JCGC!! Looks nice

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I love this horse in the Classic. Going to get some great odds too.

Not if this forum is any reflection of the action he will be getting at the windows.

[Slewstoo]

I was wondering where all of the Sun King talk was

[Gander]

I can see this horse running big in the BC. You have to figure at least one closer will make some noise and he is clearly the best closer of this handicap class. It wouldnt shock me if he won this race.

[randallscott35]

I would like SK more if he wasn't being trained up to it. That kind of break into the race isn't a good thing. You need a prep to be right. He trained Birdstone up to the race and he ran evenly at best that day.

Meanwhile he gave Albert a prep and even though he ran poorly in the prep, he came back to run a big race. A misstep by Zito here.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I would like SK more if he wasn't being trained up to it. That kind of break into the race isn't a good thing. You need a prep to be right. He trained Birdstone up to the race and he ran evenly at best that day.

Meanwhile he gave Albert a prep and even though he ran poorly in the prep, he came back to run a big race. A misstep by Zito here.

Well, let's talk about missteps when he loses. Who knows... maybe he'll win the thing.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I would like SK more if he wasn't being trained up to it. That kind of break into the race isn't a good thing. You need a prep to be right. He trained Birdstone up to the race and he ran evenly at best that day.

Meanwhile he gave Albert a prep and even though he ran poorly in the prep, he came back to run a big race. A misstep by Zito here.

I would normally agree with you, but I think Zito made the right move with this horse. The horse needs the break. Zito knows that he is tired. I won't say this often, but in this particular instance, I do like the fact that Zito is training up to the race instead of giving Sun King one more grueling race before the BC. The way I figure it is that Zito wouldn't be doing it without having a good reason.

The ideal would have been for him to have skipped either the Whitney or the Wooward, and put SK in the JCGC or similar prep, and the BCC.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I would normally agree with you, but I think Zito made the right move with this horse. The horse needs the break. Zito knows that he is tired. I won't say this often, but in this particular instance, I do like the fact that Zito is training up to the race instead of giving Sun King one more grueling race before the BC. The way I figure it is that Zito wouldn't be doing it without having a good reason.

The ideal would have been for him to have skipped either the Whitney or the Wooward, and put SK in the JCGC or similar prep, and the BCC.

He was favored, or co-favorite, in the $500K Grade 1 Woodward whereas he will be no less than 6-1, and probably closer to 10-1, should he run in the JCGC. I would say, even in retrospect, the Woodward was the right spot.

[Gander]

I think the break will do him wonders. Hes had a pretty staunt campaign this year (at least by his standards). The Whitney probably took a lot out of him. I thought his Woodward was great.