Now Quality Road refuses to board plane

[HaloWishingwell]

The horse is not stupid it was a Northwest flight

[Left Bank]

A couple days with Clinton Anderson or Chris Cox,and this horse would be all set to load and then some.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Left Bank

A couple days with Clinton Anderson or Chris Cox,and this horse would be all set to load and then some.

A couple of days with Jay Slender and he would have gone in too , but Todd Pletcher didnt seem to think the horse needed it .

[SCUDSBROTHER]

"You can’t get him to do anything wrong. They tried to get him wound up, bringing in multiple horses and spinning him in circles, anything they can to aggravate him. He’d hesitate and then walk right in. The afternoon is a different story...........................This is a smart horse.."

Smart in an Urban School.

[TouchOfGrey]

He's on his way back East.

Quality Road Vanning Back to Belmont

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

He's on his way back East.

Quality Road Vanning Back to Belmont

if he keeps up his shenanigans he'll be going to the far east.

[TouchOfGrey]

Quality Road Arrives at Belmont Park

Quality Road will begin gate schooling on Wednesday with former NYRA starter Bob Duncan, who has worked with a number of bad gate horses over the years. The colt, who balked and kicked at the gate prior to the Jockey Club Gold Cup(gr. I), had extensive gate schooling prior to leaving for California and was no problem, Baker said.

Whew what a relief. I was worried.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

Quality Road Arrives at Belmont Park

Wow that is great to know.......Im glad he didnt act up at home. Pletcher gets all the credit for standing him at home. Bob Duncan did a fine job in the morning as well .....too bad none of that translates to the afternoon at a new track he was running at .

[TouchOfGrey]

Quality Road Passes First Gate Test

“Starting in a race will be the real test, as the colt has always schooled well in the mornings,” Baker said. “Both Todd and Bob are optimistic that we don’t have a long-term problem on our hands at this point in the process.”

It will be interesting to see how he handles his next start.