What are your thoughts on Uncle Mo's Returning Race?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by OldDog

Reading here and elsewhere about Mike Repole has made me wonder . . . Let's say for a moment that Mo is the next great horse, that he wins the Derby, and the Preakness, and maybe even the Triple Crown. Given the lauding about Repole's enthusiasm and what I've interpreted as his desire to boost the sport, what does Uncle Mo do for the rest of 2011? Would he campaign him aggressively? In the alternative, if Mo wins "only" one or two of the TC races, and races well through the end of the year and finishes sound, what are the chances that Mo comes back to race as a 4YO?

Partially answering my own first question, I am thinking of Repole repeatedly pointing Uncle Mo to the Wood Memorial for his last Derby prep race, but now backpeddling and saying that he may stay in Florida for the Florida Derby, saying, "It's up to Todd (Pletcher)."

After typing this ^^^^ I've slapped myself back to reality, knowing what Mo would have to achieve to even make my questions relevant. Here's to hoping that Uncle Mo comes up deserving of all the hype, and that then we get to see how Repole responds.

Repole said he'd like to keep him running for as long as he is sound and doing well. Who knows though.

As for the type of campaign? I'd run him in the Vanity and Santa Margarita the next 3 years.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Repole said he'd like to keep him running for as long as he is sound and doing well. Who knows though.

As for the type of campaign? I'd run him in the Vanity and Santa Margarita the next 3 years.

Mere mortal horses could never take on such a gruelling schedule.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

As for the type of campaign? I'd run him in the Vanity and Santa Margarita the next 3 years.

Originally Posted by pointman

Mere mortal horses could never take on such a gruelling schedule.

Thus proving his alltime greatness!

[TouchOfGrey]

Steve Crist weighs in.

A ballyhooed undefeated 2-year-old champion makes his first start as a 3-year-old and posts the lowest speed figure of his career on the same card where Grade 2 older horses run the same distance 7 or 8 lengths faster. Cause for concern?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Instead of having to write all that - if Crist had the fancy NFL Draft Combine video technology ... he could have just superimposed Uncle Mo into Tackleberry's race.

[Indian Charlie]

I said it before his BCJ win, and thought it was obvious to everyone after the race, but how did people not notice that UM runs easily, relaxed and does exactly what the jockey wants?

Of course he could relax early and finish strongly! He'd already done that in his previous starts!

Pace in the Derby simply will not matter to UM.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

how did people not notice that UM runs easily, relaxed and does exactly what the jockey wants?

Of course he could relax early and finish strongly! He'd already done that in his previous starts!

It's one thing to relax early and finish strongly when you have no target in front of you - and no dirt is being kicked in your face.

Until he proves he can do the same - from off the pace - while taking dirt in his eyes and nose ... he's still nothing more than a tactically gifted speed horse/stalker.

A lot of plodders and deep closers don't even react well the first time they take dirt kick-back. Look at Jaycito - and Royal Delta had a meltdown at Tampa over the weekend around the 1st turn.

[Revidere]

Originally Posted by pointman

Mere mortal horses could never take on such a gruelling schedule.

Those races are too close for Pletcher.

[King Glorious]

I still wonder why year after year, we're told how so and so is rich and doesn't need the money and is in it for the sport......only to see their horse retired at the end of the year or at the slightest hint of frailty?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I still wonder why year after year, we're told how so and so is rich and doesn't need the money and is in it for the sport......only to see their horse retired at the end of the year or at the slightest hint of frailty?

Because a lot of rich people think making money is a sport

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Because a lot of rich people think making money is a sport

And like pinball, the rich people know their net worth number is the score, and they are always trying to set a new high score.