Pace figures for Derby Prep races so far

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

To bump your 6f pace figure of 58 to a final figure of 89 at a mile ... you do have to run a 'late pace' figure of 182. A slow horse can't do that.

Very few true front-end speed horses would ever tolerate going that slowly early on.

Look at Bind yesterday ... he was running much faster fractions than those set in either the Louisiana Derby or the New Orleans Handicap race won by Mission Impaz - and he was doing it with his rider taking him wide on the first turn (riders think horses relax better further off the rail) and the horse had his mouth open fighting the bit the whole way.

For whatever reason - the better offspring of War Front all seem to rate beautifully. It would only be par for the course with the way the breed has been going if War Front becomes the greatest route-race sire in the land. The Larry Jones filly who romped at Turfway yesterday is the latest War Front tour-de-force in a route stake.

Uncle Mo's dam was a turf horse - and based on how extremely kindly he rates - he's one of the few speed horses who would probably love both turf and synthetic racing.

I was joking.