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Originally Posted by golfer
Steve, would it be fair to say that none of the "sheet" people were touting Curlin because he basically has done something no other horse has ever done, aka starting off his career with amazing figs, and never going backwards despite so many efforts in such a short period of time (5 races in 15 weeks, starting with zero, and finishing with negative ?)
I've never seen a sheet like Curlin's, have you? From a TG standpoint, this horse started at zero, stayed at the same level up until Saturday... to have expected a monster race off the 2 week turnaround was hard to imagine. I wonder if any other horse who ran in the Derby has run a big top in the Preakness?
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Jerry made Curlin 50-50 to go forward or regress. In terms of development, Curlin is rather unique given the lack of racing foundation at 2, and basically, this win really belongs to Helen Pitts as much as Steve Asmussen. Because the horse didn't run as a juvenile, he had to get 'bottom' from
somewhere.. Since he didn't get it on the track in the afternoons, he had to get it in mornings..
I suppose his figs remind me of Afleet Alex a bit (as a 2yo), who
really got his foundation on track; was fast in his second start and stayed fast ('2' and 4 straight paired performances through the BC Juvy) before moving forward into negative numbers at three..