Baffert, McAnally & Co. on Zenyatta

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I have no comment on the quotes as I am sure if you polled the trainers at CD you would get the same response ragarding the other filly but.......

there is no doubt she moves much better on dirt. She slips around on the plastic stuff. I wish the Woodward was 10F on the main at Belmont, that would be the ideal race for her IMO.

I agree completely but remember there is a 10f dirt race at Belmont four weeks after the Woodward. That'd be a great spot to prep for the BC.

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[CSC]

The Stephen Foster makes alot of sense on alot of fronts, it's 2 months away, it's a Gr.1 at 1 1/8th, on a track she should take to with her breeding. Plus the added advantage that is where the Classic will be run this year. I don't see the point of her carrying 130lbs against her own kind if she continues to run under handicap conditions against fillies and mares, so this is as good a spot as any.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by CSC

The Stephen Foster makes alot of sense on alot of fronts, it's 2 months away, it's a Gr.1 at 1 1/8th, on a track she should take to with her breeding. Plus the added advantage that is where the Classic will be run this year. I don't see the point of her carrying 130lbs against her own kind if she continues to run under handicap conditions against fillies and mares, so this is as good a spot as any.

Its a logical spot but not really the way Shirreffs operates. He runs his horses in good form in logical spots but gets them to peak for certain efforts, I assume sometime in late may or june they start looking for "prep" spots in an effort to peak for the classic.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Its a logical spot but not really the way Shirreffs operates. He runs his horses in good form in logical spots but gets them to peak for certain efforts, I assume sometime in late may or june they start looking for "prep" spots in an effort to peak for the classic.

It's hard to second guess anything Sheriff's has done to this point, my intuition tells me Zenyatta will excel at Churchill Downs if they do choose to run in the Foster, it could be one of those defining career performances. One reason I am confident is I look at Street Cry and Street Sense's races at CD. The relation to Zenyatta is not far fetched.