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1-20 is an awful lot of historical perspective. So much so, perhaps, that even the most expert among us would be hard pressed to recall the last undefeated 2 yo champ who went down badly in an important prep race at that kind of price. Add to that the extra flavoring of the horse being off for a day or two due to fever or whatever. That is the correct perspective? Maybe not. Then again, .... Yes, I remember Holy Bull and Real Quiet. And, like a lot of people, I remember Spectacular Bid's Belmont and Secretariat's Wood where they were both compromised by condition issues. Don't you think Bid's and Secretariat's people felt pressure to run despite being less than 100%? But you are right; they are not machines and they are not always going to be 100%. The owner and trainer can run their horse whenever and however they choose. When you go down at 1-20 as the undefeated 2 yo champ when perhaps, or even likely, not 100%, there is going to be a lot of elbow room in that reuinion tour. |
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It's one race for WP, horses are not machines. Everyone is entitled to a bad day, however looking back at the past p's 2 nights ago I noticed other than the one monster slop effort around 2 turns for WP one could have questioned is he at his best at racing at a route or 2 turns more specifically. Another was the question is he as good at 3 as he was at 2? I guess the other question will now arrise is he a need to lead type ie. War Emblem All questions that may help his odds if he continues on the TC trail. The benefit of hindsight I guess, I just think of kicking myself for atleast not taking him on yesterday with Big Truck who I thought would have filled the exacta spot...7/1 on a horse that ran big in the prep, with Coa/Tagg running the show was a bad miss. |
Couldn't have his connections switched races and waited a week to run in the Florida Derby if there was any chance that War Pass was 100%? We try to find every excuse when a good animal like this one gets soundly defeated, bottom line' something was wrong...anyone can see that. It's not the end of the world, unless he's really hurt bad. On to the next prep for the rest.....we're (sorry for the pun) "beating a dead horse" with this race effort.
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On the other hand, I understand why people are shocked, and I'm not going to call anyone's opinion ridiculous. As I'm sure I've heard you say on your show, Steve, the great ones overcome adversity. So maybe War Pass isn't as good as some of the champions to which he's been compared. We hear overblown comparisons every year. Or maybe he is a great horse who'll have one clunker to darken his PPs. Or maybe he's just a very good horse who can still win the Kentucky Derby. There's still plenty of time before the Derby to find out. |
As far as LaPenta goes, they were basically giving him the trophy before the race. Simon Bray thanked him for coming to Tampa(I guess thanking him for WP racing on TVG, very strange). I think he had his tail between is legs and tried coming up with a lame excused. As far as the horse goes, for the first time he didn't have a perfect trip. Got slammed out of the gate and never looked comfortable out there. Hopefully for the WP camp they could turn it into a learning experience. I think the race is a toss and if you still like him, maybe you will get a price on him in the wood.
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On the other hand, he was a brilliant 2 yr old with a perfect record culminating with a demolishing run in the BC Juvenile. It is hard to maintain or even top the expectations that have been behooved upon him. Sooner than later this day had to come, it's hard being perfect.
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but then some jerk their knees, and go off the deep end. how dare he compare him to slew?! sigh |
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I'm not one, something was wrong with him yesterday....so I'm not dismissing him yet. Funny though, how other 3 yr.olds didn't match up to him before yesterday's race..... I think the playing field is level now after that effort. |
Many racing fans are too quick to make outlandish judgements on horses too quickly, either positive or negative. Toss the race out and see if he comes back with a better performance. TVG was gushing before the race, saying WP was the leader of the sport. I guess they forgot about a horse named Curlin. If there was even a hint of illness in the horse he shouldn't have been running. Let's see if he will be given the chance to erase this performance.
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why is it ridiculous to feel that this horse may not in the league with the horses that you've mentioned? I was under the impression that War Pass still had something to prove. Personally until I see a 2 turn route on a fast track against top competition, I hold a question mark in my mind. It seems that many have already made up their minds that he's untouchable. |
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