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Old 08-05-2009, 12:45 PM
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[quote=parsixfarms]How is what Quality Road doing any different from the long line of fillies that used to prep for the Alabama in the Test (aside fom the fact that he'll get 26 days to recover instead of only nine)?[/QUOTE


THat has Nothing to do with it now it might if all those fillies came off of a 4 month layoff in the test.
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Old 08-05-2009, 12:59 PM
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I don't know what to think of Quality Road at 10f. His Florida Derby performance was certainly impressive, but there really didn't seem to be any clues to me in that race one way or the other regarding how he would like the extra furlong. I never really like Elusive Quality's stretching out past 8.5, but memories of Smarty Jones and Raven's Pass make me wonder if I'm just flat out wrong about that. The dam is bred to run all day.
He's a tough one to figure, but he has enormous talent and I actually like the sprint/route angle off a layoff. If the race was 9f, I think he'd be really tough. At ten....I just don't know.
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Old 08-05-2009, 02:19 PM
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THat has Nothing to do with it now it might if all those fillies came off of a 4 month layoff in the test.
You make it sound as if this horse was out of training for four months. In reality, it was closer to four weeks. He had 5-6 works heading into the Amsterdam. This horse has back distance foundation, having won the Florida Derby at 9F. Fitness should not be an issue.
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Old 08-05-2009, 02:41 PM
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You make it sound as if this horse was out of training for four months. In reality, it was closer to four weeks. He had 5-6 works heading into the Amsterdam. This horse has back distance foundation, having won the Florida Derby at 9F. Fitness should not be an issue.
I still say fitness wll be an issue and I will make a strong stand against him at the the Windows. THe last 1/4 mile will be his undoing hey but if I am wrong I will be the first to say I was.
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Old 08-05-2009, 02:47 PM
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I still say fitness wll be an issue and I will make a strong stand against him at the the Windows. THe last 1/4 mile will be his undoing hey but if I am wrong I will be the first to say I was.
I guess what I am trying to say that, while getting the distance may be a question (as a son of Elusive Quality), I don't think fitness will be the problem.
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Old 08-05-2009, 02:58 PM
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Maybe we should the composition of the field and the likely pace scenario before drawing too many conclusions.
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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I'm hearing Quality Road's figure was upped to a 113 after they 'verified the time'.
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Old 08-05-2009, 04:29 PM
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I'm hearing Quality Road's figure was upped to a 113 after they 'verified the time'.
I think they had it right to begin with..Dont see CCC jumping up and running a big new top after being switched out in the lane.
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Bellamy Road nearly ran off with the Travers with over 3 months off..
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:59 PM
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Yeah. He should have been in the King's Bishop or maybe the Woodward. He wasn't ready for this.
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Yeah. He should have been in the King's Bishop or maybe the Woodward. He wasn't ready for this.
exactly. are his fans going to blame the slop?
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Old 08-29-2009, 06:04 PM
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He looked cooked walking into the paddock
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exactly. are his fans going to blame the slop?
I'll just be happy with his fans not hijacking every thread on here and making it about Quality Road.
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Based on this one isolated race, I would say Jimmy Jerkins comes out looking good today.
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how could he be 6-5 and summer bird 5-2? it was the opposite of what the odds should of been.......belmont and haskell versus the amsterdam going 1 and 1/4 and summer bird just won at 1 and 1/2 . oh yeah, a real shocker.
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He has the big reputation, a track record, the beyers, the high profile connections. I was actually surprised he wasn't even lower on the oddsboard. I think he has the talent, I am just not sure where he fits though as a miler or a classic type of horse.
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I should have made more of an effort to get off the barstool and get a refund at 2 minutes to post; however, I can never bring myself to do it. This was a time that SCREAMED cancel.
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