National Pride

[Rudeboyelvis]

Yes, it's a very small sample considering he's had close to 400 head come and go through his barn since the first of the year. Thanks for your objective candor, it's refreshing to read.

I agree completely with you about the frustrating prespective relative to the player, I guess it keeps things intereresting..He tries a lot of different angles with underperforming horses; quickly back after a poor effort, turf to dirt, dirt to turf, sprint to route , etc. Tough to guage.

[blackthroatedwind]

I'm just focusing on his relatively recent first time starters that won as that is the category National Pride falls under.

The two horrid purchases Paul Reddam made, Marquis Diamond ( who performed abyssmally in two subsequent starts and hasn't been seen since March ) and Barcola, were simply bad buys and whoever advised Mr. Reddam did a poor job of research. Both of those horses were bought off high Beyer figures ( Marquis Diamond an 83 and Barcola around a 114 ) earned when loose on enormous inside speed biases on the inner dirt. I feel I can say this now because I said it then on Byk's show.

From the perspective of Contessa's owners he did a great job in the case of both of those horses. If National Pride has indeed been sold for a substantial amount of money it is frankly another feather in his cap......and yet another good example ( at least for Gary ) as to why nobody should listen to me.