Rags to Riches confirmed for Belmont

XIIPointStables · #1 06-05-2007, 11:21 AM

I would have chosen Prado over JV.

Travis Stone · #2 06-05-2007, 11:25 AM

I think Digger might now drop out... we'll see.

slotdirt · #3 06-05-2007, 11:48 AM

Question: how does one just decide - seemingly at random - to send a horse to a grueling, 12f test? I'm not talking about Digger here, but C P West and a couple of others. I would suspect it's much more advisable to point a horse towards a race like this weeks in advance.

King Glorious · #4 06-05-2007, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Question: how does one just decide - seemingly at random - to send a horse to a grueling, 12f test? I'm not talking about Digger here, but C P West and a couple of others. I would suspect it's much more advisable to point a horse towards a race like this weeks in advance.

I agree 100%

tycharles01 · #5 06-05-2007, 11:52 AM

I think they had been considering sending CP West to the Belmont after how he ran in the Preakness.

More or less were just waiting to see if any of the Top 3 would drop out

Had a cP west dream last night for some reason?? Maybe a sign?

SniperSB23 · #6 06-05-2007, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Question: how does one just decide - seemingly at random - to send a horse to a grueling, 12f test? I'm not talking about Digger here, but C P West and a couple of others. I would suspect it's much more advisable to point a horse towards a race like this weeks in advance.

This wasn't a random decision nor was Rags. It is all politics. If you say you are pointing to the race and then don't wind up running for whatever reason everyone is going to assume you had a setback. If you wait to make an announcement then you can have a minor setback and skip the race without it raising any red flags.

lemoncrush · #7 06-05-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by XIIPointStables

I would have chosen Prado over JV.

I don't what was going on behind the scenes really, but Rags is technically Gomez's mount. Johnny's never been on her, if I remember correctly.

If Pletcher only has one horse in a race on one of JV's home tracks, is there agreement for JV to always have first call? I realize Gomez made a firm commitment to Hard Spun, but you would think Pletcher would have let Garrett know that he was strongly considering her before he committed to Spun.