5/28-30 (BEL): Met (G1), Sands Point (G2); NY Stakes; Sheepshead (G2)

[ateamstupid]

Going to be tough for any filly to beat that monster this summer.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Going to be tough for any filly to beat that monster this summer.

Mind boggling (and too bad) that she lost at Churchill.

Congrats to Jimmy Toner.

On to The New York or perhaps the American Oaks?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Mind boggling (and too bad) that she lost at Churchill.

Congrats to Jimmy Toner.

On to The New York or perhaps the American Oaks?

Toner is conservative so it won't happen but I'd love to see her try males in a race like the Va Derby.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Toner is conservative so it won't happen but I'd love to see her try males in a race like the Va Derby.

I second that. What boys would she have to be afraid of? Banned?

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I second that. What boys would she have to be afraid of? Banned?

Exactly. If they don't want to go west then there's really not a race for her in NY until the Lake George. Monmouth has a Grade III in late June but that filly doesn't need to be running in G3 races. Its nice to see good, veteran trainers like Bond, Hushion, and Toner have 3 strong performances today.

[blackthroatedwind]

Two Stakes at Saratoga, Garden City, and Queen Elizabeth.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Toner is conservative so it won't happen but I'd love to see her try males in a race like the Va Derby.

With the decline of the American Oaks, instead of putting $500K into a turf race for older males a week after the Manhattan and only a few weeks before the UN, it probably would have made more sense for Colonial to move up the Virginia Oaks to mid-June and bump the purse to $500K. Probably would have drawn a nice field.