Minister's Bid
 

I see that he is entered in the ninth race at churchill today....does anyone know where he went and what he did after his disappointing Travers last summer?

He went to Florida for some time off and let his quarter crack heal. Recently been working at Keeneland. Hasn't raced since the Travers.

Probably should have been given a freshening after the Jim Dandy, where Prado had him a little more forwardly placed because of the mud, and he had to work really hard to beat the third place horse who had the fast rail.

I would prefer to see the 7 set the pace here, with Minister's Bid pressing/stalking.

this guy was strong contenders stablemate, right?

yes he was

Minister's Bid gets it done.

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/insta...&alternative=1

3/4 of a length win over Forest Phantom.
I have to watch the race. From the chart it looks like he worked for the win a couple of times and was not at all patient. Maybe they want Bid to be a sprinter? He seemed like he was best suited and professional enough to rate in stalking position. He isn't fast enough to be a sprinter, and I have to see how much he has matured but he wasn't strong enough to win on the pace in any kind of class at a distance.

Phantom is a Running Stag horse that is supposed to be closing in sprints on the turf. Wasn't anything great in this race beyond the top 2 choices. Still Phantom was supposed to regress over the dirt. So either Minister's Bid was really average today or Amoss moved up an established horse in Forest Phantom.

Barely won against a field of dogs. Immediate toss next out.

Forest Phantom is actually a pretty decent horse.