9/11: Belmont (5th-10th)

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I don't care where they run Buffum. The question/issue was that if he had exited the Saratoga race suitably, you would think the next step would have been something more ambitious.

Um I did not say you cared or should and I understood your point very well even though I do not agree...Obviously they wanted to stretch him out. Actually, their initial plan was to run him in a stakes at Parx against older PA bred. I can not think of a spot they could have run him in instead...the King s Bishop was never an option, and rightly so

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Um I did not say you cared or should and I understood your point very well even though I do not agree...Obviously they wanted to stretch him out. Actually, their initial plan was to run him in a stakes at Parx against older PA bred. I can not think of a spot they could have run him in instead...the King s Bishop was never an option, and rightly so

I'm going to put this as mildly as I can because I know how sensitive you are when it comes to anything AP Indy related. You are talking about stretching him out. He romped going 7 furlongs last time. If they were trying to stretch him out at this point in his career, don't you think they would have tried to stretch him out a little further than a mile?

What are they waiting for? Granted, Cohen did him no favors and the race was unbettable but the fact they chose this spot over races like the Smarty Jones at Parx last weekend or the Super Derby yesterday should have spoke volumes.

He was best today, but it's tough to get too excited about him going forward. Especially because it's 1/9 they take him back to Dubai this winter and totally ruin him.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I'm going to put this as mildly as I can because I know how sensitive you are when it comes to anything AP Indy related. You are talking about stretching him out. He romped going 7 furlongs last time. If they were trying to stretch him out at this point in his career, don't you think they would have tried to stretch him out a little further than a mile?

What are they waiting for? Granted, Cohen did him no favors and the race was unbettable but the fact they chose this spot over races like the Smarty Jones at Parx last weekend or the Super Derby yesterday should have spoke volumes.

He was best today, but it's tough to get too excited about him going forward. Especially because it's 1/9 they take him back to Dubai this winter and totally ruin him.

You make good points...and as I mentioned, Rick Metee 's comments about him prior to the race were not exactly enthusiastic. Based on this race I would think that he wouldn't go to Dubai.....he is sure not a World Cup horse.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Um I did not say you cared or should and I understood your point very well even though I do not agree...Obviously they wanted to stretch him out. Actually, their initial plan was to run him in a stakes at Parx against older PA bred. I can not think of a spot they could have run him in instead...the King s Bishop was never an option, and rightly so

See Hossy's response. If there was any confidence he was anything special, they would have sought black type. That they used this mundane spot as next for him said a lot, and that was the point I raised in the analysis. Actually, why we should even have an interest in how they campaign their horses seems an exersize in futility. They operate blind without a cane.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Kasept

See Hossy's response. If there was any confidence he was anything special, they would have sought black type. That they used this mundane spot as next for him said a lot, and that was the point I raised in the analysis. Actually, why we should even have an interest in how they campaign their horses seems an exersize in futility. They operate blind without a cane.

Andy basically said the same thing about Godolphin in his NYRA chat. Unfortunately, upon thinking about it, I agree with you