Saturdays Top Performers ?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Einstein??? That would be some irony. Say he were to win the Arl Million or Pacific Classic, JC Gold Cup and BC Classic, Curlin doesnt run here anymore and BB comes back and gets beat again? It is not impossible.

Einstein is not winning the JC Gold Cup. He has no acceleration on dirt.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Einstein is not winning the JC Gold Cup. He has no acceleration on dirt.

I suppose he will still have license issues but the handicap division has never been more disgraceful than it may be this fall.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I suppose he will still have license issues but the handicap division has never been more disgraceful than it may be this fall.

I suppose but there might be some improving 3YOs ( what if Mint Lane's for real? ) and it won't take much to beat Einstein.

God, I wonder what is going to line up for the Suburban.

[Cannon Shell]

I know sometimes we may be overly critical of crops and divisions and such things but this is really a totally talentless older horse division with one notable exception. I mean honestly who has any real ability besides Curlin? It is a collection of marginally talented knockarounds who show up once in a while and over the hill horses who were never really that good anyway. I guess some of the polymonsters can deflect the issue a bit but these older horses really suck.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Mint Lane isn't much.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Mint Lane isn't much.

You're preaching to the choir....but where the hell did his race Friday come from?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You're preaching to the choir....but where the hell did his race Friday come from?

I think there were a lot of smoke and mirrors with his performance Friday.

It was a trip very similar to the one that yielded a 119 Beyer for Commentator and a 118 Beyer for Monterary Jazz - all allowed a free ride on an uncontested lead through very moderate fractions going a middle distance.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think there were a lot of smoke and mirrors with his performance Friday.

It was a trip very similar to the one that yielded a 119 Beyer for Commentator and a 118 Beyer for Monterary Jazz - all allowed a free ride on an uncontested lead through very moderate fractions going a middle distance.

can we please never ever compare commentator to mint lane

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think there were a lot of smoke and mirrors with his performance Friday.

It was a trip very similar to the one that yielded a 119 Beyer for Commentator and a 118 Beyer for Monterary Jazz - all allowed a free ride on an uncontested lead through very moderate fractions going a middle distance.

I understand, but when you consider how slow the track was playing I'm not so sure the pace was moderate at all. But, a lot of races during the week were reasonably fast early and slow late so you might be right.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think there were a lot of smoke and mirrors with his performance Friday.

It was a trip very similar to the one that yielded a 119 Beyer for Commentator and a 118 Beyer for Monterary Jazz - all allowed a free ride on an uncontested lead through very moderate fractions going a middle distance.

I dunno how moderate those fractions were.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

God, I wonder what is going to line up for the Suburban.

I was trying to figure that out the other day and the best horses I could come up with were AP Arrow and Sir Whimsey. Then I vomited.