Met Mile

[NTamm1215]

These 3YOs from DrugS' Derby chances list would be interesting in the Met Mile to me (though none of them will probably go):

Dialed In
The Factor
To Honor And Serve
Soldat
Sheckleford
Comma to the Top
Sway Away

Toss in Flashpoint and Travelin Man as well.

[blackthroatedwind]

The Factor would win the Met.

So would Uncle Mo.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Factor would win the Met.

So would Uncle Mo.

What if they both ran, who would be most likely in a fairly drawn field?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by 3kings

What if they both ran, who would be most likely in a fairly drawn field?

Probably Uncle Mo, as if nothing else we know he can rate, but it would be a helluva matchup.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Factor would win the Met.

When (maybe if) The Factor backs-up in the Derby, I wonder if someone could convince Baffert to make that move.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Factor would win the Met.

So would Uncle Mo.

Well, it would obviously depend on who showed up.

If Twirling Candy, Apiority, Morning Line, Soaring Empire, Captain Candyman, Mission Impazable all entered...you would be betting The Factor and Uncle Mo?

Maybe I would too in the Cigar mile this Fall but, not in May.

[PatCummings]

Considering the breeding value people assign to the those monster mile winners over 12-furlong classic horses, why try for the Triple Crown. Can you imagine Mo winning the Derby then waiting for the Met Mile...

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Considering the breeding value people assign to the those monster mile winners over 12-furlong classic horses, why try for the Triple Crown. Can you imagine Mo winning the Derby then waiting for the Met Mile...

Given his opposition to this point, I think he should just squeeze a Met Mile start in between the Preakness/Belmont.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

Considering the breeding value people assign to the those monster mile winners over 12-furlong classic horses, why try for the Triple Crown. Can you imagine Mo winning the Derby then waiting for the Met Mile...

Yeah, the first TC winner in over 30 years would definitely be worth less than the Derby-Met double!!

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Yeah, the first TC winner in over 30 years would definitely be worth less than the Derby-Met double!!

The fuking horse needs 4 months between starts and the first start is a gimme and you expect him to win the Triple Crown?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by jms62

The fuking horse needs 4 months between starts and the first start is a gimme and you expect him to win the Triple Crown?

No, I do not.

I expect him to win the Derby. I know he's good enough to win the Triple Crown, but I don't expect him to be in training by the time the Belmont comes around.

Doesn't change what I'm saying about him being more valuable as a TC winner vs a MM winner.

Originally Posted by jms62

The fuking horse needs 4 months between starts and the first start is a gimme and you expect him to win the Triple Crown?

It's not out of the realm of possibility. The Florida Derby was supposedly the greatest derby prep in years and look how it ended up.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Well, it would obviously depend on who showed up.

If Twirling Candy, Apiority, Morning Line, Soaring Empire, Captain Candyman, Mission Impazable all entered...you would be betting The Factor and Uncle Mo?

Maybe I would too in the Cigar mile this Fall but, not in May.

Mo would almost certainly win that race with that field. Maybe Twirling Candy.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Well, it would obviously depend on who showed up.

If Twirling Candy, Apiority, Morning Line, Soaring Empire, Captain Candyman, Mission Impazable all entered...you would be betting The Factor and Uncle Mo?

Maybe I would too in the Cigar mile this Fall but, not in May.

Why not? Especially considering they get an extra 10 pounds as 3 yo's.

[King Glorious]

I grew up watching 3yos regularly compete in the Met. I remember Gulch winning it (and running all three TC races). Holy Bull, Honour and Glory, Conquistador Cielo. I know there are a few I am forgetting. It sucks getting old. I want to say Housebuster and Dixie Brass.

[RolloTomasi]

The Baffert horse was Letthebighossroll. Kyles Our Man and Cat Thief were a couple of other 3yos that tried and failed. Williamstown may have as well.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Cardus

It was mind-boggling to me that Cat Thief was, if memory serves, about 5/2 or 7/2 in that race.

Him running in the race to being with was mind-boggling, too. His stalking style seemed tailor made for the Belmont. At the very least he could have been a target for Charismatic, who ended up on the lead early (not that that would have kept his leg from coming apart or anything).

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Well, it would obviously depend on who showed up.

If Twirling Candy, Apiority, Morning Line, Soaring Empire, Captain Candyman, Mission Impazable all entered...you would be betting The Factor and Uncle Mo?

Maybe I would too in the Cigar mile this Fall but, not in May.

....luv the uncle. after he has his public workout this saturday, he will make 2 to 1 seem like a gift from god the 1st saturday in may.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

If Twirling Candy, Apiority, Morning Line, Soaring Empire, Captain Candyman, Mission Impazable all entered...you would be betting The Factor and Uncle Mo?

I'm not sure I would be betting them, as they would be favored, but I don't know that I would be betting against them.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm not sure I would be betting them, as they would be favored, but I don't know that I would be betting against them.

I would...With both fists.