7/24 (SAR): Sanford (Gr. II)

[Bogey]

Originally Posted by GPK

Is Robbie "5 wide" gonna be a mainstay at Toga this year?

Kev, he elected to skip AP and try SAR full time. We'll see how it works out for him.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Bogey

Kev, he elected to skip AP and try SAR full time. We'll see how it works out for him.

He got off to a good start with the win today.

[philcski]

Note Notonthesamepage will be scratched tomorrow, developed a fever. Probably will end up in the Special, I'd imagine.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by philcski

Note Notonthesamepage will be scratched tomorrow, developed a fever. Probably will end up in the Special, I'd imagine.

Damn. I was hoping to beat him with Desert Party. There won't be any value there now.

Well there goes any price on Vineyard Haven.

[hockey2315]

If the rail somehow comes back to life tomorrow I might play the 1.

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

If the rail somehow comes back to life tomorrow I might play the 1.

pretty 'splashy along the rail yesterday

[philcski]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Damn. I was hoping to beat him with Desert Party. There won't be any value there now.

Desert Party was pretty awesome in his debut, and could be any kind, but that field was awful he beat.

I also find Vineyard Haven interesting. Frankel purchased this one privately for himself, and immediately sends him to the toughest spot he could find, not a typical Frankel move, which indicates to me he thinks he's got something...

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by philcski

Desert Party was pretty awesome in his debut, and could be any kind, but that field was awful he beat.

I also find Vineyard Haven interesting. Frankel purchased this one privately for himself, and immediately sends him to the toughest spot he could find, not a typical Frankel move, which indicates to me he thinks he's got something...

I think that the El Corredor colt that got up for second in Desert Party's debut might turn out okay, and if I remember correctly, somebody else in there impressed me a bit with a fairly big run down the stretch from well back. It wasn't a great group to be sure, but I don't know if I would describe them as awful.

Vineyard Haven is certainly interesting as well. It really is too bad that the favorite scratched. It looked like a very intriguing race.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by philcski

Desert Party was pretty awesome in his debut, and could be any kind, but that field was awful he beat.

I also find Vineyard Haven interesting. Frankel purchased this one privately for himself, and immediately sends him to the toughest spot he could find, not a typical Frankel move, which indicates to me he thinks he's got something...

I heard he was considering scratching him depending on what the field looked like.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by philcski

Desert Party was pretty awesome in his debut, and could be any kind, but that field was awful he beat.

I also find Vineyard Haven interesting. Frankel purchased this one privately for himself, and immediately sends him to the toughest spot he could find, not a typical Frankel move, which indicates to me he thinks he's got something...

It's funny you mention that because there was a whole chapter in Bet with the Best 2 (I think that was the one, maybe Expert Handicapping) about how Bobby Frankel is one to watch when he takes a horse and moves them wildly up in class. The horse they highlighted was Miss Coronado years ago in the Davona Dale at Gulfstream. I guess this is a somewhat similar circumstance for what it's worth.

Of course this being a Frankel animal he's 3-1 to win and 1-2 to scratch.

NT

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

It's funny you mention that because there was a whole chapter in Bet with the Best 2 (I think that was the one, maybe Expert Handicapping) about how Bobby Frankel is one to watch when he takes a horse and moves them wildly up in class. The horse they highlighted was Miss Coronado years ago in the Davona Dale at Gulfstream. I guess this is a somewhat similar circumstance for what it's worth.

Of course this being a Frankel animal he's 3-1 to win and 1-2 to scratch.

NT

Country Star won the alcibedes as a maiden last year as well. At the same time, i can remember a few duds where he did the same thing. Either way, it seems that you can never really get a price.