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Originally Posted by Betsy

Another intersting turfer is Steppenwolfer, who just worked 1:00 and change over the Belmont turf. I think this could be a good change for him -closers do well on turf and his sire, Aptitude, has sired some pretty talented turf horses. He may run in the Lexington coming up and I look forward to that. What do you think of this move, Joel?

We were discussing this a few weeks back.....I don't know..It may be a good move...he certainly has the running style for grass and like you mentioned his pedigree is sneaky good for the turf....Aptitudes have been fair on the turf with Rick Violette's Apt. colt winning the Hill Rise nicely, and Stepop. is out of a Wolf Power mare which really assists his chances of taking to the grass....my gut feeling though is that he will just be a grinder on the grass will not a big enough closing burst to be top class as a turf horse....obviously, the longer the better for him....I have never been a huge fan of this horse's true ability so it is hard for me to really see him being a star on any surface, but who knows.......I just think you need a little better push-button ability and quick burst and turn of foot to be an effective turf horse nine times out of ten.....looks like we'll see soon though!