And the $5 million Classic isn't the only race Discreet Cat's connections are contemplating. Rick Mettee, the assistant trainer for Godolphin Racing, said Monday that the $2 million Sprint could also be an option for Discreet Cat, who is 3 for 3 around one turn.
"He might just be good enough to do it," Mettee said. "He's got a lot of natural speed to stay close. It's always a tough raceo- there are usually horses in form and with more seasoning than us - but he might be the kind of horse to do it."
Most racing observers would love to see Discreet Cat face Bernardini in the $5 million Classic. But since Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum owns both horses, that meeting is unlikely to happen. Bernardini, the Preakness and Travers winner, is scheduled to run in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Mettee said that no decision regarding Discreet Cat's next race would be made until after Bernardini runs. Sheikh Rashid, the son of Sheikh Mohammed, owns Henny Hughes, who is running in Saturday's Vosburgh, a key prep for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
"The Sprint, Classic, or Cigar Mile, I would think you would see him in one of the three," Mettee said.
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When he won that allowance race and they said he wouldn't be running in the BC, I said I didn't believe that to be true. Just yesterday, when I said that I believe that the BC was in the plan all along, BTW said this to me:
"I think it is very presumptuous of you to continue to make these claims. Godolphin is seemingly pretty clear about their plans and I don't think they have been planning some sort of sneak attack on the BC."
Well, now it's looking more and more like they are seriously considering the BC. The most telling comment was when they said no decision will be made until after Bernardini runs. Isn't that exactly what I said the other day, before the Jerome?
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Originally Posted by King Glorious
Bernardini-goes in the Classic ONLY with a win in the JCGC.
Discreet Cat-goes in the Classic ONLY with a win tomorrow AND a Bernardini loss in the JCGC.
Invasor-goes in the Classic ONLY if Discreet Cat AND Bernardini both lose.
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Maybe I'm not as big an uninformed idiot as BTW says I am. Maybe there is something to what I've been saying. I still would not rule the Mile out but that's a longshot at best.
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