Derby Trail Forums

Go Back   Derby Trail Forums > Main Forum > The Paddock
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #37  
Old 01-04-2007, 02:28 AM
King Glorious's Avatar
King Glorious King Glorious is offline
Atlantic City Race Course
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Beaumont, CA
Posts: 4,614
Default

Sir Greeley has run 19 times and the highest level he's ever won at is grade three. He's been out of the money in nine of his 19 starts.

Strong Contender has run seven times and has won twice at the grade two level. He's never been out of the money in his life.

With Sir Greeley, u know what u are going to get. Strong Contender clearly has more upside potential. That is not to say that he will REACH that potential but it's there. What is pretty safe to assume is that Sir Greeley won't win a grade one. It's doubtful that he'll even win a grade two. Strong Contender may not win a grade one either. But I'd say that the chances of it happening are significantly better than they are for Sir Greeley. Personally, I think he's twice the horse that Sir Greeley is. I can easily see a scenario this year where Invasor and Discreet Cat are on the sidelines after running in Dubai and the door is left open for some horses that otherwise might not have won some big races to do so. Sort of like what happened a couple of years ago when that sorry nag who's name escapes me won the Pimlico Special in the slop but was otherwise, a second rate horse. Eddington is his name.
__________________
The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:16 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.