Hey Vic Stauffer..........

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Originally Posted by Honu

I think the switch to dirt made a huge diffirence with this horse because he is big and heavy and thick winded. I think the drop in class shipping to Turf Paradise helped him also because even when you run for optional claiming in California it still beats the **** out of any good stake horse they have in Arizona ......still to me the switch to dirt was the biggest help , that being
said Im sure whatever else Doug does to get a horse to a race doesnt hurt either .

See, that's why I'm asking about the synthetic effort in the LOS ANGELES HANDICAP in May of '07. That's atleast as good an effort as he had in his previous race on dirt. I don't see the huge switch in performance that everyone is speaking of. Also, if Mandella thought he was much better on dirt, then why didn't he ship to get dirt? Doesn't seem like he thought he had that stakes ability left on any surface.