Scat Daddy was "Impressive" Today

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Come on. I hate to get involved and this argument has been beaten to death but the two races are two different scenarios. Kip Deville had ONE chance to steal a race like that and Quincy Hamilton flat out blew it. Three weeks later after the race of his life was a definite bet against. A ten year old could have seen that bounce coming. And of course Showing Up is the better horse, but in IEAH's defense they atleast ran him iinstead of keeping him in his stall like Lael did. As for Scat Daddy I dont think he was overly impressive in here but he's only a two year old! For the most part they are all over the place but he did dig in to get the win. I personally cant get into juvenile racing this early so I'm not knowledgable on the topic enough to really get into this debate. Carry on...

First, Kip Deville is just not a horse that wants to be rated. He is Sinister Minister type freak, that just needs to run. If you put him in a BC Mile he would have a shot, as long as they don't rate him.

Second, Lael didn't keep him in his stall. He kept himself in the stall with a minor problem he had, although it wasn't a physical injury. He just had a reaction to a panalog injection.