Careless Jewel

[CSC]

Impressive...

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by CSC

Impressive...

Shes really good, but beat a group of horses who were consistently running beyers in the 77-93 range on dirt. Her 104 last time crushed these, and she ran back to it.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Shes really good, but beat a group of horses who were consistently running beyers in the 77-93 range on dirt. Her 104 last time crushed these, and she ran back to it.

But didn't Rachel Alexandra do the same in The KY Oaks(okay she won by a Secretariat like margin), obcourse hindsight is 20/20 no one knew she would go on to be better under Assmusen.

I follow Woodbine so it isn't really a surprise to me she is a good horse, but in all honesty I never thought she would be this good, this soon.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Her 104 last time crushed these, and she ran back to it.

That giant figure in her last race was very cut and dry ... but it came with a loose lead ... albeit loose through very strong fractions with a fast horse in Malibu Prayer chasing her. Malibu Prayer had won a bitter duel with a next out Test winner her prior start.

What was so impressive about today was not that she ran back to her only other dirt figure .. but she showed that she could do it while denied the lead going a classic distance. Even if the Beyer doesn't show it - I think she took a step forward today.

[the_fat_man]

What are her POLY numbers?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

What are her POLY numbers?

They were irrelevant is what they were.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

They were irrelevant is what they were.

No doubt. But we already knew that.

What are your numbers for her on POLY?

[CSC]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

What was so impressive about today was not that she ran back to her only other dirt figure .. but she showed that she could do it while denied the lead going a classic distance. Even if the Beyer doesn't show it - I think she took a step forward today.

That is was what I saw, she was steadied hard around the 1st turn also to make it even more impressive, and you have to like the way she kicked home, no apparence of shortening stride. She could get even better...

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

That giant figure in her last race was very cut and dry ... but it came with a loose lead ... albeit loose through very strong fractions with a fast horse in Malibu Prayer chasing her. Malibu Prayer had won a bitter duel with a next out Test winner her prior start.

What was so impressive about today was not that she ran back to her only other dirt figure .. but she showed that she could do it while denied the lead going a classic distance. Even if the Beyer doesn't show it - I think she took a step forward today.

Is she competition for Rachel, I think she might be.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Is she competition for Rachel, I think she might be.

never know, until theres a race. shes clearly better than what shes been beating, her races are not even close. she runs on poly. breeders cup distaff material.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Is she competition for Rachel, I think she might be.

Only if Hal Wiggins got to train her.. 2.03 your kidding right Rachel would beat her by a a country mile

[chucklestheclown]

She is no nashoba's key, let alone ra.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Only if Hal Wiggins got to train her.. 2.03 your kidding right Rachel would beat her by a a country mile

On the surface the final time was good/ordinary but the track went from muddy to good later in the day, I think this is a case when you have to use your common sense to evaluate if a performance was good or wasn't.

[Gauchos0522]

She really picked a great year to be a talented filly in this division as long as she doesn't face Rachel. Regardless she did what a good horse should do to that field.