2012 Triple Crown Trail: 11 try to deny I'll Have Another

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

According to Churchill Downs PR, Liaison is shipping to CD. Baffert is apparently going to start he and Secret Circle in an effort to help his chances of bookending the field.

perhaps liason will end up in the trial? i saw this morning that all three of his would share a plane ride up there....but who knows? we all know about his entering dantbgm a few years ago, but with ae's, that would be a waste.

maybe he's hoping they'll all 'dapple out'??

[tjfla]

They said Liaison will be shipping and they will determine if he goes on how he trains. Ill take him and SC both in the Derby-2 Auto Tosses for me!!

The Lexington might have a horse in the Derby still- Stirred Up(96,000)Morgan's Guerilla(100,000) News Pending(80,000),and Golden Ticket(70,000) are mention as MAYBE by drf.com. A Win by any of them would give them earnings which would move them just behind Reveron

[Mike]

Originally Posted by tjfla

They said Liaison will be shipping and they will determine if he goes on how he trains. Ill take him and SC both in the Derby-2 Auto Tosses for me!!

The Lexington might have a horse in the Derby still- Stirred Up(96,000)Morgan's Guerilla(100,000) News Pending(80,000),and Golden Ticket(70,000) are mention as MAYBE by drf.com. A Win by any of them would give them earnings which would move them just behind Reveron

A win by Morgan's Guerilla would put him in a tie with Reveron. What's the tie breaking procedure for the last spot?

[Mike]

In the case of a tie for the final entry position or the determination of all remaining starters, preference is given to horses that accumulated the highest earnings in non-restricted stakes races. If a tie still remains, the final spots in the starting gate will be determined by lot or a “shake.”

Reveron wins the tie breaker easily over Morgan

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Danzig

perhaps liason will end up in the trial? i saw this morning that all three of his would share a plane ride up there....but who knows? we all know about his entering dantbgm a few years ago, but with ae's, that would be a waste.

maybe he's hoping they'll all 'dapple out'??

I think they are going to run Liaison in the Derby. Baffert for at least two months has been saying that he doesn't like Santa Anita, so I'm guessing that if he trains well at all at CD, he's going to run him.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I think they are going to run Liaison in the Derby. Baffert for at least two months has been saying that he doesn't like Santa Anita, so I'm guessing that if he trains well at all at CD, he's going to run him.

If he didn't like Santa Anita, why did Bob keep running him there?

Liaison is slow. That's his real problem.

[tjfla]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If he didn't like Santa Anita, why did Bob keep running him there?

Liaison is slow. That's his real problem.

Baffert said Liaison hated the track from Day 1 but he saw it as the horse was getting work in. I think he will run in the Derby but they keep saying they wanna see how he trains on it

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If he didn't like Santa Anita, why did Bob keep running him there?

Liaison is slow. That's his real problem.

Not to mention that he broke his maiden at Santa Anita. Blaming the track is what you do when your horse has peaked and is now going the wrong direction.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If he didn't like Santa Anita, why did Bob keep running him there?

Liaison is slow. That's his real problem.

Yeah.

As to him running at SA, I'm guessing it's because he was already assured a spot in the Ky Derby and didn't need to ship him.

He did run better at HP, so who knows.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If he didn't like Santa Anita, why did Bob keep running him there?Liaison is slow. That's his real problem.

[tector]

You are looking at a race that could easily fall to pieces (it is too early to tell, of course). With that scenario possible, why would Baffert rule out a horse that could still be breathing after a 1.25? Have you seen some of the recent winners of this race? Does Liason's form look much worse than Mine That Bird's did? What is he supposed to do if the owners want to go?