5/24-26 (BEL): Sheepshead Bay; Vagrancy; Met Mile

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

After the BC Sprint - who would have thought Commentator would be the highweight for the Met Mile by 5 lbs?

Good thing Happy Boy is in Europe.

Where have all the good horses gone?

With the Met Mile having the reputation of a "stallion making" race and given their form on conventional dirt, you'd think the CA connections of any one of Surf Cat, Tiago, and Heatseeker might have bailed from a planned start in the declining Californian next week to start here. Especially when you know one of those trainers is gonna fold under the pressure and cop out of the Hollywood race.

Can't have two good horses show up in the same event, much less three.

[hockey2315]

Tiago at a mile?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Tiago at a mile?

Actually, I was a bit upset that Shireffs didn't put Tiago in the 7f Malibu opening day at Santa Anita in December. Tiago, in his only sprint, was a good 3rd after showing some tactical speed in his career debut. His mother, Set Them Free was a sprinter and his sire, Pleasant Tap, best known as champion older horse of '92 after wins in the Suburban and JCGC was an accomplished sprinter. He was 4 for 5 going 7f in his career and was 2nd in the BC Sprint. Pleasant Tap himself was also 2nd in the Met Mile. Tiago isn't an out-and-out plodder the way Giacomo was.