with expectations based on the severe pace probably limiting the final fig.

He certainly could be a colt that continues to improve. His sire didn't hit his best stride until age 5, and the best of his progeny (Premium Tap, Tap Dance City, Pleasant Breeze etc.) have also tended to do their best work at ages 4 and up.
If he actually runs next year, it wouldn't be at all shocking if Tiago becomes one of the better handicap horses in the country.

Don't synthetic tracks play a little slower? His time for the GoodWood was 1:46 and change. That is very very very solid.

I don't know if he can win the classic but I wouldn't ignore him either. Use in exotics and if he won the classic I would be surprised but not shocked.

Tiago is slow he is a hopeless against these which are better!

The new Cushion track at Santa Anita is like lightning - even faster than the old dirt runway from what i hear.