Round Pond/Edgar Prado

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Don't think it would've been a bad idea to at least mention before the race that she had a bruise and missed time. Too much to ask?

A post from Rick Porter on the Rockport Harbor website:

"Round Pond has had problems tying up in the past 10 days. I didn't get it on the web site because I did not want the competition or the media to know. MM thinks that her shoes started to become a problem again and was probably the cause of the tying up. He switched her back to glue ons and she seems much more content. She definitely didn't come into the race as fit as we would have liked her to be. She missed a work and quite a bit of maintenance galloping. She ran a big race considering her last 10 days of sporatic training.
I was out at the barn this morning and she is in rare form. She will go out on the trails of Fair Hill tomorrow and begin her training plan for the Breeders' Cup. We believe the tying up is behind her. If it becomes a problem again, she will not run on the 4th. Right now she is fit coming out of the Beldame and will be training up to the Breeders' Cup with confidence. She is a tough filly and if she does not encounter any additional difficulties, she will be right there. Keep your fingers crossed because if she is 100% fit, they all better have their running shoes on.

Rick"
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My response to this was:

Man, they never stop. This is so typical of them. If u didn't want the media or competition to know before the race, why use it as an excuse after? That's complete and total BS. This is not football or basketball where if an opponent knows that u are suffering from a particular injury, they can focus on trying to attack that area. What difference would it have made if the trainer of another horse had known your horse had tied up? What was the media going to do if they had known before the race? Does this guy really think that u all are so stupid to believe this junk? Take losses like a damn man. Stop with the pathetic excuses AFTER THE FACT.

[KY_Sasquash]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

A post from Rick Porter on the Rockport Harbor website:

"Round Pond has had problems tying up in the past 10 days. I didn't get it on the web site because I did not want the competition or the media to know. MM thinks that her shoes started to become a problem again and was probably the cause of the tying up. He switched her back to glue ons and she seems much more content. She definitely didn't come into the race as fit as we would have liked her to be. She missed a work and quite a bit of maintenance galloping. She ran a big race considering her last 10 days of sporatic training.
I was out at the barn this morning and she is in rare form. She will go out on the trails of Fair Hill tomorrow and begin her training plan for the Breeders' Cup. We believe the tying up is behind her. If it becomes a problem again, she will not run on the 4th. Right now she is fit coming out of the Beldame and will be training up to the Breeders' Cup with confidence. She is a tough filly and if she does not encounter any additional difficulties, she will be right there. Keep your fingers crossed because if she is 100% fit, they all better have their running shoes on.

Rick"
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My response to this was:

Man, they never stop. This is so typical of them. If u didn't want the media or competition to know before the race, why use it as an excuse after? That's complete and total BS. This is not football or basketball where if an opponent knows that u are suffering from a particular injury, they can focus on trying to attack that area. What difference would it have made if the trainer of another horse had known your horse had tied up? What was the media going to do if they had known before the race? Does this guy really think that u all are so stupid to believe this junk? Take losses like a damn man. Stop with the pathetic excuses AFTER THE FACT.

A buddy of mine was up at Fairhill and he told me the same thing on Sunday, so I believe its valid that she tied up. I do agree w/ you that its BS that they wait and let the public know after the race is run (I bet on her, too). Seems to me that if the competition knows this its not going to hurt her b/c they dont have to worry about her as a threat.

[Gander]

Every trainer likes his/her horses. Its nothing new. I bet you if you ask the trainer of Fleet Indian, Balleto, Teammate, Pine Island, and every one else who goes in this BC race, they all think their filly can win. Matz is saying (in different words) what every other trainer is saying.