Can Don't Get Mad prove to be a legit BC Classic contender?

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Wait a While ran very well...with that being said, she didn't really run away from much but you can't fault her for that....I pride myself on studying pedigrees and I know hers well....I'm not saying she isn't bred well for the grass, I was just saying that she has a pedigree taylored to the dirt...I have bred to Maria's Mon a few times and he is one of my favorite stallions in the world because he is monster value for $25K and I've known that for a while and capitalized on breeding to him because of that (he'll go up to $40K after this year's runners)....she obviously has a really good slop pedigree which has shined through...and a fair grass pedigree, and let's keep in mind that the shortly manicured, hard courses on the west coast make it a lot easier for 'tweeners' to grip the grass...it is more like a golf fairway out there than a deep, true turf courses typical of the east coast and Europe and they don't require the bio mechanics of turf horses that can pick their feet up out of the long grass easier than 'tweeners'...either way, she is very nice and I would love to own her...I'm just not willing to crown her as the best 3YO turf filly in the country right now because I have been more impressed with Lady of Venice to this point...we'll see down the road...

She did break her maiden pretty stylishly on the "deep, true turf course" of Belmont. I can't recall what was wrong with DGM, but whatever it was, it looks like it is still hampering him.