4/12 (PHA): Redboard King debut set

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Tough place to debut a turf route horse, but you have to debut somewhere, sometime.. The 1, 8 and 5 have a big edge on the field and someone thought highly enough of the Tony Dutrow firster to pay $140k.

I apologize if you have already explained this elsewhere, but I am curious why you call him a turf horse. The pedigree looks more dirt/route to me, and I believe he posted some pretty decent works over the dirt. Obviously you and Chuck know what you're doing, and I ask just because even though I'm not involved directly with DeeTee, I always enjoy getting an inside look into how and/or why connections target specific races.
Best of luck with Redboard King at Philly next week and going forward. I hope to see him in person if he makes a trip to AP at some point this summer.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I apologize if you have already explained this elsewhere, but I am curious why you call him a turf horse. The pedigree looks more dirt/route to me, and I believe he posted some pretty decent works over the dirt. Obviously you and Chuck know what you're doing, and I ask just because even though I'm not involved directly with DeeTee, I always enjoy getting an inside look into how and/or why connections target specific races.
Best of luck with Redboard King at Philly next week and going forward. I hope to see him in person if he makes a trip to AP at some point this summer.

He worked much better earlier in the year on the turf and we were thinking that he may be better on the grass as a lot of Smarty Jones offspring. He has, however, really improved on the dirt the last 6 weeks and I am hoping that he can handle the dirt as well as the turf.

I am under no illusions that he will be at his best on Monday but he has trained well lately and is ready to move onto the next stage. The race will do him some good from a fitness standpoint as well, especially if we look to stretch him out and the experience of going through the paddock/post parade/ starting gate process is important going forward.

[31lengths]

Everything still a go for today?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

Everything still a go for today?

Yes

[wally09]

Good luck today. Hoping for a useful, safe trip for all involved

[Princess Doreen]

Heading over to OTB to place a $20 show bet.

[richard]

Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

Heading over to OTB to place a $20 show bet.

A sensible bet. Hope he came out of race well.

[Kasept]

As indicated beforehand, there wasn't any expectation for Redboard King to be particularly competitive Monday in his first start. Will get a morning report, but Redboard had a variety of experiences Monday in this debut that should help him as he moves towards the kind of races he appears meant for: turf routes.

He was very nervous in the paddock but ultimately got focused once Carmouche got on. He loaded well and broke nicely and raced in amongst horses while moving up and through a couple of foes in the opening quarter. He took a lot of dirt though and began to retreat after three-eighths. He did come back coughing pretty heavily according to TC, so we'll see what's up this morning. Would have been nice to finish further up the chart, but from an experience and fitness standpoint, it was fine. You have to start them somewhere. He'll get into a training routine in a couple of days and begin to shop for a second start.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

He worked much better earlier in the year on the turf and we were thinking that he may be better on the grass as a lot of Smarty Jones offspring. He has, however, really improved on the dirt the last 6 weeks and I am hoping that he can handle the dirt as well as the turf.

I am under no illusions that he will be at his best on Monday but he has trained well lately and is ready to move onto the next stage. The race will do him some good from a fitness standpoint as well, especially if we look to stretch him out and the experience of going through the paddock/post parade/ starting gate process is important going forward.

Gotcha. Well, I imagine it is nice to at least have reason to think that he might be effective on multiple surfaces.
Good luck with him today. Here's hoping he handles himself well with all of the questions that inevitably accompany a debut, and brings home a decent check for you guys in the process.

[scanman]

Best of luck today. Will be routing for you guys.

[pmacdaddy]

Quite a race by Richwood Silver in the 3rd.

[Many Others]

watching very quietly at work - RK looked great in the post parade...

Did not like the rail one bit.

[Many Others]

had to throw down to minimized screen couldnt see a f-ing thing except think mighta been him strolling home dfl???? oh well, good edumacation race gots to start somewhere, onward !