i dont know,maybe i saw another race

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

The post-race hyperbole went both ways. Another website's article on the race described Mike Smith's "masterful" ride with details that only the author seemed to imagine.

True Smith probably let Justify float out to encourage Bolt D'Oro to alter course towards the rail, but it created a new problem when Justify kept floating out and failed to switch leads.

And those were not "taps" that Justify felt from Smith's whip. He got a good one on his right side and then started to drifty noticeably towards the rail (the "masterful" article presumptively suggested Smith did this on purpose to put Bolt D'Oro onto the "deepest part of the track"). Smith then had to switch to his left hand and gave Justify 3 more good cracks.

I'm not convinced Smith saved anything.

I thoroughly enjoyed the DRF Pace guy presuming the pace was very slow instead of taking a deep breath and waiting for evidence. Apparently, the pace was NOT very slow and speed figures from all concerns were a lifetime best for Justify not to mention the fastest of any colt perhaps since the great Materiality's Florida Derby

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I thoroughly enjoyed the DRF Pace guy presuming the pace was very slow instead of taking a deep breath and waiting for evidence. Apparently, the pace was NOT very slow and speed figures from all concerns were a lifetime best for Justify not to mention the fastest of any colt perhaps since the great Materiality's Florida Derby

Perhaps a prescient allusion on your part. Materiality, like Justify, earned his Derby points in a Grade 1 in his 3rd career start after debuting in a sprint just a couple of months beforehand. Not a particularly fruitful outcome for the Triple Crown races for the former.

Coincidentally, Materiality was bred by John Gunther who also bred Justify. Actually, John Gunther also bred Wood Memorial winner Vino Rosso and while he is not listed as breeder on Blue Grass winner Good Magic, he has been an owner/breeder of many key horses from Good Magic's female family including several of Glinda The Good's (dam of Good Magic) half sisters.

Should get the Eclipse for top breeder for this weekend alone.

[Merlinsky]

Yeah I thought they were delusional. Bailey, I think, said he was all out, but if he didn't change leads and the track wasn't the fastest thing ever he's gonna seem like he's working more. They seemed disappointed and I just shook my head. He's had 3 races and gone 101, 104, 107. What'd ya need, fellas? A 110?

Turns out Bolt D'Oro grabbed his front, not that I think that sunk him. I think he'd be the kind of horse to power through something like that but I know the reaction to that kind of thing varies.
Pic: https://twitter.com/MargaretDammit/s...62141252894721

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Yeah I thought they were delusional. Bailey, I think, said he was all out, but if he didn't change leads and the track wasn't the fastest thing ever he's gonna seem like he's working more. They seemed disappointed and I just shook my head. He's had 3 races and gone 101, 104, 107. What'd ya need, fellas? A 110?

Turns out Bolt D'Oro grabbed his front, not that I think that sunk him. I think he'd be the kind of horse to power through something like that but I know the reaction to that kind of thing varies.
Pic: https://twitter.com/MargaretDammit/s...62141252894721

The fig is the lowest number they could have assigned IF they wished 110/1 was undoubtedly a defendable number. As Dougie Sal suggests, to get to 107 you have to attach a regressive fig to the entire Oaks field something that is dubious but certainly possible, or the surface changed.

The fig is on the conservative side which does not bode well for all the 95 to 101 types that will be in the field.

[taxicab]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Pic: https://twitter.com/MargaretDammit/s...62141252894721

Margaret Ransom has cool looking dogs......

[richard burch]

Very nice horse but more concerned that he is just not as seasoned as some others. Only 3 races, never raced anywhere but S.A.