Discreet Cat's Beyer was a 115

Originally Posted by Linny

As a fan, there are certain horses I like or follow more closely than others. Some are top stakes horses, others are the Spooky Mulders of the world. Fans tend to get very emotional, defensive and almost irrational about their favorites.
on the other hand, I work in the industry and handicap almost daily. I do everthing from $8k maiden claimers at PHA to the Classic and cannot let emotion decide where I go. Blackthroatedwind makes a lot of great points. We are so desperate for a good one to come along that we crown superstars before their time.
I was impressed with DC on Sat, he looked very good. However, I think it's fair to say that when Go Fernando Go (who??!!) wins a NYB NW1x in 1:22.22 and 2yo maidens fo 1:36.65 and Bark Dust (who indeed??!!!) goes 1:21.83 we can guess that the track is "sharp." I like Nobiz but since 1986 only 3 horses have won the Remsen in under 1:50 (Rockport Harbor and Comeonmom) so I think it's fair to assume that his final time of 1:48.82 was "assisted" by the surface condidion.

I'm a little offended here, I made those points and got accused of being a hater on Saturday night.
Bark Dust's time had me talking to myself, imagine singling him on the back end of a pik-3 against a bad field of allowance horses in a 5 1/2f race at the Meadowlands and getting beat by a Charles Town shipper and then tossing him out of pik-3's based on that dreadful no excuse performance and watching him wire a field in 1:21:4? That triggered a profanity fest that had to be heard to be truly appreciated.