Country Star

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I understand this philosophy. The only thing in my mind that causes me to wonder whether that is the case here is the general inability of MSW races going long, especially for fillies, to fill in New York. Perhaps Frankel ran her on turf because the distance of the race was more important to him than the surface over which it was conteted. Certainly, Country Star was well-bet first time out on turf, so she probably showed something somewhere in the morning. I'm not saying this is the case, but just offering another possible explanation.

Actually, considering her connections and pedigree, she was pretty tepid on the board at over 6.5-1 that day.

However, the distance possibility is certainly possible. But, they ran more than a few 7F races on the dirt, and it's not as though Frankel is afraid to lose first time out anyway, so he could have run in one of those.