consolidator (usa )
 

Thoughts on this stallion would be much appreciated:D


http://www.inglis.com.au/auctions/oc...=08mjw&lot=264

Can't say much about him from a breeding standpoint, but he was very fast in his prime. His '05 San Felipe was one of the more impressive Derby prep wins of the past decade, IMO..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSNaCCPW_bk

Funny to look back on that race and see the tactics used on Giacomo in that race.

That was a very speed biased track that was yielding LIGHTNING FAST final times.

Eh, I have no way of proving you wrong, but I remember it differently.

I think a maiden claimer went like 1:08 flat on that card.

Perhaps the speed bias part could be up for debate - however - that was an insanely fast track.

I believe Consolidator only got like a 98 Beyer in victory - even though the final time was clearly the fastest in San Felipe history - and some mighty fine horses have won the SF as you know.

However, I also know that it was the only route race on the card - and anyone who could tell you they could put an exact fig on that race is full of crap.

I went to Cal Racing - the super fast maiden race on the card was 30 minutes before the San Felipe - a Cal bred maiden named Family Guy went wire-to-wire.

He set fractions of 21.26, 43.89, 55.43, and his final time was 1:01.80

1:01.80 at 5.5 furlongs basically equalls 1:07 4/5ths at six furlongs on a parallel time chart.

Are races Digital or hand timed ?
Over here metro races are digital ie a receiver in the race number but provincial & bush are hand timed so sometimes there is a let us say few errors of a second:rolleyes:

Thanks DrugS. Guess I remembered and should change it to "visually impressive". ;)

didn't he win or place in the Lane's End Futurity at keeneland oct. meet?

Thanks from the sound of it he was a good horse but not a Great one was looking at this filly to " pinhook" our term for buying a weanling & selling it in the yearling sales will keep looking ;-)