kip devile 9/2 vs. showing up 6/1

Originally Posted by Gander

"I can assure you of one thing, Showing Up is a better horse on the turf than on the dirt."


Why? Because one person thinks so? I mean the horse worked brilliantly on grass. Big deal, so do a lot of dirt horses who make the switch. Doesnt mean the horse will take to the grass in a 12 horse field when the gates open.

The horse has an explosive turn of foot. The guys at Belmont were kidding and saying Barbaro was lucky Showing Up never got a shot at him on the turf because it would have been a dogfight. Considering Barbaro was arguably the best 3yr old turf horse in a decade, I like what I have been hearing about the Jackson's horse.