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07-09-2006, 02:56 AM
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The way I feel about CQ is that, at least sprinting, he has one very impressive furlong in him. In his debut, he used that impressive furlong to accelerate and blow away the maidens he was facing in the stretch. Today, he used that furlong to make up a lot of ground on some very nice 2-year-olds.
I'm not as impressed with CQ as I am with his turn of foot. He's got an uncanny ability to turn it on at the right time, and I think that's more valuable than anything with these immature babies. Black, I totally see your point about the times, but I just feel like this horse has a last 1/8th in him like I've never (or at least hardly ever) seen in a 2-year-old. One of us will be proven right this summer, and I look forward to seeing CQ contest The Sanford and/or The Hopeful. |
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07-09-2006, 04:24 AM
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It's very tough to draw definitive conclusions about juvies that win this race in particular and any 2 year old stake at this time of year.. Historically, and I mean going back a long way, the Bashford Manor has produced few runners that were anything beyond their first season racing.
Limehouse, Summer Squall and Yes Its True (2nd) went on to nice things, but Favorite Trick and Boston Harbor are more typical precocious Bashford victors. You have to go back to famed Black Gold to find a classic winner that won the Bashford Manor... Black Gold! That was 1923...
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