Zensational

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I just went over my charts for Santa Anita and have the pace figue 51 points faster than the winners final time figure.

Conservatively, this race could wind up with something like a 126 pace and 75 final! . and my pace call is 6fs and not 4fs .. where the number would figure to have been even faster.

In hindsight, the 2/1 second choice in the race was obviously laying way too close when he was 2nd by 10 lengths to Zensational - while 8 lengths clear of the horse racing 3rd.

[Sightseek]

such interesting posts....such horrible avatar.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

On Wednesday, Baffert was wondering whether he had "slowed him up too much."

[Bobby Fischer]

Zensational and Gomez don't seem to have the greatest chemistry either.
This was a little surprising because the gallop out was so strong in the previous.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

They said he somehow was ahead again in the gallop out in this one. Was this the 2nd race off a layoff? If so, for a young horse out here, this is unfortunately the norm (the 2nd race of career, or 2nd off a layoff, is often a brutal one.) I don't know about the rest of the country, but out here it's really common. Actually, I think it's more common out here than it used to be. Seems like O'neil tried to avoid that with a maiden yesterday(gave it like 6-7 weeks to recover from the promising first effort.) I think it still didn't help (couldn't repeat the good first effort.) Not saying (for sure) that's what happened to Zensational. The distance change is primary.

[Soaring Softly]

Is there any chance that Baffert could run Zensational back in 8 days as a rabbit for Pioneerof The Nile? Zayat owns both horses, but while he paid $700K for Zensational, Pioneerof The Nile is his homebred. Zensational seems to be a speed crazy nut, and that's just what they need to go with The Pamplemousse.

Bob Baffert is no Barry Abrams. He doesn't have a history of running his horses off of one week, but if Zensational comes out of his race today feeling good, then why not use that speed to help set up his really big horse?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Soaring Softly

Is there any chance that Baffert could run Zensational back in 8 days as a rabbit for Pioneerof The Nile? Zayat owns both horses, but while he paid $700K for Zensational, Pioneerof The Nile is his homebred. Zensational seems to be a speed crazy nut, and that's just what they need to go with The Pamplemousse.

Bob Baffert is no Barry Abrams. He doesn't have a history of running his horses off of one week, but if Zensational comes out of his race today feeling good, then why not use that speed to help set up his really big horse?

He wants to win the Kentucky Derby. That's the race that's gunna have the pace in it that he wants. A top 2 is good enough in the S Anita Derby. He doesn't do that stuff (run horses back in 8 days etc.) very much. Even Abrams hasn't been doing it quite as much this meet. This track is too tiring for it. Don't get me wrong, he wants to win the race, but not like he wants to win the big one. Horse is competitive, and pulls himself up when makes the front. Don't know why people can't see that. He's not gunna draw off like they want to see him do. He is just now starting to tighten him up. Maybe he likes Churchill, and maybe not. He's a classy horse. If he stays healthy, he's gunna keep winning big races.The race before last should of showed people a lot. The track was against what he did that day. To me, Churchill is very quirky. If he fails there, then he will be tough in the other legs of the T.C. He's classy. He's the type that can rebound quickly from 1 bad race. So, people should watch what they say (when he does run a bad one.)

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Soaring Softly

Is there any chance that Baffert could run Zensational back in 8 days as a rabbit for Pioneerof The Nile?

No.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Soaring Softly

Is there any chance that Baffert could run Zensational back in 8 days as a rabbit for Pioneerof The Nile? Zayat owns both horses, but while he paid $700K for Zensational, Pioneerof The Nile is his homebred. Zensational seems to be a speed crazy nut, and that's just what they need to go with The Pamplemousse.

Bob Baffert is no Barry Abrams. He doesn't have a history of running his horses off of one week, but if Zensational comes out of his race today feeling good, then why not use that speed to help set up his really big horse?

Yeah, like the Jamaican Track Team utilizing Usain BOLT as a rabbit for one of their very mediocre distance runners a week after he CRUSHED the 100M world record.