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

[pointman]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Why? I'm sure that some of the connections would just be thrilled to earn a check and get a Graded placing. Why send and try to run with Bode, it's almost a guaranteed suicide mission for the horse that goes and all it does is soften up Bode for someone else to pick up the pieces.

If you have a horse whose best asset is speed the worst thing you can do is to take them back as you are taking away their most powerful asset. IMO you are more likely to finish worse when you take a speed horse off the pace because you are afraid of another speed horse. Look how well Right to Vote ran on a very fast pace in the Peter Pan, doubt he gets first or second if he is taken off the pace regardless of how much speed there is in the race.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by pointman

If you have a horse whose best asset is speed the worst thing you can do is to take them back as you are taking away their most powerful asset. IMO you are more likely to finish worse when you take a speed horse off the pace because you are afraid of another speed horse. Look how well Right to Vote ran on a very fast pace in the Peter Pan, doubt he gets first or second if he is taken off the pace regardless of how much speed there is in the race.

Nick I agree with you. The point that was trying to get across was that if there is no real other speed horses in the race, why sacrifice your own horse's chance by making him do something he usually doesn't do? Basically jumping on the grenade for the rest of the field so Bode doesn't get a soft easy lead.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Nick I agree with you. The point that was trying to get across was that if there is no real other speed horses in the race, why sacrifice your own horse's chance by making him do something he usually doesn't do? Basically jumping on the grenade for the rest of the field so Bode doesn't get a soft easy lead.

My bad, I had not looked at the PP's yet.

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Asmussen tells DRF's Byron King that Daddy Nose Best is a go for Preakness.

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PIM: 5/19/12 - Preakness Stakes (G1)

1. I'll Have Another (D. O'Neill/M. Gutierrez)
2. Bodemeister (B. Baffert/M. Smith)
3. Went The Day Well (G. Motion/J. Velazquez)
4. Creative Cause (M. Harrington/J. Rosario)
5. Liaison (B. Baffert/M. Garcia) -- Uncertain
6. Optimizer (D. Lukas/C. Nakatani)
7. Daddy Nose Best (S. Asmussen/J. Leparoux)
8. Cozzetti (D. Romans/J. Lezcano)
9. Teeth of the Dog (M. Matz/J. Bravo)
10. Tiger Walk (I. Correas/K. Desormeaux)
11. Zetterholm (R. Dutrow/J. Alvarado)
12. Pretension (C. Grove/J. Santiago)
13. Guyana Star Dweej (D. Shivmangal/Solis)