Stardom Bound out of Oaks

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think he means that since he picked SB way back when, he doesn't want to come off her now. but stubborn hardheadedness isn't keeping him from admitting that deep down he knows rachel is the better horse. right king??

Kinda sorta. It's not even that deep down. Rachel scares the hell out of me. I would have picked SB and been hoping that something would have kept Rachel from running her race and then I could have come on here looking like a genius saying "see, I told you so." Honestly though, I'm just not that as impressed with the boys as everyone else is and I do think that those two girls are better.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Kinda sorta. It's not even that deep down. Rachel scares the hell out of me. I would have picked SB and been hoping that something would have kept Rachel from running her race and then I could have come on here looking like a genius saying "see, I told you so." Honestly though, I'm just not that as impressed with the boys as everyone else is and I do think that those two girls are better.

i'm very impressed with rachel alexandra. as for stardom bound, i've never seen whatever it is that you saw in her. i thought she was a horse who was good at the right time, namely earlier than the rest of the fillies.
i'll be surprised if SB ever runs again..if she runs again, i'll be surprised if she wins.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm very impressed with rachel alexandra. as for stardom bound, i've never seen whatever it is that you saw in her. i thought she was a horse who was good at the right time, namely earlier than the rest of the fillies.
i'll be surprised if SB ever runs again..if she runs again, i'll be surprised if she wins.

There was nothing to see, so you didn't miss anything. She simply developed quicker than a bad group of horses, clearly excelled on synthetic tracks, and received one great pace setup after another.

She didn't move forward at all this year and is best kept on the sidelines for a while. I can't imagine she'd ever finish in the upper half of the Derby field in a year like last year.

NT

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I agree with most - but I don't think she was recieving big setups. She does have a very nice sustained 3f burst as evidence by what she did at OBS and that's a big deal on Pro-ride especially