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Old 07-06-2006, 02:37 PM
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Default Discreet Cat out....I'm shocked

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I have maintained for quite a while that he will be very tough in his return to the races....the 2007 Sports Page.
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Old 07-06-2006, 02:39 PM
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S H I T!!! I have been waiting and waiting for this horse to start back. Well, it looks like I'll have to wait a little longer.
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Old 07-06-2006, 02:40 PM
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I would say he never runs again. I also don't particularly believe the cough is the reason he isn't running.
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Old 07-06-2006, 03:25 PM
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Another dissappointment from Europe. It seems like every year some Derby and TC contender gets mentioned from overseas and never even races or just bombs. I guess I fallen for it too many years.
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Old 07-06-2006, 06:31 PM
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Another dissappointment from Europe. It seems like every year some Derby and TC contender gets mentioned from overseas and never even races or just bombs. I guess I fallen for it too many years.
DC ran here as a 2-year-old and was very impressive, so it's not like he's a total unknown.
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Old 07-06-2006, 03:33 PM
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I would say he never runs again. I also don't particularly believe the cough is the reason he isn't running.
I have a mare that is sharing a paddock with Discreet Cat's dam and know the people that raised Discreet Cat very well.....lets just say he may not be the soundest animal on the planet....I think he'll race again, though...why not?...Its the Sheiks....they have the money to wait and will give him all the chances he needs to get right.....

It is crazy to think of how talented he and Bernardini are.....I don't want him to retire because I think Darley has the best two sophomores in training and I wanted to see which one proved out ot be better....
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Old 07-06-2006, 05:06 PM
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I have a mare that is sharing a paddock with Discreet Cat's dam and know the people that raised Discreet Cat very well.....lets just say he may not be the soundest animal on the planet....I think he'll race again, though...why not?...Its the Sheiks....they have the money to wait and will give him all the chances he needs to get right.....

It is crazy to think of how talented he and Bernardini are.....I don't want him to retire because I think Darley has the best two sophomores in training and I wanted to see which one proved out ot be better....
I don't know what soundness issues the mare might have contributed But coming from the storm cat line it is safe to assume that he might have picked something up there...he's been brilliant thus far when he does race and I sincerely hope that they get him back at some point this year.
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Old 07-06-2006, 05:36 PM
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I don't know what soundness issues the mare might have contributed But coming from the storm cat line it is safe to assume that he might have picked something up there...he's been brilliant thus far when he does race and I sincerely hope that they get him back at some point this year.
Yeah, I've seen the Private Account mare and she is nice...hell, she won the Alabama Stakes at the Spa when she was three!!!

His soundness issues definately can be trackes to the Storm Cat line...you never see Forestrys race beyond 3 or 4, do you?...No...very fragile.....Plus, although Discreet Cat is a beautiful colt he does have what I call a 'bicycle' action (because he looks like he's riding a bike in front when he moves)....there is a lot of wasted action there that usually leads to problems...
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Old 07-06-2006, 06:01 PM
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I would say he never runs again. I also don't particularly believe the cough is the reason he isn't running.
I am not shocked. I never believed we would see him here, first for the derby, now the Travers. I doubt that he races again. Lets just say that I had a strange feeling that something was amiss at the DWC this year.
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Old 07-06-2006, 03:29 PM
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I have maintained for quite a while that he will be very tough in his return to the races....the 2007 Sports Page.
That doesn't surprise me a bit....I figured they'd skip the Travers anyway since stablemate Bernardini will be 6-5 in that spot, and now especially after he missed the Dwyer......It would be smart to keep them apart because they are just too good to be beating each other up.....the Sheiks like to patron the Super Derby @ La Downs on occasion and the timing may be right for Discreet Cat to try a spot like that now.....1 1/8-miles for a half million on Sept. 23rd....
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Old 07-06-2006, 03:41 PM
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I have maintained for quite a while that he will be very tough in his return to the races....the 2007 Sports Page.
If they hurry, they might be able to make the 2007 Tri-State Handicap at Ellis.
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