WELSCH ON ATR: Dutrow backs off 'Boys', readies 'Rocking Out'..
 

Mike Welsch says on ATR that Rick Dutrow told him in the last hour that he is being forced to cut back training of BC Juvenile runner up BOYS AT TOSCONOVA. Details in Mike's forthcoming piece at http://www.DRF.com...

Welsch's segment is always :tro:

In addition to the bad news on 'Boys', Welsch had good news on Dutrow's sleeper 3yo ROCKING OUT. The Brereton Jones-bred, JW Singer-owned Include colt broke his maiden impressively at AQU in November in his first career start earning an 87 BSF. The field included Crossbow. ROCKING OUT impressed Welsch and Dutrow himself this morning in a tandem drill that saw the soph inhale D'Funnybone after breaking off behind the elder sprinter. Dutrow invoked Big Brown in talking about what he hopes to do with the bay colt, who is out of an Elusive Quality mare, and should start his campaign with a one turn allowance soon..

Like running his mouth and ultimately having the colt pulled up in the Belmont? Awesome, I can't wait!

If Dutrow can arrange for the horse to get a perfect trip behind a suicidal pace every time he runs then he's destined for greatness.

Isn't it develoments like these that only underscore the silliness of passing a race like the Champagne when the horse was reportedly doing well?

Thank you.

That horse has a LONG way to go before proving he is anything special.

Yes and no. Either you are right or it points that perhaps he didn't pass the race while also doing well. For my money, when they run by appointment only there is a reason. This one's " two and out " campaign that was mapped out after his maiden win always smelled.

LOL that's so true - the pace in that race was insane.

You may be right about this horse having issues that cause him to be campaigned with kid gloves. This was the lead in Dave Grening's track report from October 8 (one day before the Champagne):


OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The Breeders’ Cup is four weeks away, but when it comes to Boys At Tosconova, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. wouldn’t mind if the $2 million Juvenile were run this weekend.

“He’s ready to run right now,” Dutrow said Friday morning after watching Boys At Tosconova work an effortless six furlongs in 1:13.18 over Aqueduct’s main track. “All we have to do is bide our time; it’s not like I have to get him ready to run. He’s ready to chew somebody out right now.”

I remember that well. I also believe somewhere around 13% of what I hear around the racetrack.

That seems pretty high.

A fair portion of that non-BS is probably made up of things like "riders up," a horse's name and post position as stated by an announcer, and "now entering the winner's circle" type stuff.

I was being nice.