WARD: Strong Contender Likely Through

[txshorns02]

He was retired due to a tendon tear....

http://ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=23217

[POINTGIVEN1985]

cannon shell it seems that you dislike john ward, is there a specific reasson for that ? i mean i dont know everything about this game but, i do look at him as a very good horseman.

[Gander]

Point, not sure if you were at simulcast on Saturday, but a guy there was touting Torini as Ward's Derby horse. He ran in the last race at Gulf on Saturday, the race where I needed Silver Express and Hals My Hope beat me a bob at ridiculous odds.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by POINTGIVEN1985

cannon shell it seems that you dislike john ward, is there a specific reasson for that ? i mean i dont know everything about this game but, i do look at him as a very good horseman.

I have no reason to dislike him personally. I believe that John means a lot of what he says but I disagree with almost all of his positions on almost everything.

As far as a horseman, why cant he ever get his horses to the races and why do his talented horses fail to ever have long useful careers with very few exceptions?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have no reason to dislike him personally. I believe that John means a lot of what he says but I disagree with almost all of his positions on almost everything.

As far as a horseman, why cant he ever get his horses to the races and why do his talented horses fail to ever have long useful careers with very few exceptions?

I second this post.

Case in point.....he started zero 2YOs the entire Saratoga meeting.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have no reason to dislike him personally. I believe that John means a lot of what he says but I disagree with almost all of his positions on almost everything.

As far as a horseman, why cant he ever get his horses to the races and why do his talented horses fail to ever have long useful careers with very few exceptions?

I believe its a fair criticism. I've wondered the same thing myself.

What about someone like Ronny Werner? It seems like I only hear his name being associated with 2 year olds. Am I wrong? If not, what happens to them down the road?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I believe its a fair criticism. I've wondered the same thing myself.

What about someone like Ronny Werner? It seems like I only hear his name being associated with 2 year olds. Am I wrong? If not, what happens to them down the road?

Ronny is good at getting them to the races and winning early. He has had more success the last few years at winning with other types of horses. He does not get anywhere near the stock the Ward does.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Ronny is good at getting them to the races and winning early. He has had more success the last few years at winning with other types of horses. He does not get anywhere near the stock the Ward does.

didn't he have badge of silver early on in his (bos's) career?

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

didn't he have badge of silver early on in his (bos's) career?

yeah...he had BOS when he was on the triple crown trail...before he got hurt before the Bluegrass...

[Danzig]

Strong Contender, a four-year-old Maria’s Mon colt out of the Dynaformer mare Kopenhagen, suffered what turned out to be an unspecified career-ending injury while finishing fifth in the Hal’s Hope Handicap (G3) at Gulfstream on January 6, according to a press release from trainer John Ward.

ok, this horse suffered an injury, which went undetected til hours before his next scheduled start? why am i skeptical-and am i wrong for being so?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

ok, this horse suffered an injury, which went undetected til hours before his next scheduled start? why am i skeptical-and am i wrong for being so?

And he worked 5 furlongs in 59 two weeks after the race and came back nine days later to work 4 furlongs in 50.