Dunkirk

Bobby Fischer · #1 03-28-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Maybe Steve should rename this site
the Preakness Trail. I would still visit.

that sounds like one of those "Avis We Try Harder" commercials with the jet-packs...

on second thought...

slotdirt · #2 03-28-2009, 07:21 PM

Running in the Derby Trial is great and all, but does it get you any graded earnings?

justindew · #3 03-28-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Running in the Derby Trial is great and all, but does it get you any graded earnings?

Yes.

herkhorse · #4 03-28-2009, 09:06 PM

I thought the Derby trial was no longer graded, or did they change it back?

justindew · #5 03-28-2009, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

It's a grade 3 again. Although there's a better chance of me growing wings and flying to the Derby Trial than there is of Dunkirk running in it.

I think you're right, unfortunately.

Again, Don't Get Mad did it.

justindew · #6 03-28-2009, 09:26 PM

Also, if they point for the Preakness, aren't they going to prep him somewhere between now and then?

I'm just sayin', running in the Derby Trial isn't a bad decision. At the very least it gives the options.

justindew · #7 03-28-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I know Don't Get Mad did it. It makes no sense to me though. You have a horse that has been lightly raced and you want him to run (he would have to win probably) in the Derby Trial and wheel back a week later in the Derby? They decided to gamble with his chances today and I guess you could say they lost. Although he might still make the field. We'll see.

He could also run 2nd in the Withers and make the KY Derby, probably.

Scurlogue Champ · #8 03-28-2009, 09:30 PM

I'm with Dew on this one, I would run him in the trial regardless.

That race should be a field of horses tightening up for the big one.

It has turned into a ****ing joke of a race.

justindew · #9 03-28-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

At what price? Do you think it's just a coincidence he's made 3 lifetime starts by May of his 3 year old year? They paid a ton for him and he's bred to be any kind. If the game plan was Florida Derby-Kentucky Derby, and he doesn't get in, you wait the 2 more weeks and run in the Preakness. He ran his eyeballs out today. I just don't think it's in anyone's best interests to rush at this point. It's 2009, no one does what you are proposing anymore and there is a reason for it. The game here has changed, whether we like it or not.

No one cares about the dumb Preakness.