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12-09-2006, 09:56 PM
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2 year old campaign poll!!!!
If you had a nice two year old.......at what track would you base at and name your Derby prep races!
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12-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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Dubai... Private/Private/Jim Dandy - Derby
Alt; Private/Private/ Arkansas Derby
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12-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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I think i would use the Barbaro/Smarty Jones style and stay at home till i knew.
Which for me means go Remington Park, Oklahoma City and after sweeting some stakes races i would go to Oaklawn and work the way up the latter. The timing of remington ending and oaklawn opening is perfect for a minor rest and not far from home doesn't hurt either.
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12-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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probably
I would probably go to Oaklawn
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12-09-2006, 10:02 PM
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12-09-2006, 10:27 PM
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well the purse money at Oak is tough to turn down.
but that aside, Id prep at Fairgrounds Lecomte, Risen Star, La Derby. it leaves enough time to get another prep in(after the LA Derby) if the horse needs it, but I would not hesitate to go straight into the Derby if the horse is doing well and does not need another race. Repent
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12-09-2006, 11:14 PM
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I would stable at Palm Meadows and race at Tampa's earlier 3 year old races, and then the Florida Derby, and then to the KY Derby......
it really all depends on the horse though, if the horse has some physical aliments, you run as least as possible, but if he needs to run to get into shape, then you run more
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12-10-2006, 02:01 AM
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Santa Anita.
As a 2yo, I would not run him beyond 6f at all but I'd run him often, maybe 6-8 times. As a 3yo, assuming he progressed with each start and showed me enough to continue on with him, I'd go (according to the 2006 racing dates): San Miguel-6f Jan 8 at Santa Anita San Vicente-7f Feb 12 at Santa Anita Swale-7f Mar 4 at Gulfstream Private Terms-8f Mar 25 at Laurel Derby Trial-8f Apr 29 at Churchill In my opinion, five races is enough to get a horse plenty fit for the Derby. Also, I'm not a big believer in a horse having to go 9f first to see if he can go 10f. If he can't show me enough in two tries at 8f to convince me that he can go further, I need to back up at that point. I personally feel that any trainer worth his weight in salt should be able to tell if a horse can go 10f off of two 8f races. A lot of people these days feel that it's not good to have a horse run that close to another race but it seemed to do ok for Don't Get Mad a couple of years ago when he ended up fourth in the Derby after running in the Derby trial. It also worked well for plenty of horses back in the day and I don't know of any reason why it couldn't still work. I think it's good to get in a good 8f work prior to a race and with the horse having been off for a month prior to that, it would be a good spot to take some of the edge off yet keep him sharp while getting paid for it should he finish in the money.
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