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![]() On pure talent, I'd put Rahy in the top five horses I've ever seen run.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/105141.html |
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Better then Discreet Cat DrugS is going to have a sheat fit |
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![]() I happened to be in Britain during the autumn of 1987, remember Rahy as 2yo. not quite a champion but not far off. He was a little guy, too; little guys can run and sire runners, too.
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I thought Drysdale did a terrible job bringing him back after the monster win at HP. |
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Perhaps you forgot the many months long layoff and the series of 7f works in 1:32 and change for Rahy. Or maybe you don't. |
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By my count, he skipped all of 2 months. Of course, if you believe everything you read in Dr. Seuss's "Wacky Wednesday", well then we still have the month of Octember to deal with, too. |
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However, Drysdale had him working long and slow, which was typical of him back then. He was just about the lowest % trainer off a layoff back then on that circuit. I did bet him in his comeback race, but I was not comfortable seeing that his 'best' work coming back for that race was 7f in around 1:30, with the rest even slower. If you think Present Value was a better horse than Rahy you are nuts. |
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I would guess he had some soundness issues as well, given his Van Winkle-like 2 month layoff (not to mention his countless lead changes down the lane of both the Bel Air and Goodwood). |
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![]() Well, he did beat the third horse, On the line, by 8 in his comeback, and in his last start, it was 3.5 back to the third horse.
Based on his breeding, I saw no reason why he wouldn't have stretched out. He did have soundness issues though. |