Week/Weekend Stakes Beyers: Authentic 105

[Dahoss]

Gamine has made 5 starts through September of her 3 year old year. I don’t need to be Larry Bramlage to figure out she’s had some issues. I think the failure to switch leads until late is a sign of things to come, regardless of how much her owner likes the action.

I don’t think you get the same brilliance from her around two turns that you do one turn. Do you?

I’m sure Baffert thinks Princess Noor is great too. What else is he going to say? When has a trainer or someone who bought a horse come on your show and NOT said something glowing about their horse?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Gamine has made 5 starts through September of her 3 year old year. I don’t need to be Larry Bramlage to figure out she’s had some issues. I think the failure to switch leads until late is a sign of things to come, regardless of how much her owner likes the action.

I don’t think you get the same brilliance from her around two turns that you do one turn. Do you?

I’m sure Baffert thinks Princess Noor is great too. What else is he going to say? When has a trainer or someone who bought a horse come on your show and NOT said something glowing about their horse?

There's any number of trainers who visit ATR that provide forthcoming, nuanced insight about the level of talent/progress of their horses, including, (maybe especially), Baffert.

Gamine didn't make the races at 2.. Is that highly unusual? She was approaching a debut at DMR when she was paused 90 days. She resumed training in November and prepared for the March debut. She's appeared regularly since. Of course the one turning Acorn/Test efforts stand out. We'll see how they proceed. Her worktab & race calendar is below. Is that the training and race record of an unsound horse?

RACE 9/4
Del Mar 08/29/2020 Dirt 6F 1:11.60 Handily 1/5
Del Mar 08/22/2020 Dirt 5F 1:00.80 Handily 15/74
RACE 8/8
Del Mar 08/02/2020 Dirt 6F 1:12.80 Handily 1/4
Del Mar 07/26/2020 Dirt 6F 1:12.60 Handily 2/7
Del Mar 07/19/2020 Dirt 5F 1:00.60 Handily 9/96
Del Mar 07/12/2020 Dirt 4F 48.80 Handily 25/106
Santa Anita 06/29/2020 Dirt 4F 51.40 Breezing 31/33
RACE 6/20
Santa Anita 06/13/2020 Dirt 6F 1:13.00 Handily 3/11
Santa Anita 06/07/2020 Dirt 6F 1:11.80 Handily 1/3
Santa Anita 05/31/2020 Dirt 4F 48.20 Handily 9/52
Santa Anita 05/24/2020 Dirt 4F 48.80 Handily 13/47
Santa Anita 05/16/2020 Dirt 4F 47.60 Handily 12/64
RACE 5/2
Santa Anita 04/24/2020 Dirt 5F 59.20 Handily 1/55
Santa Anita 04/16/2020 Dirt 5F 1:00.80 Handily 9/46
Santa Anita 04/04/2020 Dirt 6F 1:14.20 Handily 5/12
Santa Anita 03/29/2020 Dirt 5F 1:01.40 Handily 32/71
Santa Anita 03/22/2020 Dirt 4F 48.00 Handily 13/69
RACE 3/7
Santa Anita 03/02/2020 Dirt 4F 46.40 Handily 3/43
Santa Anita 02/23/2020 Dirt 6F 1:12.80 Handily 4/12
Santa Anita 02/13/2020 Dirt 4F 47.20 Handily 2/32
Santa Anita 02/05/2020 Dirt 5F 1:00.20 Handily 2/41
Santa Anita 01/29/2020 Dirt 5F 1:01.00 Handily 4/27
Santa Anita 01/22/2020 Dirt 5F 1:02.20 Handily 12/29
Santa Anita 01/15/2020 Dirt 4F 48.80 Handily 9/50
Santa Anita 01/08/2020 Dirt 4F 51.20 Handily 33/36
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse 12/29/2019 Dirt 4F 49.00 Handily 25/44
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse 12/19/2019 Dirt 4F 47.80 Handily 2/12
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse 12/12/2019 Dirt 4F 51.20 Handily 30/34
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse 12/02/2019 Dirt 3F 37.20 Handily 13/19
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse 11/24/2019 Dirt 3F 36.20 Handily 5/20
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Del Mar 07/31/2019 Dirt 5F 1:00.60 Handily 4/36
Del Mar 07/25/2019 Dirt 5F 1:00.00 Handily 1/50
Del Mar 07/18/2019 Dirt 5F 1:01.20 Handily 13/37
Santa Anita 07/10/2019 Dirt 4F 48.40 Handily 4/65
Santa Anita 07/04/2019 Dirt 4F 47.80 Handily 2/39
Santa Anita 06/26/2019 Dirt 4F 48.80 Handily 8/52
Santa Anita 06/19/2019 Dirt 3F 36.60 Handily 8/29
Santa Anita 06/13/2019 Dirt 3F 37.00 Handily 6/17
Santa Anita 06/06/2019 Dirt 3F 36.80 Handily 6/23

[Dahoss]

Steve come on...I’m familiar with her work tab and race record. Don’t do that.

5 starts through September of your 3 year old season, even with Covid doesn’t scream warhorse. She’s worth a lot of money as a broodmare. Way more money than she could probably earn on the track.

I hope she runs 20 more times. But is anyone going to be surprised if she runs 2 more times?

I was playfully (I thought) needling you about the Gary Young comment. Of course the guy who bought the horse is going to speak highly of her. Hes self promoting. Being a generational talent (whatever that means nowadays) means he’s good at picking horses out. And he is.

I was trying to have some fun with you.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I was trying to have some fun with you.

[King Glorious]

My question would be a simple one. Does she have to run and excel at 9f or more in order to be deemed great? I know that in this country, dirt runners that compete at 9f (females) and 10f (males) are considered the best but I’ve never looked at it that way. We look down on sprinters and grass horses usually as horses that failed to continue on to the classic distances on dirt. So my question to Dahoss is this, is there anything that Gamine could do, even if she ran regularly next year, that would be good enough to call her a generational talent if she’s kept at 7-8f?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

My question would be a simple one. Does she have to run and excel at 9f or more in order to be deemed great? I know that in this country, dirt runners that compete at 9f (females) and 10f (males) are considered the best but I’ve never looked at it that way. We look down on sprinters and grass horses usually as horses that failed to continue on to the classic distances on dirt. So my question to Dahoss is this, is there anything that Gamine could do, even if she ran regularly next year, that would be good enough to call her a generational talent if she’s kept at 7-8f?

Of course she could. Again, I’m not sure what that means nowadays anyway....but yes she could do things next year and at the end of this year that would make me think she’s generational

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Of course she could. Again, I’m not sure what that means nowadays anyway....but yes she could do things next year and at the end of this year that would make me think she’s generational

I also don't know what it means. I think of generational as once every 18-20 years and she certainly appears good but I don't know if she's that. If he means best of her class, I could agree with that although she didn't help her case in the Oaks. If she stays at sprinting and one-turn miles, I think she'll have a hard time making a case to be generational in any sense unless she goes on to face makes and takes races like the Met Mile and Forego.