2/7 (SA): San Antonio H. (G2)

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Or he switched surfaces. . .

In his last three starts for Dick Small he was beaten by a combined 23 1/2 lengths in handicap division staples like the New Orleans Handicap, the HE Johnson Memorial, and the William Donald Schaefer. He was a complete failure. All of a sudden he gets three months off and is a legitimate GI horse (albeit in a horrible division)?

NT

[10 pnt move up]

Seriously...Dick Small...nice

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Seriously...Dick Small...nice

One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

I had not heard the name, I was just getting into the game at that time and never knew the trainer.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

One of the great names out there for sure.

Tell me you knew though? He trained Concern.

Wasn't Dick Small what Emily used to call you?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

You're obsessed with penis size.

[RolloTomasi]

Dick Small also trained Broad Brush. Off and on, he was private trainer for Robert Meyerhoff.

[hockey2315]

Small's a 5% trainer who in 16 starts never ran the horse on turf or synth (although it looks like he tried once). . . The horse was certainly nothing special for Small, but he ran a few decent enough races topped by that 97 Beyer over Bullsbay in last year's J. Campbell. To believe that he moved up on a different surface (his dam was a turfer and her two sibs who made it to the races were turfers as well) - the proper surface - by what? an average of 12 Beyer points? isn't really anything to be amazed by. I'm not a Baffert fan, but I don't really see this as a blatant case of juicing by any stretch.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Small's a 5% trainer who in 16 starts never ran the horse on turf or synth (although it looks like he tried once). . . The horse was certainly nothing special for Small, but he ran a few decent enough races topped by that 97 Beyer over Bullsbay in last year's J. Campbell. To believe that he moved up on a different surface (his dam was a turfer and her two sibs who made it to the races were turfers as well) - the proper surface - by what? an average of 12 Beyer points? isn't really anything to be amazed by. I'm not a Baffert fan, but I don't really see this as a blatant case of juicing by any stretch.

I agree.
I remember we looked at him in that turf race first start for Baffert, after that he got really good, perfect prep.