The 3yo's are finally starting to look less horrible

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Well, I only put his initials, because I know how Eastern folks reflexively respond to that individual.

He's a full blown talent of Spectacular Bid and Seattle Slew like cloth compared to Yankee Bravo.

I looked up a few old races of Sidney's Candy's 2nd dam (Exchange) ... who can forget the most dreadful creation of all ... the jockey cam! As seen at 1:23 into the following clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnwiy...er_profilepage

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's a full blown talent of Spectacular Bid and Seattle Slew like cloth compared to Yankee Bravo.

I looked up a few old races of Sidney's Candy's 2nd dam (Exchange) ... who can forget the most dreadful creation of all ... the jockey cam! As seen at 1:23 into the following clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnwiy...er_profilepage

Exchange was a really game filly, but not really the most talented runner of all time. I always thought of her as a Spawr juice job.

A nice juiced overachiever who could run on dirt or turf, and I think had some decent sprint races in her career.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Exchange was a really game filly, but not really the most talented runner of all time. I always thought of her as a Spawr juice job.

A nice juiced overachiever who could run on dirt or turf, and I think had some decent sprint races in her career.

Forget about talent ...

If the sire is Candy Ride and the dam sire is Storm Cat .. it's a huge plus when the 2nd dam won 15-for-30 - could go 1 1/2 miles - could run well on any surface - and was considered an iron horse.

Few pedigrees shout 'probably unsound' more than a Candy Ride to Storm Cat.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's a full blown talent of Spectacular Bid and Seattle Slew like cloth compared to Yankee Bravo.

I looked up a few old races of Sidney's Candy's 2nd dam (Exchange) ... who can forget the most dreadful creation of all ... the jockey cam! As seen at 1:23 into the following clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnwiy...er_profilepage

Seems like Exchange was constantly overbet chalk. That much I remember. That was like the replacement for Paseana. She was good, but not great. Like in this race, she goes in 1:13:32, and (big surprise) she wants to hold on going 1:49 n' change. She was good enough for your purposes. Is this the best mare Candy Ride got? Is that why he was named after the owner?

[Indian Charlie]

Exchange is the 2nd dam.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Exchange is the 2nd dam.

Wow. Searching for video of 2nd dams. Now I remember the one reservation I had about this horse last Summer. Lookin' at the win last August, I remember thinking this guy had some weird action. This is another talented runner Drugs likes that wants to twirl a lasso. I know a lot of people think that's not important, but look at the head-on today. He's twirling, and his front n' back aren't really lined up. Again, a big stride is overcoming the problem. You got to wonder about durability when they're getting around the track that way. That's now a 5th issue. 10 f is a long way to run when a 3 year old is moving that way. I like the horse, but there are some things that are red signs (to me.) Then, I notice the splits today weren't fast (compared to the other races on the main.) He was alone on a moderate pace. So, it may be a little less impressive than it appears. Hey, I like the horse, and it carrying the dead owner's name, but I think ya got to tread lightly with this guy (Run-on sentence -10 BTW pts.) I'm guessing he would tire going 10f. That's my gut feeling. I mean the trainers sort of acting like he knows the horse prefers 1 turn. Guess you could counter that he wanted to make sure n' get some graded money. When you look back at these horses (like when they're late in their 3 year old year,) you notice that these trainers really did know what the horse wanted to do. They are either in a hurry to get to 2 turning, or they aren't. They are almost always right, too. Look at who won this 7f race 2 years ago.