Old Fashion or Friesan Fire, who's the player

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I think it's a bit premature to declare he can run all day, considering he hasn't even ran 9 furlongs yet. But, isn't it possible Friesan Fire just loves Fairgrounds? He was a mediocre horse before he ran there and now he's one of the favorites for the Derby after a lopsided sloppy track win and beating up on allowance horses in the other 2? I suppose we'll find out a bit more after Papa Clem runs this weekend, but I will be very surprised if Friesan Fire is a factor in the Derby.

I don't totally disagree that we may not know as much as we think we do about Friesan Fire, but really, aren't all the leading contenders more or less coming into this after "beating up on allowance horses?"

I'm not exactly jumping out of my seat thinking about the fields IWR has beaten in his last two.

I'm more impressed with the way both of them have been doing it than against whom they've done it. Well, and I hate Pioneerofthenile, so I have to start looking somewhere...