Weekend Stakes Beyers

[randallscott35]

Triple Crown- they are all racing soooo long.

Orb- Retired, all of 2 starts after the Triple Crown series, supposedly healthy so why retire?
Oxbow- Injured, though could've come back given enough time, so why retire?
Palice Malice- Will be back, yay, for a 4 yr old season where he surely runs holes in the wind at FG and GP and Xs at the Breeders Cup like every other Pletcher horse that can't get their fix.

If all goes well we can look forward to Golden Soul hitting the board in a NX3 race at some point in 2014. Fingers crossed. I'll keep rooting for my happy geldings long into the future.

[Jasper131]

Golden Soul in an n3X? How bout getting to an n2x? Isn't he 1 for something?

Re Shared Belief - the only thing is the pace of that race was very slow especially for the final time. The 7f races at Hollywood that are run in 122.5 or whatever usually have paces in the low-to-mid 45s so he was aided by that but even if he ran a faster half and finished in 123 and got a 92 or 94 Beyer, that's still a big performance.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Jasper131

Golden Soul in an n3X? How bout getting to an n2x? Isn't he 1 for something?

Re Shared Belief - the only thing is the pace of that race was very slow especially for the final time. The 7f races at Hollywood that are run in 122.5 or whatever usually have paces in the low-to-mid 45s so he was aided by that but even if he ran a faster half and finished in 123 and got a 92 or 94 Beyer, that's still a big performance.

I was a lot more impressed with they Kobe Byrant horse for the very reasons you stated.

It could be a interesting Cash Call Futurity this year because the 2YO championship in not exactly settled.