REAL HORSE meeting Good For Nothing Turf Sprinters

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

How exactly does Linda Rice decide to do this? She has two horses, owned by different owners who probably put up at least $1500 to run. They finished noses apart about a month ago and are now entered in the richest turf sprint of the year in New York. With a limited number of starts per year, I seriously doubt that either owner would be willing to sacrifice his horse for the other. If they were owned by the same connections, that would be one thing, but in this case they weren't, suggesting that this post was clueless.

Well. I think you have a point. Before the race it wasn't obvious which of the two horses was better. I'm sure Rice had no idea, given the recent form of the two.

And, Rice certainly wouldn't want to have a situation where she'd actually venture an honest opinion before the race to the owners. So, the best way to handle this, all around, would be to let Silver Timber get a 'workout', looking at asses, at the rear of the pack, 'cause this is DISTINCTLY different from getting a workout with the pace for a quarter mile; and Mohegan Sky to get an ass kicking chasing the pace. And, the sweetest thing of all is that you're CONCEDING the race to the chalk and Bobby Frankel. I'm sure he appreciates it.

Thanks for clearing this up for me.