Some top W/E BSF's..

[Kasept]

Benny the Bull GP 26 Jan 6F 115
Santana Strings GP 26 Jan 6F 103
Mach Ride GP 26 Jan 6F 101
Tropic Storm GP 26 Jan 6F 101


Ginger Punch (f) GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 109
Peach Flambe (f) GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 98


Bob Black Jack SA 26 Jan 6F 109
Winsome Charm SA 26 Jan 6F 100
Afleet Ruler SA 26 Jan 6F 94


Go Between SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 106
Celtic Dreamin SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 103


War Monger GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 100
Soldier's Dancer GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 97
Lucky J. H. GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 95


Quite a Bride (f) SA 26 Jan 1 1/8M 95


Cool Coal Man GP 26 Jan 1 1/8M 92

[cakes44]

Now that was a thoroughly dominant and impressive effort by Benny the Bull. I would honestly put it up there with 'Zapper's Tom Fool race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Now that was a thoroughly dominant and impressive effort by Benny the Bull. I would honestly put it up there with 'Zapper's Tom Fool race.

Funny, I found it more reminiscent of A One Rocket.

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Funny, I found it more reminiscent of A One Rocket.

You could very well be correct there. That horse was awfully geared up.

[blackthroatedwind]

It will be very interesting to see if he can remain sound. Taken at face value, perfect trip and all, he was awfully impressive on Saturday.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Perfect trip indeed - and that performance was obviously not in the same ball park as Ghostzapper's Tom Fool in my opinion. Some of his prior races were sneaky strong - him showing a touch more speed this past week was the only surprising thing with his effort imo.

I think Benny The Bull will clearly prove to be the best one-turn miler this year for sure.

Bob Black Jack is a bit interesting. 109 Synthetic Beyer for a Jan Cal Bred 3yo is eye-catching - as is running a final time 0.73 seconds faster than Grade 1 older males in the Malibu in his start two back.

However, you need only go back to Da Stoops to find a horse with a similar profile - Da Stoops, of course, ran faster (albeit by a razor thin margin) than Proud Tower Too did in the Malibu on the same card - and he also won the SM 3yo Sprint with a big figure.

He, at best, flatlined from there.

[cakes44]

We are all in agreement on the perfect trip. I guess I was just impressed by the early speed he showed and I can't imagine him winning by any less than 2 lengths even if he circles the entire field at the turn. There was never a point in that race where Benny the Bull didn't look like an easy winner, even with the wall of horses in front of him for the first 4 furlongs.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

It will be very interesting to see if he can remain sound. Taken at face value, perfect trip and all, he was awfully impressive on Saturday.

The A One Rocket comment brings back a lot of bad memories about IEAH. This one, however, (I think) is legit.


A congratulations is in order to my man The Bid who found this horse for IEAH...

[cakes44]

In addition, I think Talamo believed he was actually on Ghostzapper with that ride on Afleet Ruler.