Latent Heat

Originally Posted by Scav

On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."

I acually wouldn't disagree with him....the Perryville was over the rubber tires anyway - so it is a toss....

Hell, if I liked him against Magna Graduate, Its No Joke, Awesome Twist and all of those other tough older horses in the Ack Ack as a 3-year-old then I have to like him in the Malibu against straight 3-year-olds....the horse has run some 1s and 2s on the Rag sheets....not too shabby....Frankel is STRTICTLY a sheets guy and he knows those figs are good enough to be tough in the Malibu....be curious to see whoelse shios in for the race.....Too Much Bling has run faster than Latent Heat and is a seven-furlong specialist....we'll see...