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Originally Posted by Dixie Porter
I blew my money on SYD that day. He went to his knees @ the start, was much the best and finshed 2nd to that rat Cajun Beat. I lobbyed against taking over that fake. It was a NO WIN situation and he never ran back to that race and broke down. Trying him on the grass was a pathetic scream for HELP.
ONLY two bets I EVER made on the BC were SYD and GZ.
The 2nd paragraph makes no sense. Read it again carefully.
Don't ever remember Silky sprinting (could be wrong, but I doubt it).
There were a zillion excellent sprinters that won a zillion stakes coming from out of it. I need Bold Brooklynite for this one. His memory far exceeds mine, but he didn't have to deal with 1,000 horses over 50 years.
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SYD finished 3rd, an excellent third at that- as you stated, he went to his knees and had to be rushed up- I was lucky enough to catch Cajun Beat on his best day at a huge price, however he never came close to repeating that performance again. Grass was idiotic with him. I wouldn't call him a rat but he certainly never validated that race. I'd call him disappointing, there was plenty of talent there but injuries knocked him out of the game.
Silky sticks in my mind because he won a 6.5F race at SA when he was 46!! lengths out after the first call (according to his PPs). i'd love to see video of it. 2nd paragraph, im saying most horses in 6F races with 2F to go aren't going to come from more than 5 lengths back. The frontrunners just don't tire and slow enough to allow it...