7/9 (BEL): Man o' War S. (G1), Caress S.

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Is it time to start questioning the tactics on Gio Ponti?

The horse has more speed than that, which he's shown in his races at a mile, and it seems there is no thought about saving ground whatsoever in his races.

YES YES YES

Regardless of who is in the race and what the pace might be, they do the same thing, and to me, it's running a race in a vacuum. Watch the Dubai World Cup below and watch Dominguez strangle Gio Ponti as the winning move is made to his outside, through fractions of...

26.77, 53.18, 1:18.28, 1:42.61.

It just seems like they have the same plan regardless of the race. As an incredibly astute handicapper said to me today..."they are mishandling that poor horse terribly."

Beaten a combined three lengths in two $10 million races, not to mention some of the others. I'm thrilled they brought him back this year, it's wonderful, but refusing to even try to change his style kills me. You absolutely can't get a better angle for it than in this video.

http://youtu.be/J1JvCEbLUEw

[Calzone Lord]

Cape Blanco will be ok when he gets back to his good 3yo form. He's still a ways off of it.

His performance when he was a clear 2nd - by 11 freaking lengths - to Harbinger - was a whole lot better than his performance today.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Cape Blanco will be ok when he gets back to his good 3yo form. He's still a ways off of it.

His performance when he was a clear 2nd - by 11 freaking lengths - to Harbinger - was a whole lot better than his performance today.

Can't fool you.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Can't fool you.

Either that - or I had his race when he was 2nd by 11 too fast