Funny cide in washington park ??

[Scav]

Originally Posted by boldruler

There just aren't any races available for him. They won't throw him back in with the top horses in the Whitney of Suburban. I think the 9F distance in the Philip H Iselin Breeders Cup at Monmouth is too short for him.

Understandable...But Tagg, as you say, cares about the horse, and with this bring true, he isn't going to run him in a situation where he is going to be uncomfortable. Last night they were saying rain/88 degrees/90% humidity...Today on weather.com, it is more favorable. I want nothing more but to be able to see him in person, but I just don't think Tagg will ship into that environment, also, with the publicity that Arlington is getting for breakdowns, which yesterday there were one serious one, and another that was vanned off.....Too many negatives IMO

Originally Posted by Scav

Understandable...But Tagg, as you say, cares about the horse, and with this bring true, he isn't going to run him in a situation where he is going to be uncomfortable. Last night they were saying rain/88 degrees/90% humidity...Today on weather.com, it is more favorable. I want nothing more but to be able to see him in person, but I just don't think Tagg will ship into that environment, also, with the publicity that Arlington is getting for breakdowns, which yesterday there were one serious one, and another that was vanned off.....Too many negatives IMO

You are probably correct. The weather is strike one, but the breakdown thing is strikes 2 and 3. The race at Monmouth is still a good race for him and the owners probably will be pushing him to the Suburban (at the spa) which could come up light. Definitely no Whitney for him.

Tagg has a very interesting horse though in Lael's Auguri that might find his way into one of these races.

The Big Guy in the barn though is definitely a go for the Secretariat. He is back to being sharp as ever.

it will be HOT next weekend.

it 100-115 in california today, and headed east.

[slotdirt]

Tell you what though, guys, if a third of the horses on that nominations list come to Arlington, well, that's going to be one hell of a nice field for this race.

[Gander]

Funny Cide will not be running at Arlington this weekend. Jack has no clue about his next race but guarnteed me he wont be running at Arlington this weekend.

Originally Posted by Gander

Funny Cide will not be running at Arlington this weekend. Jack has no clue about his next race but guarnteed me he wont be running at Arlington this weekend.

There are only two options for him and the race at Monmouth is the likely one.

[Scav]

They are not going to run this horse unless the weather is condusive. I feel bad for Tagg because he gets the blame for running this horse into the ground. If he was allowed to be as patient as he is with Showing Up, Funny Cide would be winning races left and right, there isn't another horse out there with a bigger heart (not even the bootleg English Channel, KEV)

[miraja2]

Watch out for the other gelding in this race, Kid Grindstone.
The horse seems to be hitting his best stride since they moved him back to the dirt 3 starts back. The horse has hit the board 5 races in a row, has won 2 straight stakes races in his last 2 starts, and looked sharp over this track in his last race. He obviously has not been running against horses of Perfect Drift's class, but I definitely like him at a price in this race.

Originally Posted by Scav

They are not going to run this horse unless the weather is condusive. I feel bad for Tagg because he gets the blame for running this horse into the ground. If he was allowed to be as patient as he is with Showing Up, Funny Cide would be winning races left and right, there isn't another horse out there with a bigger heart (not even the bootleg English Channel, KEV)

Showing Up's owners do nothing but show up for the picture in the winner's circle. Tagg is allowed to do whatever he wants. FC's owners are nice people but they are like the parents of a kid playing in little league that thinks they know better than the coach.