Char's Bob'n Robin

ArlJim78 · #1 11-10-2006, 11:58 PM

You've gotta love this horse running in the third at Churchill tomorrow. Not saying he'll win but I love this horse's style and consistency, heart and knack for hitting the wire in front.

He's a seven year old gelding lifetime record 18 wins, 9 places, 12 shows from 59 starts! Top lifetime Beyer is only 89 and he races mainly at the secondary midwest tracks but has pulled down $280K lifetime.

What I admire so much about him is that despite racing so many times, he doesn't have the type of form that you'd expect from an older runner with so many starts. He has speed but he is not a need the lead type. He shows up with almost the same effort every time. He gets out and battles each time and if there is any kind of opening he punches it home for the victory.

Churchill is the big leagues for this guy as he is winless in three starts in Louisville, but you'd be crazy to leave him off any tri or super plays. actually this 32K claimer has several other tough veterans with very respectable records.

Just wanted to point out this horse that I have enjoyed watching for several years.

Pedigree Ann · #2 11-11-2006, 08:30 AM

WHen I made my first pass through the entries, this horse was the only one in the field who got a checkmark. In that CD race, against a higher claiming level, he bobbled at the start, was rushed up to get the lead and tired - I can forgive that. Only problem is that race over mud - it rained overnight here in the Bluegrass. By the way, I had 5 ? horses in this race; really up for grabs.

ArlJim78 · #3 11-11-2006, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

WHen I made my first pass through the entries, this horse was the only one in the field who got a checkmark. In that CD race, against a higher claiming level, he bobbled at the start, was rushed up to get the lead and tired - I can forgive that. Only problem is that race over mud - it rained overnight here in the Bluegrass. By the way, I had 5 ? horses in this race; really up for grabs.

agree with you on that last point, it could many different ways.

jpops757 · #4 11-11-2006, 10:09 AM

This is the profile of a winner. Dosent need the headlines just the paycheck. Was he a home bred? Has he ever been claimed or changed hands. How much did he go for in any sale?

ArlJim78 · #5 11-11-2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jpops757

This is the profile of a winner. Dosent need the headlines just the paycheck. Was he a home bred? Has he ever been claimed or changed hands. How much did he go for in any sale?

Good questions, he certainly doen't appear to have changed hands much via the claim box although he does dip into the claiming races from time to time on the higher end. There is no sale price listed. He is an Illinois bred. They spot him usually in allowances or small stakes in the region.

But like you say, he has the profile of a winner and the consistency that I admire. He just doesn't run any awful races.

disappearingdan_akaplaya · #6 11-14-2006, 04:45 AM

i love the horse but hate the trainer, witthauers a f'n butcher! he claimed one of my trainers horses last year and this past spring ran him in a alw@hawthorne and the horse literally limped off the track, well 2 weeks later witthauer shipped back up from fairmount and ran him and poor bunny(rip) broke down, this a$$hole knew how bad the horse was and still ran him. well one of the owners in the barn paid bunnies vet bills ata clinic in MO but he only survived for a couple months and hada be put down