Interactif

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Both of KD's rides on Interactif have been awful...but the colt has been so superior it hasn't mattered.

I'm no Desormeaux fan, but what was wrong about his ride on this horse? He sat well back off very fast early fractions on a soft turf course and then made a sweeping move around tiring horses on what looked like the best part of the turf course. Would you have had him try to pick his way through the field on the inside (and risking getting stopped), when the inside looked like the worst part of the turf at Keeneland this weekend.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I'm no Desormeaux fan, but what was wrong about his ride on this horse? He sat well back off very fast early fractions on a soft turf course and then made a sweeping move around tiring horses on what looked like the best part of the turf course. Would you have had him try to pick his way through the field on the inside (and risking getting stopped), when the inside looked like the worst part of the turf at Keeneland this weekend.

I think this was a case of a Jockey being really confident in the horse he was riding, there is no way he would have gotten away with the same type of ride in the BC for instance and expect to win, normally you just don't see horses win with rides like yesterday's. I don't want to overstate his 2 turf wins, but I haven't seen an American produced turf horse with this much ability since Kitten's Joy, if he can maintain that 1/4 mile move of his for much of his career, I suspect he will win more than his share of big turf races, remarkable because he was just sprinting before they tried him on turf.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by CSC

I don't want to overstate his 2 turf wins, but I haven't seen an American produced turf horse with this much ability since Kitten's Joy, if he can maintain that 1/4 mile move of his for much of his career, I suspect he will win more than his share of big turf races, remarkable because he was just sprinting before they tried him on turf.

Barbaro was a pretty decent turf horse in the interim, and Gio Ponti's win in this race two years ago off a single maiden race at Belmont was very impressive.

Interactif's two races have been impressive (given race dynamics, his win at Saratoga may have been better), but to be honest, I'm more interested in seeing how Pletcher's other horse, Eskendreya (won Pilgrim off the turf), develops than this one.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Barbaro was a pretty decent turf horse in the interim, and Gio Ponti's win in this race two years ago off a single maiden race at Belmont was very impressive.

Interactif's two races have been impressive (given race dynamics, his win at Saratoga may have been better), but to be honest, I'm more interested in seeing how Pletcher's other horse, Eskendreya (won Pilgrim off the turf), develops than this one.

I agree on all fronts. Eskendereya ran a sneaky good race first time out IMO and might be one worth watching in the future.

NT