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Originally Posted by miraja2
Really? What is it that you like about Cowtown Cat?
He hasn't impressed me at all.
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Disclaimers:
All of this could be null and void once I look at the Sheets and see if he's fast enough...
Assumptions:
As has been discussed these are average horses this year
They are all a little on the slow side
I don't care about Derby myths, Voodoo or anything to do with breeding other to look at the sire and dam sire and see if they might be precocious and see if they have some distance limitations(based on races run). Most of that to me is nonsense and just people trying to act like they know what they are talking about.
We have a horse in Cowtown that will be overlooked big time on the Derby.
Here's a horse that was brilliant enough at 2 to track a fast pace and kick out a Beyer of 92 at 5 1/2f.
He's tractable enough to carve out slow fractions on or off the pace.
He doesn't appear to me to be speed crazy to me, he's not fighting the rider.
He's won 2 two turn stakes back to back.
His last appeared slow, but I believe he got a 98 Beyer.
He's going to have 4 preps and 4 weeks off, let's see what the reports come back on him during Derby week. He might be thriving.
There's no standout in my opinion and no one, unless it happens this weekend(which I doubt) is throwing big numbers.
This is a very average group of horses, again let's see what the most important figures come back, if he looks good on the Sheets, he can win.
I like his versatility and that's a big factor in the Derby. It's not like he's 10 points slower on the Beyers than anything this year, as long as the legit figures show he's fast enough, I"ll have no problem using him.