Stardom Bound out of Oaks

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Kasept

She ran exactly 1. count it 1, fast race in her career.

Unless you're talking about her stylish 3/8ths work against the clock at the OBS March '08 2yo sale... I'm not sure which race you mean.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

its mike smiths fault he tried to get her to stay on the pace..

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Unless you're talking about her stylish 3/8ths work against the clock at the OBS March '08 2yo sale... I'm not sure which race you mean.

Her BC JF was fast.

[PPerfectfan]

Oh now u guys are wrong, SB does a serious illness and its called......Rachelisgonnakickmyass-itis!!!!!!!!

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Her BC JF was fast.

It was not a very key race however.

2nd place finisher Dream Empress can't outrun a goat.

3rd place finisher Sky Diva was 3rd beaten 10 lengths at 1/5 odds next time out

4th place finisher Dave's Revenge (beaten all of 3 lengths) has run five times since - never once running a Beyer higher than 70 and never once running better than 4th - including a couple off of the boards in N1X alw races.

5th place finser Persistently is yet to run back

6th place finisher Van Lear Rose is yet to run back

7th place finisher CS Silk has run three times since. She was beat at even money in Delta Downs stake. Off the board beaten 13 lengths at 9/5 in a GP stake and off the board beaten 18 lengths at 9/2 in a GP stake.

Not exactly the most productive of races ... makes you wonder if they did or didn't speed the track up right before that race.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think he means that since he picked SB way back when, he doesn't want to come off her now. but stubborn hardheadedness isn't keeping him from admitting that deep down he knows rachel is the better horse. right king??

Kinda sorta. It's not even that deep down. Rachel scares the hell out of me. I would have picked SB and been hoping that something would have kept Rachel from running her race and then I could have come on here looking like a genius saying "see, I told you so." Honestly though, I'm just not that as impressed with the boys as everyone else is and I do think that those two girls are better.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Kinda sorta. It's not even that deep down. Rachel scares the hell out of me. I would have picked SB and been hoping that something would have kept Rachel from running her race and then I could have come on here looking like a genius saying "see, I told you so." Honestly though, I'm just not that as impressed with the boys as everyone else is and I do think that those two girls are better.

i'm very impressed with rachel alexandra. as for stardom bound, i've never seen whatever it is that you saw in her. i thought she was a horse who was good at the right time, namely earlier than the rest of the fillies.
i'll be surprised if SB ever runs again..if she runs again, i'll be surprised if she wins.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm very impressed with rachel alexandra. as for stardom bound, i've never seen whatever it is that you saw in her. i thought she was a horse who was good at the right time, namely earlier than the rest of the fillies.
i'll be surprised if SB ever runs again..if she runs again, i'll be surprised if she wins.

There was nothing to see, so you didn't miss anything. She simply developed quicker than a bad group of horses, clearly excelled on synthetic tracks, and received one great pace setup after another.

She didn't move forward at all this year and is best kept on the sidelines for a while. I can't imagine she'd ever finish in the upper half of the Derby field in a year like last year.

NT

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I agree with most - but I don't think she was recieving big setups. She does have a very nice sustained 3f burst as evidence by what she did at OBS and that's a big deal on Pro-ride especially

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

It was not a very key race however.

2nd place finisher Dream Empress can't outrun a goat.

3rd place finisher Sky Diva was 3rd beaten 10 lengths at 1/5 odds next time out

4th place finisher Dave's Revenge (beaten all of 3 lengths) has run five times since - never once running a Beyer higher than 70 and never once running better than 4th - including a couple off of the boards in N1X alw races.

5th place finser Persistently is yet to run back

6th place finisher Van Lear Rose is yet to run back

7th place finisher CS Silk has run three times since. She was beat at even money in Delta Downs stake. Off the board beaten 13 lengths at 9/5 in a GP stake and off the board beaten 18 lengths at 9/2 in a GP stake.

Not exactly the most productive of races ... makes you wonder if they did or didn't speed the track up right before that race.

Evita Argentina is the only one that has done ANYTHING out of that race besides Stardom Bound.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Yeah - and that was EA's only career route try. Her own trainer said he felt she's a closing sprinter .. and judging by her 4th at 3/5 odds in the Beaumont last out - she's probably not a dominant one either.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Yeah - and that was EA's only career route try. Her own trainer said he felt she's a closing sprinter .. and judging by her 4th at 3/5 odds in the Beaumont last out - she's probably not a dominant one either.

She was spinning her wheels from the start. Might be one of the few synthetic monsters that actually improves going to dirt. I might give her another chance away from Keeneland which clearly has become the graveyard of favorites.

Square Eddie added himself to the pile today. Are Forever Together and Indescribable the only favorites to win a stake this year?