Fabulous Strike wins his tune-up

[paisjpq]

drugS did you catch your other hot 'trainer' ryan beattie on ATRAB tonight?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I didn't.

Ryan doesn't have the same magical numbers as Todd and Stephanie---but really, who else does? I only first heard of Ryan when I saw him as the trainer of record of the Lake horses at Gulfstream in '06, when Scott Lake was serving his suspension.

I've had the great misfortune of getting to know one-time key Scott Lake asst. Steve Krebs....who famously once posted (on another board) "I can be on my computer for 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, and I'll still always win at over 20%."

[Bobby Fischer]

This is a nice horse.
I was going to bet him third choice last year for Henney Hughes comeback race. Fabulous Strike scratched and won somewhere else at about 2-1, and Henney Hughes ran a huge one anyway, so things worked out good for me in the luck department.

Strike isn't a top grade 1 sprinter but he could win a graded stakes race with the right setup. He really beats up on those Mountaineer animals.

[ArlJim78]

I don't know if you can compare Equibase numbers earned at five furlongs, with those earned at 10 furlongs. The comparision to Smokey Stover is more appropriate but that one has raced against much tougher. Time will tell.

[ateamstupid]

Smart Strike is the most underrated sire in America.. Loving seeing him do so well.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I don't know if you can compare Equibase numbers earned at five furlongs, with those earned at 10 furlongs. The comparision to Smokey Stover is more appropriate but that one has raced against much tougher. Time will tell.

I believe Bernardini's 130 from last year was run beyond nine furlongs.....but like I said...the Equibase computerized figure isn't that respected a number. My point for bringing it up was just to show how his fig had to, once again, come back crazy fast on everyones numbers.

[pba1817]

Comparing the derby winner to a 5f sprint at Mountaineer?? I have now seen it all...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Only the figures given out by a not-so highly respected computerized figure maker.

I assumed people would be wise enough to realize that.

For the record though, it doesn't matter if you're looking at Beyers, Thoro-Graph's, Ragozin's, Equibase's, Bris's, or anyone elses....Fabulous Strike's figure is going to be higher than Street Sense's.

[pba1817]

Exactly, you are so enthralled with "figures" or "numbers" that you seem still completely miss my point.

With Street Sense, who just won the most important and prestigious race in the United States, you somehow see it justifiable to compare his 1 1/4 mile figure to a crack sprinter who won a 5f sprint vs 3 pathetic opponents at a dump called Mountaineer Park.

You are doing this because you are thinking it will give Fabulous Strike more credibility somehow.. which you know it doesn't, a horse still earns credibility with the fields he beats, regardless of his final "figure" or "number" or fractional times.

I repeat, I have seen it all......

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Your point is obviously highly idiotic....and your reading comprehension "skills" are horrid.

I simply mentioned that the figure given out by equibase for Fabulous Strike was faster than any figure they've given out this week (which happened to be Derby week) or this year, or last year.

You are trying to paint it as though I am saying that FS's Mountaineer win should be a bigger story than the Derby...solely because he ran a faster number.

I couldn't care less how much credibility Fabulous Strike has....he ran the same giant numbers, at the same track, in his previous two races....why should his status be elevated off this performance? Point is...he's running almost unparalled figures, most people don't know who he is, and he's back and involved in a soft looking sprint division.