Informed Decision goes two-turns on Tuesday

[Sightseek]

I'm sure it's killing them seeing her run slower and still make $180,000 on the year.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I'm sure it's killing them seeing her run slower and still make $180,000 on the year.

this is tantalizingly close to the dread 'i wouldn't mind owning her' post.

j/k'ing ya.

[VOL JACK]

I know what she is bred to do and all.
But just maybe J. Shepard knows what he is doing...
Anyone that knows what a sprinter and what a router looks like physically, knows she is a 1 turn mare.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Danzig

this is tantalizingly close to the dread 'i wouldn't mind owning her' post.

j/k'ing ya.

Sorry, it's just the retire them because they are not as good and/or can be bred for more money mentality that is killing the sport. So she may not win the Ballerina -- thank heavens they are willing to enter her!

(oh yeah and run her on a surface which is not her best in that race and they tried a new distance today)

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Sorry, it's just the retire them because they are not as good and/or can be bred for more money mentality that is killing the sport. So she may not win the Ballerina -- thank heavens they are willing to enter her!

(oh yeah and run her on a surface which is not her best in that race and they tried a new distance today)

yeah, i thought the retirement remark was ridiculous. they wanted to see if she could go 2 turns, and found a good place to find out. it worked out well for her and them. why trying something different, with a win to boot, should bring about her retirement is beyond me.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, i thought the retirement remark was ridiculous. they wanted to see if she could go 2 turns, and found a good place to find out. it worked out well for her and them. why trying something different, with a win to boot, should bring about her retirement is beyond me.

Wait a minute... They found out tonight she could go 2 turns? Ok...
Thats good, on to the Personal Ensign off tonights romp.

Sightseek I get your point, a lot of them do retire to early. I guess its nice to see her running still.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Wait a minute... They found out tonight she could go 2 turns? Ok...
Thats good, on to the Personal Ensign off tonights romp.

Sightseek I get your point, a lot of them do retire to early. I guess its nice to see her running still.

...where did i say they found out she could go two turns? they tried it in the right spot, and she won. glad you paid attention to the drf link and comment i made about ntamm getting his wish, as ID next goes in the ballerina.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The pace was entirely too slow tonight to make anything of the race.

You can spin it the good way and say 'she rated so kindly - how many top sprinters in history could go that slow early without pulling the jockey out of the saddle? Her final quater mile was sensational for a stretch-out given the speed of the track and she galloped out like a horse who was just starting to find her best a 1/16th of a mile after the race was over'

You can spin it the bad way and say 'she walked on an uncontested lead and beat nothing in slow time over a track very favorable to her running style'

The reality was that it was nothing more than an entire field in a furious 2.5 furlong sprint after walking early. Nothing at all was learned other than the fact that Informed Decision is capable of going extremely slow if rated and unpressured.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I'm sure it's killing them seeing her run slower and still make $180,000 on the year.

You figure Strawbridge has ever worried about 180k since he was 9 months old? What do you figure his yearly expenses are worldwide for horses. Include training vets transportation and purchases.. 10mil? You think he has ever won 10 mil in a year..maybe a few but not to many

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by freddymo

You figure Strawbridge has ever worried about 180k since he was 9 months old? What do you figure his yearly expenses are worldwide for horses. Include training vets transportation and purchases.. 10mil? You think he has ever won 10 mil in a year..maybe a few but not to many

That also supports my point about them doing it for the sport of it.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

That also supports my point about them doing it for the sport of it.

Everything he (strawbridge) does in racing is for the sport of it and it is plainly obvious

[philcski]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Everything he (strawbridge) does in racing is for the sport of it and it is plainly obvious

I love the guy, even if he's the luckiest guy in the world... not only because he's a great owner, but because he saved the Buffalo Sabres.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by philcski

I love the guy, even if he's the luckiest guy in the world... not only because he's a great owner, but because he saved the Buffalo Sabres.

Sharp dresser too.