6/24 (CD): Dublin, Wine Police, Buckleupbuttercup alll return!

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Wine Police is the horse I am holding out hope for to save the 3yo class this year.

The only way to "save" the 3yo class - and probably more of them to come in the future - would be for them to train, race, and campaign more.

The entire top of the 3yo class is made up of horses who still freaking have ALW conditions left. Seriously, how fucl<ing pathetic is that? Look at the PP's of the '81 Derby ... every horse in the field has run through his N2X. Most wouldn't qualify for N5X conditions.

The nicest thing you can say about the top of this years 3yo crop is "they've yet to prove that they suck because they haven't raced enough - and some might have a lot more devlopment in them" Bottom line, they simply don't race and don't train.

I'm sure there is a good reason why trainers are so deathy affraid to ask these horses to do anything ... maybe for every one who would thrive under a tough schedule - another ten would be completely ruined by the same handling. Everyone is affraid to ruin all their horses ... and the horses themselves don't appear to be profiles of hardiness. A lot of them still get hurt in spite of the fact that they're trained and raced with kid gloves.

There's a lot of hope for this class. Nothing but hope. None of them have accomplished jack sh!t. The Kentucky Derby was a dressed up and glorified N2X Alw. Friggen Maclean's Music and Uncle Mo might as well be called the most accomplished horses of this crop.