Another Impressive "Street Sense" Work

[tycharles01]

Also guys dont forget where he is training at. Not Poly!!!

[cassie]

dont mean to sound stupid but where is he training at churchill?

[Mortimer]

Oh I LOVE those bullet works!!









( is it me? )

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by cassie

dont mean to sound stupid but where is he training at churchill?

Yup!

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by tycharles01

Also guys dont forget where he is training at. Not Poly!!!

His final prep race is what tightened the screws and that was on POLY.

[whorstman]

Champion Street Sense delivered a knockout performance Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs. With jockey Calvin Borel up, 2006 Eclipse Award winner Street Sense, owned by James Tafel, worked a bullet five furlongs in 59 seconds and did not draw a deep breath coming off the track.

That's all I need to hear.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by whorstman

Champion Street Sense delivered a knockout performance Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs. With jockey Calvin Borel up, 2006 Eclipse Award winner Street Sense, owned by James Tafel, worked a bullet five furlongs in 59 seconds and did not draw a deep breath coming off the track.

That's all I need to hear.

So knowing that he can cover 5 furlongs and not be blowing is the key to getting a mile and a quarter. I like Street Sense, but Hard Spun has an intresting look too.

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

So knowing that he can cover 5 furlongs and not be blowing is the key to getting a mile and a quarter. I like Street Sense, but Hard Spun has an intresting look too.

I like Hard Spun as well. I don't think distance will be the issue w/ SS. If he can get the desired trip, he will be tough to beat. I kinda like the 3yr olds born earlier in the year. SS born in Feb. Hard Spun won't technically even be 3 till 5 days after Derby.

I guess the work shows a sign of fitness also.

[Danzig]

lol...and curlin is going to be the fave?! i'm on hard spun, hell or high water, but no way street sense doesn't scare a lot of people right now. he's obviously at ease, fit, ready to go. and unlike some others heading in, his trainer knows how to win the derby.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig

lol...and curlin is going to be the fave?!

So because Street Sense blew an easy :59, Curlin shouldn't be the favorite?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

So because Street Sense blew an easy :59, Curlin shouldn't be the favorite?

no, but when you add up everything each has done, i don't see that curlins accomplishments and ability add up to street senses...
street sense doesn't deserve to be the fave because of one work, but i don't think curlin should be when you look at his career and who he's raced.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, but when you add up everything each has done, i don't see that curlins accomplishments and ability add up to street senses...
street sense doesn't deserve to be the fave because of one work, but i don't think curlin should be when you look at his career and who he's raced.

I couldn't agree more... I'm glad, though. Let people throw their money on Curlin so that we can get higher odds on the real deserving favorite.

[whorstman]

Battaglia may put Curlin as the Fav, but I have a stong feeling Street Sense will be the fav come race time.

[smartyalex]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, but when you add up everything each has done, i don't see that curlins accomplishments and ability add up to street senses...
street sense doesn't deserve to be the fave because of one work, but i don't think curlin should be when you look at his career and who he's raced.

EXACTLY!

[FGFan]

OK so I am new here, 1st post.
This seems to be a nice forum, I have learned a lot and people seem nice. I joined after The Fairgrounds closed from our 1st meet back since Katrina. Wish I had known about SumWon then, maybe I met some of you at the FG.
Thanks to all that came to our devasted city and it was a great meet, so much fun. Until you lose your racetrack you don't know how much you miss it.
And I was routing for Sumwon that day at Kee, now I'm a SumWon fan too. Just seems so much fun for ya'll.

Anyway the SS workout. I have alerts from DRF for about 6 horses. Saw the SS one but the other day I also got one on AGS, it was at Kee and it was 5f in 58:80 but the workout was called Handily.
Is there a difference in Breezing and Handily? I'm just a huge fan and am just getting on the following workouts bandwagon.
Just wondering what that all means, it looks to me like AGS had a faster workout, hope someone will explain if he did or did not.
I'm on a few horses, like Hard Spun since Derby Prep day 2/10, he and CQ are just magnificent looking horses in person. Sorry to see Ketchikan and Notional out, I like Curlin, AGS, have been on Cowtown Cat, even had Dominican but it was a multiple wager day, he paid for the rest..LOL, like Zanjero and ScatD too, Zanjero just keeps improving, he didn't do so great at the Fairgrounds. And Slew's Tizzy just blew me away, my friend had been hot on him, he let him down at the FG.
Anyway, just some thoughts from a new person, and if anyone can explain the difference in the SS and AGS workout it would be appreciated.
Good Luck to all.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, but when you add up everything each has done, i don't see that curlins accomplishments and ability add up to street senses...
street sense doesn't deserve to be the fave because of one work, but i don't think curlin should be when you look at his career and who he's raced.

But this thread was about a work, and it sounds like you're using Street Sense's work as final justification for him to be the favorite over Curlin, when I don't think it's that consequential in terms of the public's betting.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, but when you add up everything each has done, i don't see that curlins accomplishments and ability add up to street senses...
street sense doesn't deserve to be the fave because of one work, but i don't think curlin should be when you look at his career and who he's raced.

Tueflesberg beat Hard Spun fair and square in the Southwest.
Tueflesberg held his own against Street Sense going nine furlongs in the Blue Grass while obviously racing at a distance that is a bit beyond optimum for him.

Tueflesberg has raced fairly often by modern standards, has some foundation, and had a very large experience edge over Curlin when they faced off in the Rebel, on the same track where he had just beaten Hard Spun.

In the Rebel, Curlin was making his second start, his stakes debut and his two turn debut.

In the Rebel, Curlin made a wide move on the second turn and completely dusted the field including Tueflesberg, and won by many open lengths.

My only point is that while Curlin hasn't been in a dog fight, and lacks normal derby foundation, I wouldn't dismiss him based on class, or because of who he raced against. Its not like this is such an overly classy group and in my view he fits right in.