Discreet Cat to miss the Dwyer

[Scurlogue Champ]

I heard that he had a 2 pack of Lucky Strikes a day habit. Picked it up while in Dubai.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by moodwalker

I heard that he had a 2 pack of Lucky Strikes a day habit. Picked it up while in Dubai.

LOL. That is a good one!

[blackthroatedwind]

This is sort of old news and I wrote it in another thread a week or so ago.

I'm not sure he was ever REALLY pointing for the race.

[Exceller]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

This is sort of old news and I wrote it in another thread a week or so ago.

I'm not sure he was ever REALLY pointing for the race.

I don't think they were honestly ever even considering the race. It is a $150K race with nothing at stake. I think he is going to train right up to the Haskell or Travers.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Exceller

I don't think they were honestly ever even considering the race. It is a $150K race with nothing at stake. I think he is going to train right up to the Haskell or Travers.

It was to be a prep race. Remember them? In the good old days, trainers knew it was tough to train a horse up to an optimum performance without a race or two, especially at 2-turn distances. So they put their top runners into lesser races to help them get into racing trim and didn't insist that they win their preps, either.

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

It was to be a prep race. Remember them? In the good old days, trainers knew it was tough to train a horse up to an optimum performance without a race or two, especially at 2-turn distances. So they put their top runners into lesser races to help them get into racing trim and didn't insist that they win their preps, either.

You are correct Ann. And what I hate is betting on a race where you know that the trainer is just trying to get a race into him before the main goal. I will almost ALWAYS pass that race up.

[blackthroatedwind]

I think everyone is missing the real issue....this is a very unsound horse. Good horse, no doubt, but getting him to races is not going to be easy.

I agree with the idea of using lesser races as preps, who wouldn't, but I don't think that is the issue here.

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

It was to be a prep race. Remember them? In the good old days, trainers knew it was tough to train a horse up to an optimum performance without a race or two, especially at 2-turn distances. So they put their top runners into lesser races to help them get into racing trim and didn't insist that they win their preps, either.

I doubt you will see that horse in any prep type race. They will run him in a big race or nothing. He is too fragile. I wouldn't be surprised if he never ran again.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

This is sort of old news and I wrote it in another thread a week or so ago.

I'm not sure he was ever REALLY pointing for the race.

Sorry. I saw it on the Godolphin site yesterday morning and , as it had just come up, didn't realize it was old news.

[Pedigree Ann]

Don't forget that the trainer of the two top betting choices in the Dubai Derby found in a blood test that both had been given Valium before the race. He had been so upset about the way they ran that he had the test done on his own dime. Discreet Cat may have looked good that day, but his strongest competition had been gotten at so you can't call it a true bill.

[PeteMugg]

Originally Posted by moodwalker

I heard that he had a 2 pack of Lucky Strikes a day habit. Picked it up while in Dubai.

Dubai, huh? You sure he doesn't smoke Camels?