11/22-23 (CD): Falls City H. (G2); Clark H. (G1)

[cakes44]

Tossing Shackleford out of the top 3 here. I don't think he wants this distance and I think he's out of form and over the top.

[RockHardTen1985]

5,6,10.....one of them wins the Clark.

[booner]

Gutty performance from Shack. I'm glad he got to go out on top.

[Heels1989]

SHACK

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Tossing Shackleford out of the top 3 here. I don't think he wants this distance and I think he's out of form and over the top.

Still got it.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Still got it.

He got way with pretty easy fractions. I still don't get why Cease was not placed much closer to the pace.

[Calzone Lord]

Shackleford throws in a huge clunker everytime he gets caught behind horses.

Even his very good half sister Afleeting Lady has had an excellent year other than the two times she got caught behind horses, and both times she bombed in non-efforts.

Maybe it's because he's temperamental or maybe he's just an animal.

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by pointman

He got way with pretty easy fractions. I still don't get why Cease was not placed much closer to the pace.

Maybe Mena was drunk...again.



I know, I know...demons and such.

[Travis Stone]

I've seen plenty of people mention it on Twitter and in conversation, but the race riding (lack of) in the Clark was pretty amazing.

Shackleford, a CD homer who is a proven G1 winning pacesetter going a route of ground, was allowed to post fractions 24.31, 48.65 and 1:12.49 in a G1, $400k race at a track that has been very kind to speed this meet.

I thought Bourbon Courage ran well given the circumstances.