Week/Weekend Stakes Beyers

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

The Excelsior was an absolutely ugly race, and the form of the Wood, like the Excelsior, has not exactly been flattered. I know one-turn and two-turn races can play differently, but when the Carter and Bay Shore go in 1:21 and change, I think it's hard to conclude that the track on Wood Day was seven or eight lengths slower than par.

They can play differently - that's for sure.

The same day Zenyatta won the Apple Blossom in 1:50.71 this year .. a 6f MSW race went in 1:09 and change on that Oaklawn Park card.

[Indian Charlie]

Please stop bringing up Zenyatta every chance you get.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

They can play differently - that's for sure.

The same day Zenyatta won the Apple Blossom in 1:50.71 this year .. a 6f MSW race went in 1:09 and change on that Oaklawn Park card.

No one was claiming that Zenyatta ran a "fast" race in the Apple Blossom ... and just so no one's under the impression that some ordinary maiden went an aberrational 1:09 and change that day, that 11-length Stonestreet/Asmussen maiden winner came back to run second, beaten a length by Safe Trip, in an entry-level allowance at Churchill that went in 1:08.4.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I'm having trouble deciding who my 4th best is at Detroit Race Course and Arapahoe Park.