Osborne, Toast of NY targeting BC Classic
 

This is a cool horse and like how aggressive Osborne is with him..

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...l-classic-date

The three-year-old was a brilliant winner of the UAE Derby at Meydan earlier in the year, but after three months off the track, Toast Of New York ran below expectations when only sixth, albeit not disgraced, in last month's Belmont Derby.

Osborne quickly had a viable explanation for the below-par performance after his stable star returned a dirty scope and he bounced back with a fine second behind the hugely-exciting Shared Belief in the Del Mar Classic in the early hours of Monday morning.

Osborne said: "He's on his way home. He's stopped off in Amsterdam today, he'll stay there tonight and he should be back in Lambourn tomorrow afternoon. As far as I know, everything is fine with the horse.

Agree he's a nice horse, but he's totally unproven on dirt and three cross-Atlantic ships in four months is a pretty tall order.

they had a little piece before the pacific classic with simon bray and the connections...everyone came across as super down to earth and enjoying the ride

Obviously he is a terrific synthetic horse. However, that ship has now sailed, and given his dubious turf form ( I'm not interested in the "dirty scope" excuse ), maybe he is more of a dirt/synthetic runner.

This is a good horse. If Shared Belief wasn't in the P Classic, or didn't run, he would be the talk of the town with his 111 Beyer.

His bottom pedigree doesn't show much dirt form besides a sib who won two cheap claiming races at Charles Town. Will be interesting to see how he works over the surface.

While I don't think he is as effective on turf, I think all things considered he ran fairly well at Belmont---I disagree and think he hit a brick wall in the stretch for a reason. Clearly a very good horse who could be worth trying on that surface again if dirt doesn't pan out.

Agreed!

Toast confirmed for Classic chance

http://www.racinguk.com/news/article...classic-chance