Zensational

[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.