Dwyer Field pretty weak

Keyed Entry is just an overrated horse. He had a good race down in Florida on a wet track. He hasnt done crap since. Heck, that race was in Feb or March I believe. That is way too far back for me. Maybe just maybe Keyed Entry isnt any good.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Keyed Entry is just an overrated horse. He had a good race down in Florida on a wet track. He hasnt done crap since. Heck, that race was in Feb or March I believe. That is way too far back for me. Maybe just maybe Keyed Entry isnt any good.

Euro I thought you were sharper than that.
Horses get affected by injuries or overexertion and the ill advised attempt at the Derby was obviously his undoing. Was he ever going to be a top class router? no. Was he going to be a very good miler and middle distance horse, yes.

Originally Posted by oracle80

Euro I thought you were sharper than that.
Horses get affected by injuries or overexertion and the ill advised attempt at the Derby was obviously his undoing. Was he ever going to be a top class router? no. Was he going to be a very good miler and middle distance horse, yes.

What indication, if any, has showed that Keyed Entry would have been a good miler or middle distance horse? I dont see it...maybe I am missing something but this horse just hasnt progressed during 2006. He didnt look all that good during Derby week and he got injured during the Derby. But he hasnt shown anything to me that suggests he would have been a good miler or middle distance horse. Throw out the Hutchenson and make your case.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

What indication, if any, has showed that Keyed Entry would have been a good miler or middle distance horse? I dont see it...maybe I am missing something but this horse just hasnt progressed during 2006. He didnt look all that good during Derby week and he got injured during the Derby. But he hasnt shown anything to me that suggests he would have been a good miler or middle distance horse. Throw out the Hutchenson and make your case.

His Gotham got him a great number as well on the sheets and he ran a big race there. IN the Wood he was cutting the pace on a track that highly favored outside closers, the rail was quicksand that day, so that race is basically a throwout. YOu can't just forget the Gotham and Hutch and nothing is crazier than condemning a horse because he obviously is hurting.

Originally Posted by oracle80

His Gotham got him a great number as well on the sheets and he ran a big race there. IN the Wood he was cutting the pace on a track that highly favored outside closers, the rail was quicksand that day, so that race is basically a throwout. YOu can't just forget the Gotham and Hutch and nothing is crazier than condemning a horse because he obviously is hurting.

If he is hurting then why in the heck is he racing? I don't know Pletcher but from what I have read on this forum he isnt the type of trainer to run a horse if the horse is injured. The fact that Pletcher races this horse tells me the horse is about 95-100%.

In the Gotham he got beat by Like Now. He couldnt get by a 36-1 shot. We all know that the Gotham wasnt a very good prep. Other than SNS coming back and running well in the Derby and Belmont what has any horse in the Gotham done? The Wood he got 3rd and was beaten by Bob and John (overrated) and Jazil who turned out to be a good horse.

Keyed Entry is a fine horse. Just dont think he has the talent to compete in Grade I or Grade II races. He is too slow to hang with the sprinters and does not have the stanima to hang with routers. I would still LOVE to own the horse.

[blackthroatedwind]

Keyed Entry is yet another name on the long, and growing, list of horses from the Pletcher barn that run logic defying races in South Florida only to fizzle out as the year progresses. We see it every year.

I will be shocked if Keyed Entry shows up again this year. However, if he isn't retired I fully expect him to run a Beyer figure of around 110 sometime early in the 2007 Gulfstream meet. From there we will see somewhere around 39 threads about him on various sites, he will promptly lose his next start, and fade into oblivion.

Sort of a sequel of a sequel.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Keyed Entry is yet another name on the long, and growing, list of horses from the Pletcher barn that run logic defying races in South Florida only to fizzle out as the year progresses. We see it every year.

I will be shocked if Keyed Entry shows up again this year. However, if he isn't retired I fully expect him to run a Beyer figure of around 110 sometime early in the 2007 Gulfstream meet. From there we will see somewhere around 39 threads about him on various sites, he will promptly lose his next start, and fade into oblivion.

Sort of a sequel of a sequel.

Do you really believe that Todd wanted to run him in the Derby as badly as he pouted and fumed all week long that he couldnt get Sunriver in the race?
I know many owners are indeed qualified to have a high degree of input as to where and when their horses should race, or they employ managers who who are qualified to do so. I'm not real sure that this owner is on that list.