Discreet Cat's BC Plans Announced

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Man, stop with that nonsense. It's about being smart with the horse. It's just plain dumb to go from facing Rumspringa at seven furlongs and Valid Notebook at a one-turn mile to facing the best horses in the world at six furlongs or ten. Period.

That's how you ruin a horse.

If they ducked the Cigar Mile, then I'd be on your side. But skipping the BC is just logical and levelheaded.

U are right. It does make sense to skip the BC and go on and challenge the reigning BC Sprint champion Silver Train in his next start. That matchup with Silver Train would be a much easier race to win. He wouldn't have to use much effort at all. I mean, since it's inception, 16 of the 17 runnings of the Cigar have been sub-1:35, including seven that were sub-1:34. That's not taxing at all. I'm sure the effort needed by him to beat Silver Train (four of his last six Beyer's have been 110+, his last two miles have been 110 and 112) would be much less than what would be needed to step up to win the BC Mile.

Newsflash. His next race is going to be a much harder one than what he's been facing. Doesn't matter if it's the BC Mile or the Cigar Mile. The BC Mile would just be more horses to beat but the effort needed is going to be nearly the same either way. He's more than likely going to have to run a 1:33 and change race in either spot.