Anyone know the Beyers from Saturday

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

It's curious to me how many horse's from Anew's barn have been running exceptionally well lately. There must be like an anti-virus in the barn.

I don't know that they knew exactly what they had after they gelded him. They ran him back first time at 25 non2 life. To me he looks like a horse who just got good. I also think that Asmussen was very smart to skip running back in the race that Tiger won after their last confrontation. He brought a fresher horse to Saturday's race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Is " fresher " a euphemism?

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Is " fresher " a euphemism?

Well it could be, lol.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by oracle80

I don't know that they knew exactly what they had after they gelded him. They ran him back first time at 25 non2 life. To me he looks like a horse who just got good. I also think that Asmussen was very smart to skip running back in the race that Tiger won after their last confrontation. He brought a fresher horse to Saturday's race.

Do you know why they gelded him Oracle? I watched the races at 2am on Saturday when I got home from Orlando. I don't remember if they said why they gelded him. Was it a health problem or was he "filly-minded"?

[Gander]

Doesnt Anew remind you of a few horses Scott Lake improved dramatically in recent history, most notably Don Six? I mean the similarities between Anew and Don Six are startling! Both are former claimers who love the Aqu Inner track yet made the transition to be competitive on other tracks. Don Six ran a very game race in defeat in last year's Carter, losing to 2 very special horses in Forest Danger and Medalist. The other horses being Thunderello and My Cousin Matt, both of which Lake got to run huge races in BC Sprints.

Maybe Asmussen is taking notes from Lake on how to improve sprinters.

[blackthroatedwind]

I predict Anew will retreat to the sidelines very soon.

Originally Posted by Gander

Doesnt Anew remind you of a few horses Scott Lake improved dramatically in recent history, most notably Don Six? I mean the similarities between Anew and Don Six are startling! Both are former claimers who love the Aqu Inner track yet made the transition to be competitive on other tracks. Don Six ran a very game race in defeat in last year's Carter, losing to 2 very special horses in Forest Danger and Medalist. The other horses being Thunderello and My Cousin Matt, both of which Lake got to run huge races in BC Sprints.

Maybe Asmussen is taking notes from Lake on how to improve sprinters.

Anew was gelded. That is a huge reason for improvement in some horses. Don't think there is any "questionable" actions going on with this horse. Sounds like he was a headcase and gelding him fixed that problem. He is an Awesome Again so it isn't like it is some cheap horse that got fast for no reason.

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Do you know why they gelded him Oracle? I watched the races at 2am on Saturday when I got home from Orlando. I don't remember if they said why they gelded him. Was it a health problem or was he "filly-minded"?

I have no idea to be completely honest. Like I said I don't see this as a "Lake" type improvement. Its not like he claimed the horse and immediately jumped the horse up. They claimed him, he looked like total wreck of a claim, and they may have gelded him out of desperation. Even after that they ran him back cheaply and he got good.
I always get a kick out of those who accuse any trainer who is a claiming trainer or former claiming trainer who gets a horse sharp as being a suspicious character. Funny that if you train for the rich and prominent and get hot with horses, you are just a good horseman(these guys wear suits and speak nicely to the press so they must just be good horsemen). Its a ridiculous double standard.

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Do you know why they gelded him Oracle? I watched the races at 2am on Saturday when I got home from Orlando. I don't remember if they said why they gelded him. Was it a health problem or was he "filly-minded"?

Here is your answer

"He was a lunatic before we gelded him and he's still a lunatic, but he's a little better now."