Lethal Heat

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

A very underrated sire. I wonder if the Kentucky farms have made a play for Unusual Heat. Jason Blewitt really missed it when he said in the pre-race commentary to the Acorn that Golden Doc A, herself a daughter of Unusual Heat, had "no pedigree."

he misses a lot...

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

he misses a lot...

he may have missed the pedigree part, but if the point he was making was that she wasn't a good play he was right on the money. talk about getting smoked.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

he may have missed the pedigree part, but if the point he was making was that she wasn't a good play he was right on the money. talk about getting smoked.

did she really have a chance though ? no set up at all for her. i thought she was the least likely winner of the group, the top 3 all have more talent

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

did she really have a chance though ? no set up at all for her. i thought she was the least likely winner of the group, the top 3 all have more talent

actually some people thought it set up for her because other than her the race was all speed and she was a closer.

honestly I thought she had no shot and was way overmatched.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

actually some people thought it set up for her because other than her the race was all speed and she was a closer.

honestly I thought she had no shot and was way overmatched.

She wasn't overmatched, no pace, she ran well in the KY Oaks, had distance limitations there though.

I should reword that, overmatched is a stretch, she is a notch below IMO.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Scav

She wasn't overmatched, no pace, she ran well in the KY Oaks, had distance limitations there though.

I should reword that, overmatched is a stretch, she is a notch below IMO.

whatever you want to call it, she didn't exactly hang with the field, losing ground at every point of call, she finished over 30 lengths back.

but this brings up an excellent question for the board:

WHY DIDN'T DESORMEAUX PULL-UP GOLDEN DOC A DURING THE RACE?
she lost ground throughout and was hopelessly beaten. he had no horse turning for home. didn't he consider that something might have been amiss? After all I was told on the other thread that he did the correct thing with Big Brown, well then isn't this the wrong thing? it looks like he at least let her run to the wire. of course Golden Doc A isn't worth 50 million so maybe thats the difference.

I think somebody may have mentioned on the other thread that he pulled her up quickly after the wire and her connections were not happy. But I want to know why he didn't pull her up DURING the race like he did Big Brown.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

whatever you want to call it, she didn't exactly hang with the field, losing ground at every point of call, she finished over 30 lengths back.

but this brings up an excellent question for the board:

WHY DIDN'T DESORMEAUX PULL-UP GOLDEN DOC A DURING THE RACE?
she lost ground throughout and was hopelessly beaten. he had no horse turning for home. didn't he consider that something might have been amiss? After all I was told on the other thread that he did the correct thing with Big Brown, well then isn't this the wrong thing? it looks like he at least let her run to the wire. of course Golden Doc A isn't worth 50 million so maybe thats the difference.

I think somebody may have mentioned on the other thread that he pulled her up quickly after the wire and her connections were not happy. But I want to know why he didn't pull her up DURING the race like he did Big Brown.

good point jimmy

[robfla]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

WHY DIDN'T DESORMEAUX PULL-UP GOLDEN DOC A DURING THE RACE?

while it is a good point and I have thought the same, the fact is GDA is not valued at 50 million dollars

edit: didnt read entire thread, you mentioned that

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

WHY DIDN'T DESORMEAUX PULL-UP GOLDEN DOC A DURING THE RACE?

I could be wrong about this, but don't you have to finish to be eligible for purse money?