Hard Spun - Haskell

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

curlin will win the paid workout with ags running second......i know i am going out on a limb.........but curlin is in another area code compared to h.s

he sure is, why the derby proved that.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Danzig

he sure is, why the derby proved that.

.....well the derby proved that hard spun with a perfect trip couldnt seal the deal, curlin may not be cranked but a blind man can see he is better than hard spun....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

.....well the derby proved that hard spun with a perfect trip couldnt seal the deal, curlin may not be cranked but a blind man can see he is better than hard spun....

you're kidding, right? only a perfect-er (real word? i think not!) trip for street sense got hard spun beaten that day.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Danzig

you're kidding, right? only a perfect-er (real word? i think not!) trip for street sense got hard spun beaten that day.

....so, hard spun didnt have a great trip?? i am sorry, talking smack is the fun part of horse racing. i just think curlin is the better horse, no harm intended. i am playing the pick 4 and HOPE curlin DOES NOT WIN..... it will be interesting to see where spun gets placed, cable boy looks very fast, his last race was HUGE.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

....so, hard spun didnt have a great trip?? i am sorry, talking smack is the fun part of horse racing. i just think curlin is the better horse, no harm intended. i am playing the pick 4 and HOPE curlin DOES NOT WIN..... it will be interesting to see where spun gets placed, cable boy looks very fast, his last race was HUGE.

no, he got a really good trip. but i think pino opened up on him a bit mid way thru the race, rather than giving him a breather...that didn't help his cause when street sense came up late. i'd say the winner got the MORE perfect trip, and that made all the difference.

curlin on the other hand had to deal with traffic throughout and finished up well. had he also gotten a good trip, hard spun may well have had problems placing.

BUT monmouth plays to speed, the race is a bit shorter, and i think that all helps hard spun here.

oh, and don't apologize! i have no issues talking opinions (until things degenerate into name-calling, stating opinions should never get personal!)..i can handle the smack!

[Hoist Her Flag]

I think this year's Haskell is a great Match-up. The best since 1987 when Lost Code, Alysheba and Bet Twice went at it. This year I see Hard Spun as the Bet Twice, Curlin as the Alysheba and Any Given Saturday as the Lost Code, although the "Code" had accomplished a lot more coming into the race. Stormello's Deflection changes the pace immensely. I Hope it's actually a good race with 3 or 4 horses with a chance to win with an 1/8th to go. I like Any Given Saturday, but can accept a victory by Curlin or Hard Spun.

[Danzig]

personally.....i hope curlin never wins again--well, unless they change trainers.

[slotdirt]

Hard Spun just loves to finish second these days. They need to cut him back and let him loose...