Girolamo

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

He's not a typical AP Indy plodder.

Visually, he's never really finished up particularly well.

Most A. P. Indy routers aren't plodders. A lot of them have very good natural speed.

In sprint races - they break well - and start struggling to maintain position after a few furlongs.

After watching the Cigar Mile again - you're right - he wasn't rushed along like in the other sprints .. but he still was in a spot he wouldn't be in going long. He wouldn't have to worry about being 5th or so, in a pack of 3, and getting dirt kicked back in his face.

I think he'd get a ton of perfect trips at 9fs or 10fs - the way a Quality Road or Left Bank always would. I have no doubts about his ability to stay a distance against chumppy top competition in these rich 6 horse field stakes to come.