What about Steppingwolfer

Cajungator26 · #1 06-02-2006, 01:17 PM

I can't remember if this was posted on here or not, so if it was, please disregard.

Steppenwolfer works for Belmont
By DAVID GRENING
Steppenwolfer, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, zipped through six furlongs in 1:10.36 Friday morning over the Belmont Park training track in preparation for the $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 10.
Jockey Heberto Castillo Jr. was aboard for the work, which Belmont clockers timed in fractions of 12.16 seconds, 24.00, 35.65, and 47.06. Steppenwolfer galloped out seven furlongs in 1:23.73 and continued out a mile in 1:37.62.

Castillo wasn't pushing on the horse, and the horse was not blowing back at the barn.

"He did it in a way that left my mouth open," Castillo said.

The work was done over a wet track labeled good. Trainer Danny Peitz moved the work up one day because of a forecast that called for several inches of rain in New York Friday night into Saturday.

Asked if Steppenwolfer had worked as fast as that before, Peitz said, "Maybe when we bought him. It's taken me this long to get him back to where he was in the April [2005] sale."

Togacapper · #2 06-02-2006, 05:08 PM

Joel, what did you think of steppenwolfers work this morning ?

#3 06-02-2006, 05:11 PM

I heard Steppenwolfer is really taking a liking to Big Sandy.

Togacapper · #4 06-02-2006, 05:17 PM

He loves it there. Pietz has a barn @ belmont, so I guess you would say that's his home.

#5 06-02-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Togacapper

He loves it there. Pietz has a barn @ belmont, so I guess you would say that's his home.

Its where he has spent the majority of his career. Its where he trained last summer and fall. has been back since after the Derby. hes a nice horse. Obvously the lack of speed that he has has hurt him, but hes no hanger. I saw him battle hard twice to win races narrowly that he easily could have lost.
he was my key underneath in the Derby and instantly became one of my favorite horses of all time. That was the biggest trifecta that i have ever hit.
He likes the surface and his sheet numbers are solid as a rock. Hes my best in the race to hit the hoard.

Scurlogue Champ · #6 06-02-2006, 06:07 PM

I wish whoever started this thread would change the title and spell the horse's goddamn name correctly.

It is killing me for sure.

Togacapper · #7 06-02-2006, 06:19 PM

yaeh yaeh I tried. My bad...