Mott playing games with us?

[pick4]

That latest work by Court Vision caught my attention as well as some friends of mine who are pretty sharp handicappers. Court Vision has won at Churchill, so the fine work reaffirms his affinity for the surface. The blinkers added factor is an interesting twist. If you take jockey Garrett Gomez at his word, he claims that Court Vision never got hold of the wet fast Aqueduct surface, you have to think the race helped the horse by running a 1 1/8 for conditioning purposes. His FOY was a race where he was too far back to make an impact but ran third nonetheless.

The Derby will come down to pace. Big Brown, War Pass, Gayego, the Rousell horse should ensure an honest pace. How Court Vision runs with blinkers is unknown. Horses can mature in a hurry between the major preps and the Derby. Look back at Charismatic. 4th place finisher behind Indian Charlie in the SA Derby. He runs a hole in the wind in the Lexington and carried that over to the Triple Crown races.

[hockey2315]

This whole Court Vision thing is pissing me off. He was an absolute toss to me before the blinker work but now I'm having second thoughts. I'll still probably toss him though.

[pick4]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

This whole Court Vision thing is pissing me off. He was an absolute toss to me before the blinker work but now I'm having second thoughts. I'll still probably toss him though.

He still might be a toss. But Mott adding blinks, Mott never known for fast works has a horse do it on own. If he becomes the wise guy horse he's a toss, I think he'll be 15-1 or more. The Derby is a confusing race. Once the posts are drawn it might be easier to conceptualize how the pace will be.
Maybe at that point things will be a bit clearer.