Lava Man

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by robfla

he runs worse figures because he is over his head. especially against the best turf horses in the WORLD

Heck, Perfect Drift beat him in Cali, so did Rock Hard Ten and Borrego.

Bring the same horse he faced Saturday to California, let THEM ship to him, he still gets trounced.

Definately have to agree with this. GPK and I discussed this after the race. The horses bred oversea's are bred for the turf and bred for distance, they are just much better quality than the US turf horses. The results show in the Breeders Cup turf and Mile also (for the most part). Do you think its coincidence that the US horses won most of the Dirt races in Dubai? no, US horses were bred for the dirt and have better quality (again, for the most part). Even the well bred turf horses that were bred in the US are snatched up by coolmore and the shieks and sent overseas to race (again, there is always an exception).

Lava Man does his job in Cali, and he should be praised for that, but who does he face? Nothing like he's faced in his last two very poor performances outside Cali. I just can't buy that shipping excuse. He's just not good enough.