why hard spun sucks...

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think the 7f choice was due to street sense going in the travers, as well as the want to get that gr 1, why not take what may be the easier route? it worked. i'm not saying he is BETTER at the longer, i'm saying the contention he can't handle 10f is wrong. had street sense not gotten a perfect, dream trip in the derby, hard spun is your winner. he has finished ahead of curlin, ahead of AGS, he's in the mix every time.

and please, make up your mind. in your previous post you said he can't get it, now you say he can. which is it??

He can obviously get the distance, he has already. He just can't "get" this distance, meaning he doesn't want to run that far. His last 1/8th is always slow. He has yet to win going longer than 9f and more than once he gave up the lead in the stretch.

There is nothing wrong with being a great miler. He is a great miler and a very good router, but clearly he is not as tough past 9f.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Hail2Reason

He can obviously get the distance, he has already. He just can't "get" this distance, meaning he doesn't want to run that far. His last 1/8th is always slow. He has yet to win going longer than 9f and more than once he gave up the lead in the stretch.

There is nothing wrong with being a great miler. He is a great miler and a very good router, but clearly he is not as tough past 9f.

well, that was quite a struggle to find that we both feel pretty much the same way about hard spun.
i think he showed a new dimension yesterday tho...unlike his last few, he refused to throw in the towel. and maybe that will make all the difference.

i know some talked about senses next start, wonder where hard spun will go next? surely one more for him as well before the big day.

Originally Posted by Danzig

well, that was quite a struggle to find that we both feel pretty much the same way about hard spun.
i think he showed a new dimension yesterday tho...unlike his last few, he refused to throw in the towel. and maybe that will make all the difference.

i know some talked about senses next start, wonder where hard spun will go next? surely one more for him as well before the big day.

Hard Spun is looking at the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway on September 29.

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/bre...assic&b=215926

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I love Hard Spun... so happy to see such a gritty colt get his G1 win yesterday. Congrats to his connections.