Another pause in the action with Turf works still to come...
After the harrows, UNCLE MO and STAY THIRSTY both got around in varying degrees of 'good' without any real demands put on them. MO eased through an ordinary 5f in 1:01.18 (Welsch) and out in 1:14.81 under Johnny V who motivated the Indian Charlie colt through the late stages. Not much to say about it other than it felt like Pletcher is happy where he is with the 2yo champion and simply wanted a maintenance move. STAY THIRSTY however, who has been characterized as a modest morning horse, outworked Rule easily starting outside and maybe 1.5 lengths behind and finishing about the same amount in front of his stablemate getting 5/8ths in 1:00.1 with a good gallop out. It may have been by design, but Stay Thirsty's effort was the better of the two Repole Classic players. Will be interesting to see the quotes from Team Todd..
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10-30-2011, 09:17 AM
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