No Wood for Circular Quay

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Linny

Early April is an odd time to retire a horse that doesn't need to retire, so lets not jump the gun. I am however suspicious when a well organized guy like Tpdd decides to change plans. He just doesn't usually do so.

I was in Saratoga all summer and all I heard from the barn was how CQ was the "golden child" of the crop. Todd just loved him, the staff loved his easy going temperament and because he's a homebred for Tabor and with Todd's connection to sire and dam.... My guess is that though Todd owned a piece of SD, his emotional attachment was to CQ. Remember, he was not so attached to SD as to not sell his interest to Tabor.

I recently heard the exact opposite. Heard that Todd's main derby horse was Any Given Saturday, but that his sentimental fave was Scat Daddy. I got the impression that CQ wasn't as high up on the list as those two...

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I recently heard the exact opposite. Heard that Todd's main derby horse was Any Given Saturday, but that his sentimental fave was Scat Daddy. I got the impression that CQ wasn't as high up on the list as those two...

I'm not so sure about that, if he was so great why would he debut him at Turdway?!?

http://www.thoroughbrednet.us/discus...topic=9193&hl=

Personally I thought his army's chances stacked up as such:
CQ
AGS
SD
Cowtown Cat
King of the Roxy
Sam P

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by philcski

I'm not so sure about that, if he was so great why would he debut him at Turdway?!?

http://www.thoroughbrednet.us/discus...topic=9193&hl=

Personally I thought his army's chances stacked up as such:
CQ
AGS
SD
Cowtown Cat
King of the Roxy
Sam P

I think the Turfway debut had more to do with Polytrack than anything else. WinStar seems to like its horses running in Kentucky, AGS was ready to go and Turfway was open. That just seems to make sense in my mind. Of course, I don't have ten contenders for the Derby.

NT

[philcski]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I think the Turfway debut had more to do with Polytrack than anything else. WinStar seems to like its horses running in Kentucky, AGS was ready to go and Turfway was open. That just seems to make sense in my mind. Of course, I don't have ten contenders for the Derby.

NT

Keeneland opened 3 days later for 2-2.5x the MSW pot. If he ABSOLUTELY had to run, I understand it... needless to say, it was an excellent debut.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by philcski

Keeneland opened 3 days later for 2-2.5x the MSW pot. If he ABSOLUTELY had to run, I understand it... needless to say, it was an excellent debut.

I agree, Pletcher even said that he knew AGS was classy when he got up to win that one sprinting when he knew he wanted a route.

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I recently heard the exact opposite. Heard that Todd's main derby horse was Any Given Saturday, but that his sentimental fave was Scat Daddy. I got the impression that CQ wasn't as high up on the list as those two...

Steve had mentioned in a thread a few weeks ago that CQ was the barn pet, but Pletcher wanted to win with AGS (or at least, thought that was his strongest chance).

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

Steve had mentioned in a thread a few weeks ago that CQ was the barn pet, but Pletcher wanted to win with AGS (or at least, thought that was his strongest chance).

Yep... we heard that from the same source.