1/17-19 (SA): Ynez; Rafael; Fernando; Encino; Marcos; Pedro (PP's)

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

That seems right cause Mandella does not seem the type to run off just 2 weeks rest.

and the owner is, remember Greelys Galaxy and the campagne they had, same with the Ellis horse who finished fourth in the derby on a weeks rest. In each case the owner said run this horse in this spot, and since the owner buys really nice horses they are not going to say no.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

cherrokee artist is gonna run big

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

have any good horses won this race, say in the last ten years, did they prove themselves as grade 2 horses over time? You know that races are pre-graded so looking at todays field and commenting on the grade is useless.

None that I can remember and I have been going to see this race since 1973.

[Bobby Fischer]

1:11 bullet from the gate from a horse you wouldn't have really thought of as a fast horse at all even with the BC win on the soft turf

good training job by biancone , and he worked him a gate bullet before the 7f sprint race where he chased a ridiculous 1:20 and then he wins here today.

The game can be pretty, and ugly in the same light. Good horses and good horseman and good medicine everywhere not just in this case.

[Bobby Fischer]

anyone know what happened to Brother Keith ?

He broke on top in the San Rafael...

I was hoping he would be out front, and then he went wrong somehow...
At first it looked like the jockey was choking him back, or maybe the bit was wrong, and then i thought he was being pulled up to avoid a breakdown...

then at the end he was hard ridden and whipped to get up for 4th.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

anyone know what happened to Brother Keith ?

He broke on top in the San Rafael...

I was hoping he would be out front, and then he went wrong somehow...
At first it looked like the jockey was choking him back, or maybe the bit was wrong, and then i thought he was being pulled up to avoid a breakdown...

then at the end he was hard ridden and whipped to get up for 4th.

was he rank early? probably one of those instances where they were trying to teach a horse who wants to run off early how to rate. doesn't sound like he learned that lesson well...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Scratched down to 5... Pretty much becomes a waste of a graded stakes. Once again race fans getting the short end of it.

5 Papa Clem Baze T C 116 L
7 Charlie's Moment Rosario J 116 L
8 Feisty Suances Flores D R 116 L

so much for reading those drf articles about a race! i thought syns were supposed to eliminate these small fields?

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

so much for reading those drf articles about a race! i thought syns were supposed to eliminate these small fields?

Sad actually and they will be whining about the economy when their handle is down yet they can't even fill the gates for a graded stake. Last year both the San Rafel and Robert Lewis both offered no superfecta.

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

was he rank early? probably one of those instances where they were trying to teach a horse who wants to run off early how to rate. doesn't sound like he learned that lesson well...

may have wanted to blow the turn

[mbahadur]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

anyone know what happened to Brother Keith ?

He broke on top in the San Rafael...

I was hoping he would be out front, and then he went wrong somehow...
At first it looked like the jockey was choking him back, or maybe the bit was wrong, and then i thought he was being pulled up to avoid a breakdown...

then at the end he was hard ridden and whipped to get up for 4th.

On HRTV after the race, I believe it was Millie Ball who reported that the she talked to Bobby Frankel who thought that the horse bolted to the outside when he came out of the turn and the sun hits his eyes.