Indian Blessing Scratched

Indian Charlie · #1 09-06-2008, 10:50 AM

Yeah, in retrospect, it was suspicious that he entered TTS in there as well.

cowgirlintexas · #2 09-06-2008, 01:28 PM

Wonder why it took them so long to realize that the race was too long for her.. Why did they even enter her? To wait until the "day of" to go "Oh..this isn't the race we wanted"

Gimme a break

King Glorious · #3 09-06-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Wonder why it took them so long to realize that the race was too long for her.. Why did they even enter her? To wait until the "day of" to go "Oh..this isn't the race we wanted"

Gimme a break

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

cowgirlintexas · #4 09-06-2008, 01:59 PM

Why would he say he wants to keep her at sprint distances?

King Glorious · #5 09-06-2008, 02:21 PM

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Why would he say he wants to keep her at sprint distances?

Maybe because he is going to run her in the BC F/M Sprint and doesn't want to make her run long then cut her back to sprints. Also, maybe because he feels that right now, she's better at sprints. But feeling she's better at sprints doesn't mean she can't go longer. I am probably nitpicking but if you had said this race was further than her best distance, that would have made sense. To say it's too far for her when she's won at it twice in stakes company, doesn't.

10 pnt move up · #6 09-06-2008, 04:49 PM

Pretty interestng because to date Tough Tiz's Sis has been better on synthetic. Interesting results in some of the stake races in new york as of late, Colonal John, Intangaroo and today...all have moved up on figures on dirt saying they ran much better.......or did they?

Of course there was no Zenyatta in this race either.

RolloTomasi · #7 09-06-2008, 05:03 PM

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Pretty interestng because to date Tough Tiz's Sis has been better on synthetic. Interesting results in some of the stake races in new york as of late, Colonal John, Intangaroo and today...all have moved up on figures on dirt saying they ran much better.......or did they?

Of course there was no Zenyatta in this race either.

Speaking of Intangaroo, its interesting that the BC FM Sprint is run at 7f. Was it run at that distance last year?

With 3 Grade 1's in tow, the only horse that could knock her off for the female sprinter Eclipse is Indian Blessing, and Intangaroo would have been up against it based on running style if the race was 6f.

As it stands, it should be an fair match between the two to decide the championship, considering that both have won at 7f on the synthetic at SA during the winter (unlike Big Brown and Curlin, neither of whom have raced over AW stuff).

hockey2315 · #8 09-06-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

She's probably best at a mile and a quarter

Dunbar · #9 09-06-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

Maybe it was too wet for her. She's just 2 for 2 on muddy and sloppy, including one of her mile-and-sixteenth wins. If she were 3 for 3 on wet tracks, maybe Baffert would have let her run, but coming in just 2 for 2, well...

Or maybe they didn't like the weight assignment. She would have been forced to carry 6 lbs LESS than her last two races. It might have thrown off her rhythm.

So many reasons to scratch...

--Dunbar