7/4 (HOL): Flawlessly; Oaks; Vanity; Triple Bend; Mile; ++

[ateamstupid]

Who's running with Raw Silk early? I think she's got a good shot to wire 'em.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Who's running with Raw Silk early? I think she's got a good shot to wire 'em.

does it matter? Raw Silks last was a dressed up slow early fast late win, she just will get attacked earlier today and fold up, and she seems to be a wiseguy horse a bit and will take some money.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

does it matter? Raw Silks last was a dressed up slow early fast late win, she just will get attacked earlier today and fold up, and she seems to be a wiseguy horse a bit and will take some money.

That's the question I asked. You say she's going to get attacked, but I want to know who's got the speed to run with her early.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That's the question I asked. Who's going to 'attack' her?

I think alot of riders in her last race felt like they would wait and catch her in her last, with 750k on the line they are going to move going into the turn.

[Bobby Fischer]

you never know how form will transfer with a shipper, but Caribbean Sunset crushes these on paper.

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I have no clue what was up with zenyatta but she looked terrible in the post parade and really got tired, though she moved to soon trying to race ride the 5.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I have no clue what was up with zenyatta but she looked terrible in the post parade and really got tired, though she moved to soon trying to race ride the 5.

Without getting lectured (in poesy) by pgrden on the finer points of the horse genome, Zenyatta takes after 1/2 sister, Balance in a few ways. The main one being she reportedly is a very bad moving horse in the mornings. Note she was scratched twice at SA this winter (officially for "other" reasons), nearly missed the Milady with a "foot" ailment, and also didn't debut until her late 3yo year.

A lot of what I saw today, IMO, however, was the step up to 9f, given her running style, was not in her favor (though perhaps the pace scenario confounds that). In that regard, going 10f against males is doubly dicey...