Weekend Stakes Beyers: Flat Out 113

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think he got a 96 in the FG race - though I will have to go back and check. It was a very good race - he closed into a slow pace on a track that isn't typically friendly to wide closers.

And he went right back to the bench after that. I have to think they had to pussyfoot with his training coming back this second time so that he could hold together. I also wonder if they were more or less "forced" to run in stakes races instead of an allowance race with 3 wins already under his belt.

One bad sign going forward off the Suburban is that his last work for the race came on turf. It could be for any number of reasons and was only 4 days before yesterday's race, but with his history it seems a little ominous.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

One bad sign going forward off the Suburban is that his last work for the race came on turf. It could be for any number of reasons and was only 4 days before yesterday's race, but with his history it seems a little ominous.

Regarding the turf work - they're saying this horse has a history of bad feet ... I guess if he's able to duplicate that performance in the future - it will be decided by how sound his feet are.

He ran like a horse who just had strong vinegar spit into his nose over and over for the first time ever...after getting his teeth cleaned, his shoes changed, and his legs felt with Juan Carlos's facial cheek.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Regarding the turf work - they're saying this horse has a history of bad feet ... I guess if he's able to duplicate that performance in the future - it will be decided by how sound his feet are.

Went back and checked, it looks like Flat Out had been on the fence for tomorrow's Firecracker on turf at Churchill according to the Blood-Horse.

Going back to the Stephen Foster, he saved ground throughout and then came with a rally along the rail only to get outfinished by a few coming from the center of the track. Was the track playing fair that day?

[blackthroatedwind]

Word is the rail was off....but I don't follow it closely enough to trust the opinions of others.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Word is the rail was off....but I don't follow it closely enough to trust the opinions of others.

Thanks. Hopefully both he and Tizway show up and are able to repeat their last in the Whitney.

[Danzig]

a long sordid history of foot problems...and maybe he likes the belmont surface?

[miraja2]

Does anybody know a fig for Counterparty (Bel 2nd) yesterday?
Visually I thought it was a very impressive debut.