|
|
 |
|
#1
04-04-2010, 03:49 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Eightyfiveinafifty
Who wins? The mind or the body?
I'm not sure I've seen a horse this talented with this screwy of a brain in all my years. 
|
|
#2
04-04-2010, 04:11 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
Game Over
|
|
#3
04-04-2010, 04:45 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#4
04-04-2010, 05:06 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
What's this I'm hearing about a possible try for the Derby Trial followed by the Derby? Seriously? Admittedly it sounds like they're not completely sold yet, but they're still talking about the chance if he blows them away in the Trial. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=5052314 'scuse me The Cliff's Edge Derby Trial.
 I've heard of a tight squeeze working out. It's not like it hasn't been done to great success since a horse doesn't always need a million weeks between races, but if he's got the mental issues it sounds like he does, surely a 19 horse field could be problematic for everyone. Is it just overblown or was he really about to go for a stroll in the infield? I'm having trouble watching the race right now so I can't see for myself.
|
|
#5
04-04-2010, 05:15 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
Game Over
|
|
#6
04-04-2010, 05:21 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
He's got the physical talent for whatever they throw at him around one turn, but he's not ready for it mentally in the slightest. They need to relax w/him. I'd take a possible sprint Eclipse over a totally freaked out hopeless horse in the Derby.
|
|
#8
04-04-2010, 06:22 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Watch the head-on replay of 85 in a 50's maiden win on Cal Racing ... he did the exact same thing for much longer.
Just as he did in the Whirlaway in between that brief window of time between the two seperate muggings he recieved. To me, the coolest thing about his performance today was that he actually was the outright winner of all four seperate race fractions. He ran the fastest 1st quarter, fastest 2nd quarter, fastest 3rd quarter, and fastest final 1/8th. This may seem common - but it's certainly not. Pretty rare actually. 
|
|
#9
04-04-2010, 09:06 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#10
04-04-2010, 10:13 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
He is unquestionably a nutcase. Tough to have money on a horse that could just as soon turn into a jumper in a flat race.
|
|
#11
04-04-2010, 10:17 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#12
04-04-2010, 10:19 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
As far as betting him, all I know is that I could never confidently use him as a single in a pick 4 ticket. It's one thing to get beat, it's another to totally short circuit and do something crazy (most likely at a very short price).
__________________
Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
|
|
#14
04-04-2010, 11:40 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
First blinkers? I've seen them screwier than that.... It was only the horse's 3rd real start tossing the Whirlaway... Still green and maybe a little off in the head, but far from batshit crazy - he'll get better - I'd love to see him in the Derby Trail, but don't think two turns ought to even be an experiment much less a target until he's figured out what he's doing...
|
|
#16
04-04-2010, 01:01 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Usually horses that have "mental" issues usually have underlying physical issues. A lot of horses that run like him have spotty vision.
|
|
#19
04-04-2010, 02:31 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
The horse is obviously talented, but putting him in the Derby would be a huge mistake IMO considering his running style and that he has not shown he can go two turns yet. Seems to me running a horse like this in the Derby could ruin this horse even if he performed well in the Derby Trial.
|
|
#20
04-04-2010, 06:16 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
Linear Mode
