Best Turf Horse in America
 

I think its showing up, just want to get everyone's opinion....

my top 3, in order are...

showing up
the tin man
english channel

Definitely not EC...Showing Up is terrific. Big 4yr old season ahead.

[quote=randallscott35]Definitely not EC...Showing Up is terrific. Big 4yr old season ahead.[/QUOTE
i dont like english channel, i have never bet him, and sometimes i even make it a point to bet against him, but at this point i think he's definitly top 3

Palace Episode...

who is that ?

godolphin's newest US recruit.. has some solid juvi form.. beat the likes of dylan thomas at 2..

really ? i have never herd of this one, where can i see pp's ?

racing post has his pps.. had one run last year when godolphin couldnt find a winner. returned a very sick horse.. has been off since..

from racingpost

PALACE EPISODE, winner of the 2005 Racing Post Trophy,has been switched to Godolphin's US-based team, along with the same year's Royal Lodge Stakes winner Leo.

Both horses will be based with Godolphin assistant Rick Mettee in the States, according to theThoroughbred Times.

Trained by Kevin Ryan as a two-year-old, Palace Episode finished last of six in the Dante last term on his only start after joining Saeed Bin Suroor's string.

Leo did not race last year after finishing ninth behind Stevie Wonderboy for John Gosden in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

“They just arrived, so they won't race for a while; probably until mid-summer or something like that,” Mettee told theThoroughbred Times.

True Cause, a Goodwood two-year-old winner in 2005, is also reported to have joined Mettee's team at Payson Park Training Center in Florida, where Godolphin now have 14 horses.

“They'll probably be joined by a few who run Dubai World Cup night, so I imagine we'll have anywhere between 15 and 20 in New York at Belmont Park,” Mettee said.

Discreet Cat, currently in Dubai, is the standard bearer for Godolphin's US string, but the Florida-based squad also includes Grade 1 winner Ashkal Way and the unbeaten three-year-old Minefield.

However, the latter resumed training only recently after undergoing minor ankle surgery. “He's another one that probably won't race until the summer,” Mettee said.

Ashkal Way

he's ok

of the more regarded ones, showing up might find it difficult this year.. he looked very good in those 3yo only races and couldnt bridge the gap in the Man O'War.. its a big step up.. saying that, he still has a bit of improvement in him..

PG....Showing Up is very good...and he may prove to be even better this year as 4YO. But as of now, he has beat nothing but 3YO's. I believe it was Cacique that ran past Showing Up like he was standing still.... in the Man O War...

LOL...2 Kevins thinking alike...:cool:

he has a great stride. . .

What Ashkal Way really is would be a clear indication of how poor the overall quality of the supposed " good " turf horses are in this country. He was a fourth stringer for Godolphin overseas.

Let's face facts, the turf horses in America, for the most part, flat out stink.

My point exactly by including him...

i realize this, but isent cacique retired ? showing up is very talented and yes he has to improve but as of now he has to be 1-2 with the other one in consideration being the tin man

if showing up faced Ashkal Way i think showing up would win pretty easily

Exactly. Being voted best turf horse in America is like being voted the skinniest kid at fat camp.
Not much of an honor.

Of course Cacique is retired....how forgetful of me. But still, IMO, it is hard to label him #1 when he has yet to win against older horses.