Assault

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

LOL, if Lukas had a horse win the Sanford that impressively he wouldn't have stuck around long enough to win the Belmont.

Yeah cause Lukas certainly sucks at winning 2yo races and classic races. My mistake.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Yeah cause Lukas certainly sucks at winning 2yo races and classic races. My mistake.

Interestingly enough, Lukas who trains horses very hard by modern standards (rarely backs off) is demonized because of this. Yet we are quite often told that we are too easy on our horses.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Interestingly enough, Lukas who trains horses very hard by modern standards (rarely backs off) is demonized because of this. Yet we are quite often told that we are too easy on our horses.

Trains but doesn't condition. The long slow gallops are the conditioning; the speed work is the training. Lukas depended on the natural talents of his runners (and he could pick out real athletes) to carry them over a distance.

[miraja2]

This debate has become tiresome.
I want to hear DrugS discuss whether or not he thinks Assault just won the Derby because of his rail-skimming, Street Sense/Calvin Borrel-type trip.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by miraja2

This debate has become tiresome.
I want to hear DrugS discuss whether or not he thinks Assault just won the Derby because of his rail-skimming, Street Sense/Calvin Borrel-type trip.